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North Rhine-Westphalia

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Forest Path to A45 Crossing – Westhusen Forest Area loop from Dortmund-Westerfilde

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Forest Path to A45 Crossing – Westhusen Forest Area loop from Dortmund-Westerfilde

Easy

4.7

(23)

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Forest Path to A45 Crossing – Westhusen Forest Area loop from Dortmund-Westerfilde

00:50

11.8km

60m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 7, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 79 m for 17 m

After 11.7 km for 17 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.03 km

Mastbruch Nature Reserve – Rahmer Forest

Highlight • Forest

Forest more or less in the middle of the big city. You can almost forget that you are in the densely populated Ruhr area.
Paths are recognizable but not all …

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1.99 km

Forest Path to A45 Crossing

Highlight • Trail

4.29 km

Westhusen Forest Area

Highlight • Forest

Great area for hiking and cycling

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5.17 km

Old family cemetery in the Mastbruch–Rahmer Wald nature reserve

Highlight • Historical Site

There is not much left to see and you have to leave the path, but a walk is worth it.

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6.69 km

Margarete’s Little Farm Shop

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Farm with small shop

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7.78 km

Path Along the Railway in NSG Mastbruch - Rahmer Wald

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Beautiful gravel path between Obernette and Schloß-Westhusener-Straße, ideal for avoiding the traffic on Bodelschwingher Straße.

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8.38 km

Westhusen Castle

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It was built in the first half of the 14th century by Gerlach Specke (also Speke written), a member of the family von Bodelschwingh, then came by marriage first to …

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10.4 km

Mastbruchteich in the Mastbruch Nature Reserve – Rahmer Forest

Highlight • Lake

NSG Mastbruch & Mastbruchteich (near Dortmund-Westerfilde)

Near the crossing on the A45 at Westerfilde lies the Mastbruchteich, a lake surrounded on all sides by forest, on which one can catch …

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11.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.05 km

3.01 km

2.88 km

695 m

105 m

Surfaces

3.87 km

3.26 km

2.44 km

1.82 km

326 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 23 May

26°C

14°C

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Forest Path to A45 Crossing – Westhusen Forest Area loop from Dortmund-Westerfilde

Mastbruch Nature Reserve – Rahmer Forest

Forest Path to A45 Crossing

Westhusen Forest Area

Old family cemetery in the Mastbruch–Rahmer Wald nature reserve

Margarete’s Little Farm Shop

Path Along the Railway in NSG Mastbruch - Rahmer Wald

Westhusen Castle

Mastbruchteich in the Mastbruch Nature Reserve – Rahmer Forest

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