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Utrecht

Doorn

Cape Forests

Moderate

4.7

(822)

4,129

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Cape Forests

02:35

9.90km

70m

Hiking

Today's route is very varied and you should therefore not expect to walk continuously over vast moors. Of course you will walk along purple colored pieces for 10 kilometers, but the Kaapse Bossen are so varied that you don't want to miss the other highlights.

There are several striking trees…

Last updated: June 8, 2024

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872 m

Five-Trunked Beech Tree (Utrechtse Heuvelrug)

Highlight • Natural Monument

Five large beech trees, like a cluster, right next to the path.

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2.33 km

Kaapse Woods

Highlight • Forest

One of the most beautiful forests of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. You can wander for hours, enjoy the lookout tower at a great height and spot hundreds of mushrooms.

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6.71 km

De Ruiterberg Estate

Highlight • Historical Site

The Ruiterberg is a mountain located in the Kaapse Bossen. The mountain is 57.9 meters high. Ruiterberg country estate is located on the mountain, construction of which began in 1916. …

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7.76 km

De Ruiterberg Gatehouse

Highlight • Monument

It is a beautiful gate with beautiful window shutters. You feel the history here.

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8.40 km

Ancient Beech Tree in Utrechtse Heuvelrug

Highlight • Natural Monument

Mighty tree.

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8.53 km

De Kaap Observation Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

With clear weather you have a fantastic view of the area where you can easily look around 30 kilometers.

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8.77 km

The Doorn Boulder

Highlight • Natural Monument

This boulder from Scandinavia was brought here during the ice age, about 150,000 years ago, by shifting ice sheets. The boulder has been on display on this pedestal since 1935.

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9.82 km

Kaapse Bossen Viewpoint

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Nice place with a view and also a few benches to relax

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9.90 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.09 km

3.55 km

727 m

272 m

254 m

Surfaces

6.35 km

1.08 km

876 m

760 m

652 m

183 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 4 June

19°C

12°C

55 %

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Comments

August 15, 2024,Kaapse Bossen

Nice walk
In the Kaapsebossen near Doorn.
Nice lookout tower 25m high from which you can look over the forests.

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June 28, 2025,Utrechtse Heuvelrug - Kaapse Bossen Wandelroute Hoogtepunten

natuurmonumenten.nl/route/wandelroute-hoogtepunten-kaapse-bossen-doorn

June 20, 2024,Kaapse Bossen

a wooded walk through the Cape Forests. A beautiful walking route, which is marked out through natural monuments

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January 12, 2025,Kaapse bossen blauwe route met Mill

Lovely route, through the forest. lots of mud and sometimes very slippery (ice) along the way. So for now be careful ... beautiful highlights. Beautiful view. On the lookout tower the cape. Nice catering for your drink and your food ... restaurant helena heuvel real recommendation, it was very busy today in terms of walkers ...

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October 15, 2024,Kaapse Bossen

Another beautiful walk, gorgeous autumn colours. Very busy at the chalet, but then you can go to the parking lot of Zonheuvel. No gnomes this time.

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October 16, 2022,Kaapse bossen rode paddenstoelen🍄

Walk through Utrechtse Heuvelrug looking for the famous rode 🍄. Found losts of them. Beautiful route with beautiful weather but busy on a Sunday. (Missing first part of the route)

April 4, 2023,Hoogtepunten Kaapse bossen (blauwe route)

Beautiful forest route. Free parking at the start:
maps.app.goo.gl/FSpUB8r7kD7bZ4ibA

Very occasionally a (blue) sign is missing, so navigating with Komoot is recommended.

Along the way there is a beautiful view over the Heuvelrug from the lookout tower "De Kaap" (25 meters high).

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July 20, 2024,Wandeling Kaapse Bossen Hoogtepunten

Nice round with the children on a warm day, but nice in the woods

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July 24, 2023

Today's route is very varied and you should therefore not expect to walk continuously over vast moors. Of course you will walk along purple colored pieces for 10 kilometers, but the Kaapse Bossen are so varied that you don't want to miss the other highlights.
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There are several striking trees in the woods

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Cape Forests

Five-Trunked Beech Tree (Utrechtse Heuvelrug)

Kaapse Woods

De Ruiterberg Estate

De Ruiterberg Gatehouse

Ancient Beech Tree in Utrechtse Heuvelrug

De Kaap Observation Tower

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Kaapse Bossen Viewpoint

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