Pieterpad
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| Pieterpad | |
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| Length | 485 kilometres (301 mi) |
| Trailheads | Pieterburen, Groningen Maastricht, Limburg |
| Use | Hiking |
| Highest Point | Schimmert, 135 metres (443 ft) |
| Season | All year |
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The Pieterpad is a long distance rambling route in the Netherlands. The trail runs 485 kilometres (301 mi) from Pieterburen, in the northern part of Groningen, south through the eastern part of the Netherlands to end at Maastricht, on the top of Mount Saint Peter (St Pietersberg), at a height of 109 metres (358 ft). The Pieterpad is by far the most popular long distance walking route in the Netherlands. The route is described in two guides starting/ending in the village Vorden. It is possible to walk the route in either direction.
[edit] History
The trail was the idea of Toos Goorhuis-Tjalsma living in Tilburg, in the south of the Netherlands and her girlfriend Bertje Jens living in Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. They came up with the idea to design a rambling route between their hometowns, later re-organised between the far north to the far south. The route has been officially opened since 1983.
[edit] Etappes
The route of the Pieterpad is described in the following stages:
| 1 | Pieterburen | Winsum | 11 km |
| 2 | Winsum | Groningen | 18 km |
| 3 | Groningen | Zuidlaren | 21 km |
| 4 | Zuidlaren | Rolde | 16 km |
| 5 | Rolde | Schoonloo | 19 km |
| 6 | Schoonloo | Sleen | 22 km |
| 7 | Sleen | Coevorden | 19 km |
| 8 | Coevorden | Hardenberg | 20 km |
| 9 | Hardenberg | Ommen | 22 km |
| 10 | Ommen | Hellendoorn | 20 km |
| 11 | Hellendoorn | Holten | 15 km |
| 12 | Holten | Laren | 15 km |
| 13 | Laren | Vorden | 14 km |
| 14 | Vorden | Doetinchem | 26 km |
| 15 | Doetinchem | Hoch Elten | 19 km |
| 16 | Hoch Elten | Millingen aan de Rijn | 12 km |
| 17 | Millingen | Groesbeek | 20 km |
| 18 | Groesbeek | Gennep | 15 km |
| 19 | Gennep | Vierlingsbeek | 17 km |
| 20 | Vierlingsbeek | Swolgen | 21 km |
| 21 | Swolgen | Venlo | 22 km |
| 22 | Venlo | Roermond | 31 km |
| 23 | Roermond | Pey (Echt) | 21 km |
| 24 | Pey | Sittard | 18 km |
| 25 | Sittard | Strabeek (Valkenburg) | 21 km |
| 26 | Strabeek | Maastricht | 11 km |
| 27 | Maastricht | Sint Pietersberg | 4 km |
