Veluwe Wander Trail part 17

2026-04-20 17:00

Hiked part 17/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 8.2 kilometres from Dieren to Rheden.

At Dieren, the enormous game park is a former hunting area of the House of Orange. At De Steeg there is a large boulder, the Devil's Stone. The Posbank is located in the Veluwezoom National Park with beautiful views over the forest and the IJssel Valley. In August there are flowering heathlands.

Hike report

Paved bike path between a ploughed field and a pasture under a dramatic cloudy sky NS intercity train in yellow and blue livery passing a field at the edge of a forest Paved path between young trees with a stormy cloud building up behind Paved bike path past industrial silos and freshly planted saplings Sandy forest path passing two large old beech trees beside a sunlit pasture Sandy track through a mature beech forest with spring-green canopy and long shadows Sandy forest road climbing gently between slender beeches and pines Sandy track through a beech forest with fresh lime-green foliage overhead Pile of stacked stones on top of a large tree stump beside the forest trail Section of a long felled beech tree cut into logs beside the path Sandy singletrack path between old oak trees leading out of a forest into a paddock Silver birch standing alone in a large empty sandy equestrian arena bordered by forest Sandy forest path through a broad beech wood with bright spring-green canopy Open forest clearing with dappled sunlight on an earthy trail under mature beeches Wooden footbridge crossing a deep gully in the beech forest View down a deep forest gully with a narrow paved path running along the bottom Wooden hut with a thatched conical roof and black door at the edge of the forest Panorama from the Posbank across forests to a distant power station and wind turbines Long wooden staircase descending a hillside with a sliding handrail of tree trunks Forest path curving around a slope with a tangled branch shelter on the right Sandy hillside path climbing between oaks and heather on the Posbank escarpment Rolling Posbank landscape with yellow-flowering gorse and cumulus clouds Sandy path along the edge of heathland with a pine tree leaning over on the left Wide Posbank heathland panorama with dark clouds building overhead Heathland covered with flowering yellow gorse under a moody cloudy sky Sandy path descending between bare trees and blooming gorse on the hillside Forest slope path through bare beeches and oaks beginning to leaf out Gravel park path along a wire fence between trees on the edge of a country estate Tree-lined avenue with an old-fashioned street lamp post on a Rheden village street Thatched arched-gabled villa behind a gravel drive and wrought-iron gate in Rheden Edge of Rheden village with a red cycling path and a green 'Tot Ziens' sign Thatched white country villa with black shutters and a large green lawn 'Strijland' roadside restaurant at a roundabout in Rheden with a flower bed of daffodils