Nature House De Specht

From the park and in the surrounding area there are numerous walking and cycling routes, from child-friendly to challenging for the experienced athlete.

Our top 5 hiking trails
6 kilometres past the museum village of Orvelte
15 kilometers along Zwiggelte
12 kilometers along Camp Westerbork
12 kilometres past the museum village of Orvelte
14 kilometers to Elp (0nderdeel of the Drenthepad, 329 kilometers!)

Our top-5 cycling routes
The Sleenerzand route (44 kilometers)
Past Camp Westerbork and the radio telescopes (40 kilometers)
Tour of Aalden (if you choose starting point Westerbork) (30 kilometers)
Historic TT cycle route (67 kilometres, starts in Assen)
Vincent van Gogh route (50 kilometers, starts in Hoogeveen)

More cycling routes can be found on the website of Gastvrij Westerbork.

More challenging routes, special children's cycling routes and bridle paths can be found if you start at drenthe.nl.

And do you want to rent a bike? Bicycle shop Eising in Westerbork rents out children's bicycles, electric bicycles, cargo bikes, regular bicycles, etc.

Things to see and do
Follow the Milky Way path past the impressive telescopes of the Radio Observatory Westerbork;
Everyone knows Camp Westerbork from the Second World War. But did you know that Moluccans lived in the barracks for years afterwards?
Orvelte is sometimes referred to as a 'living history book' and 'the primeval village' of Drenthe. We think it is a very special museum village that is definitely worth a visit!;
Near the Hunebedcentrum in Borger is the largest hunebed in the Netherlands. At the Hunebedcentrum you can also see how the Hondsrug region was formed by ice ages. Here you will learn all about Neanderthals, reindeer hunters, dolmen builders and Iron Age farmers.