Beech avenues for walking: four routes
Nature managers point out routes at Beestenveld, on the Veluwezoom, in Wolfheze and on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug.
Staatsbosbeheer describes Beestenveld as an area with stately avenues. From 1891 the Heidemaatschappij laid out ruler-straight roads and paths there during the reclamation of heathland. The Emmalaan consists of two rows of beeches on either side of the path; it is part of a yellow walking route.
According to the manager, the avenue on the red route in Beestenveld also has double rows of trees.
On the Veluwezoom, according to Natuurmonumenten, the Lappendekenroute leads through stately beech avenues and past old small fields. The route is five kilometres long and starts at Diepesteeg 25 in De Steeg. The stated walking time is about one hour and forty minutes.
Near Wolfheze a route runs along a beech avenue towards the Wodanseiken, spring-fed streams and the Duizendjarige den (Thousand-Year-Old Pine). Natuurmonumenten gives Parallelweg in Wolfheze as the starting point. The 9.1-kilometre route is not waymarked and takes about three hours.
On the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Natuurmonumenten mentions broad beech avenues in the Kaapse Bossen near Doorn. Utrechts Landschap also lists them on the walking route Hoog en laag over the Amerongse Berg, a six-kilometre walk. The Kaapse Bossen are accessible from sunrise to sunset.