Helchteren, Halveweg and Bolderberg

It is a tough climb to the top of the approximately sixty meter high Bolderberg. The Bolderberg is located in a beautiful nature reserve and is covered with a layer of iron sand, boulders and forests. A large part of the mountain belongs to Vogelsanck Castle, while the other has been designed as a nature reserve by the Limburgs Landschap manager. This area is part of the larger Laambeek Valley and covers almost 70 hectares. The Gust Claesheide, which is also located on the Bolderberg, is one of these. In the east-west direction the witness hill is still fairly flat, but towards the north Bolderberg is steep. At the foot of that slope are the Terlaemen ponds, which belong to Terlaemen Castle. At the bottom of the steeply sloping hill you will find areas of wet heath and raised bogs. Peat fluff, flounder and gale grow here and the tree frog lives in the seepage water. There is even more beautiful nature in the area around Hechteren, such as the Hoeverheide and the Molenheide.