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Fort walk at the Maarsseveense Plassen

  • The Netherlands
  • Utrecht
  • Stichtse Vecht
  • 13.54 km (Approximately 03:23 u)
  • Hiking route 623523
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Fort walk at the Maarsseveense Plassen

  • The Netherlands
  • Utrecht
  • Stichtse Vecht
  • 13.54 km (Approximately 03:23 u)
  • Hiking route 623523

The Maarsseveense Plassen form a beautiful mosaic of green and blue. But there is also quite a bit of cultural history on your route: you will pass two forts from the New Dutch Waterline.

Dutch Waterline
You can quickly walk to Fort Maarsseveen/C-Fordt. This fortification, built in 1880-1881, closed the Maarsseveense Vaart and the dikes of the Maarsseveense and Tienhovense Polders. You can see a few wooden houses around the fort. Fort De Gagel, a little further away, was built around 1820 and is publicly accessible. It's worth taking a look!

Maarsseveense Plassen
The route largely takes you along the leafy banks of the Maarsseveense Plassen. It is wonderful to walk here. Unlike other lakes in this region, the Maarsseveense Plassen do not have an ancient history. They were not formed by peat extraction, but were excavated in the late 1960s for the construction of the Utrecht Overvecht district. Yet you see the same 'primeval nature' here as at the other lakes. A beautiful area, where you can spot many birds!

Directions

# Description Distance
Fort Maarsseveen/C-Fordt (Scouting Willy Hemsgroep, 3602AP, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
84
 84 (3602AN, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 1.32 km
88
 88 (3602AK, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 3.14 km
32
 32 (3564XK, Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 4.22 km
Fort de Gagel (Fort De Gagel (NHW), 3564XK, Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 4.34 km
33
 33 (3564XK, Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 4.76 km

Sights

Fort Maarsseveen/C-Fordt

Scouting Willy Hemsgroep
3602AP Stichtse Vecht
http://www.c-fordt.nl/

The Werk bij Maarsseveen, built in 1880-1881 north of Utrecht, closed off the Maarsseveense Vaart and the dikes of the Maarsseveense and Tienhovense Polders. There are still a few wooden houses around the fort.

Fort de Gagel

Fort De Gagel (NHW)
3564XK Utrecht
http://www.stellingvanutrecht.nl/forten/fort-de-gagel/

Fort de Gagel is a fort in Utrecht. This fort was constructed between 1819 and 1921 as part of the New Dutch Water Line to close off several dikes.

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