Walking route through the Groote Peel

You walk around Ospel through a wonderfully quiet countryside. You will also visit De Groote Peel National Park.

Visitor Center
You walk through the farmlands on low-traffic roads. While you look out over fields and grasslands, you get into your rhythm. At junction 82 you can walk into the Visitor Center of De Groote Peel National Park. Here you will learn more about the history and nature of this unique nature reserve.

The Peel
Then you walk into the Groote Peel. The Peel area once covered more than 30,000 hectares. Now there are only 4,500 hectares of raised bog left, of which about 1,400 hectares are located in the Groote Peel. You walk through a landscape of fens, moist forest and reeds. It seems primeval nature, but this area was partly shaped by peat extraction. From the watchtower you have a magnificent view over the wetland.