About the nature border park

  • © Marijn Heuts

    Almost 15,000 acres of The Great Outdoors

Around 1900 the area that we now call De Groote Heide was a vast and continuous stretch of heathland, ranging from the southern city edge of Eindhoven to well across the Belgian border, a distance of no less than 20 kilometres! Since then, large parts have been cultivated and replaced by forest, meadows, fields and buildings. This has made the area more diverse and scenically attractive. Nature conservationists in both Belgium and the Netherlands are currently working to restore some of the area's former heathland glory.

  • If you plan your routes carefully enough, it is still possible to experience De Groote Heide as one continuous area of natural beauty. Far more so than in the past, visitors will encounter varied, attractive and valuable gems of nature.

    De Groote Heide is actually a forgotten name for this immense cross-border nature reserve. Throughout the area there are still some smaller heathlands called the "Groote (or Grote) Heide", but there used to be only one. Back in the day De Groote Heide extended from Hamont-Achel en Pelt (above Hasselt) in Belgium to Eindhoven in the Netherlands.

The areas of De Groote Heide nature border park

  • Beverbeekse Heide

    Beverbeekse Heide

    © De Groote Heide

    Beverbeekse Heide

    Beverbeekse Heide
    Grensdijk
    3930 Hamont-Achel

  • Natuurpunt Buitenheide Drie Bogen

    Natuurpunt Buitenheide Drie Bogen

    © Hugo Willocx

    Buitenheide - Drie Bogen

    Buitenheide - Drie Bogen
    De Vork
    3930 Hamont-Achel

  • De Braakhuizensche heide

    De Braakhuizensche heide

    © Brabants Landschap

    De Braakhuizensche heide

    De Braakhuizensche heide (geen faciliteit)
    Strabrechtseheideweg 1
    5591 TZ Heeze

  • Mapie

    Mapie

    © Marijn Heuts

    De Malpie

    De Malpie
    Molenstraat 211
    5556TA valkenswaard

  • Dommeldal

    Dommeldal

    © Natuurmonumenten

    Dommeldal

    Dommeldal
    Volmolen
    5561 VH Riethoven

  • Genneper Parken

    Genneper Parken

    © De Groote Heide

    Genneper Parken

    Genneper Parken
    Boutenslaan 161 B
    5644 TV Eindhoven

  • Haarterheide (grafheuvels)

    Haarterheide (grafheuvels)

    © Marijn Heuts_De Groote Heide

    Haarterheide

    Haarterheide
    Haarterheide
    3930 Hamont-Achel

  • Herbertusbossen

    Herbertusbossen

    © Marijn Heuts_De Groote Heide

    Herbertusbossen

    Herbertusbossen
    Herbertusbossen
    Heeze

  • Klankenbos

    Klankenbos

    © De Groote Heide

    Klankenbos

    Provinciaal Domein Dommelhof
    Toekomstlaan 5
    3910 Pelt

  • De Groote Heide spelen

    De Groote Heide spelen

    © Marijn Heuts

    Kolisbos

    Kolisbos
    Kolisbos
    3910 Pelt

  • Startpunt wandeling De Pan

    Startpunt wandeling De Pan

    © De Groote Heide

    Landgoed De Pan

    Panweg 46
    6026 RJ MAARHEEZE

  • Leenderbos

    Leenderbos

    © Janneke de Groot

    Leenderbos/ Groote Heide

    Leenderbos
    Strijperpad 3
    Leende

  • Leenderheide

    Leenderheide

    © Marc Ras

    Leenderheide/ Groote Heide

    Leenderheide (Hut van Mie Pils)
    Leenderweg 1
    5583 TC Waalre

  • Plateaux_Hageven

    Plateaux_Hageven

    © Marijn Heuts_De Groote Heide

    Plateaux-Hageven

    Plateaux-Hageven (Bezoekerscentrum Hageven)
    Tussenstraat 10
    3910 Neerpelt

  • Soerendonks Goor

    Soerendonks Goor

    © Mieke Mulde

    Soerendonks Goor

    Soerendonks goor
    Goorstraat
    Soerendonk

  • The rich history of De Groote Heide is palpable

 

The area is so vast, it simply can't be captured in just one image...
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