3.2 km
Heathland of over 360 hectares near Balloo, with burial mounds, old cart tracks and a sheep barn with its own flock.
Discover Rolde
Nature
Rolde is surrounded by the Drentsche Aa National Park, with the Balloërveld close by and the Dwingelderveld and the Drents-Friese Wold further afield: heath, stream valleys and woodland.
Distances from de Jacobuskerk in Rolde.
3.2 km
23 km
National park of more than 6,000 hectares on the border between Drenthe and Friesland, with woods, heath and heathland pools for walking, cycling, horse riding and birdwatching.
26 km
National park in south-west Drenthe with over 3,700 hectares of heath, bog, woodland and pools, the largest wet heathland in Western Europe. You can walk, cycle and watch birds…
350 m
Animal paddock on the Bosrand in Rolde with deer, swans, rabbits and all kinds of poultry. A visit combines well with a walk in the woods next to it.
5.9 km
The national park around Rolde: the valley of the Drentsche Aa, with winding streams, old farming villages, heath and woods. From Rolde you can walk or cycle straight into it.
950 m
An open stretch of sand in the Boerdennen woods, where the people of Rolde used to hold celebrations and children played. The sand drift has been under restoration since 2016.