The lighthouse, the vineyard, the farm shop, arable farming, beautiful canals, grazing cattle; the in all respects varied Kuierlattenroute 'Vuurtorenpad' will pleasantly surprise you! You walk here in a historically interesting area: partly on new land, partly in the outer dike beach area before reclamation. If you look closely, you will see it in the difference between clay and sandy soil and the diversity of crops that goes with it.
The Lighthouse Path could also have been called 'the old beach route'. This is because you pass the Flevoland provincial border and then walk in the outer dike beach area before reclamation. In no other Kuierlattenroute will you see so well the difference between the old and new land and the diversity of crops that goes with it.
Of course, ...
The lighthouse, the vineyard, the farm shop, arable farming, beautiful canals, grazing cattle; the in all respects varied Kuierlattenroute 'Vuurtorenpad' will pleasantly surprise you! You walk here in a historically interesting area: partly on new land, partly in the outer dike beach area before reclamation. If you look closely, you will see it in the difference between clay and sandy soil and the diversity of crops that goes with it.
The Lighthouse Path could also have been called 'the old beach route'. This is because you pass the Flevoland provincial border and then walk in the outer dike beach area before reclamation. In no other Kuierlattenroute will you see so well the difference between the old and new land and the diversity of crops that goes with it.
Of course, the lighthouse after which the path is named also makes this route special, as do the vineyard, the farm shop and the Austrian cattle. The lighthouse is a replica of the former lighthouse that stood at the end of a 1,800-metre long breakwater, which guided boats into the then commercial town of Blokzijl. With the construction of the Noordoostpolder , this breakwater also fell dry and the lighthouse lost its function.
Starting point: Car park on Kanaalweg, just outside Blokzijl
Route: 10 km
Vuurtorenpad is one of the "Op de Kuierlatten routes". In cooperation with Landschapsbeheer Flevoland, a number of farmers have opened up their farms to walk on their plots. Strolling through farmland, so not on paved paths, but along dykes, across fields, through orchards and forests and past cultural-historical sights.
Landschapsbeheer Flevoland has created a pdf with more information about this route. Download that pdf here.
