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- Lattrop Heath and the Holterberg approach: The park’s core is a mosaic of dry heath, juniper and pine on an ice-age push moraine. The ridge is low, but the open views across the Sallandse plain are the clearest in the region.
- Purple heather bloom: Usually peaks from mid-August to early September, turning the central heath into one continuous purple field. Go on a weekday morning for empty paths.
- Black grouse (korhoen) habitat: The park holds one of the few remaining Dutch populations of this bird. Males display on open heath at dawn in spring, and the birds are shy, so watch from the paths and stay away from the closed zones.
- Sallandse Heuvelrug visitor center area at Nijverdal: A practical starting point for route maps, exhibits and trailheads, with the Natuurmonumenten and Staatsbosbeheer paths
- Lattrop Heath and the Holterberg approach: The park’s core is a mosaic of dry heath, juniper and pine on an ice-age push moraine. The ridge is low, but the open views across the Sallandse plain are the clearest in the region.
- Purple heather bloom: Usually peaks from mid-August to early September, turning the central heath into one continuous purple field. Go on a weekday morning for empty paths.
- Black grouse (korhoen) habitat: The park holds one of the few remaining Dutch populations of this bird. Males display on open heath at dawn in spring, and the birds are shy, so watch from the paths and stay away from the closed zones.
- Sallandse Heuvelrug visitor center area at Nijverdal: A practical starting point for route maps, exhibits and trailheads, with the Natuurmonumenten and Staatsbosbeheer paths close by. Pick up a map before you walk.
- Haarler Rotte and Haarle side: A quieter southern section with forest tracks, sandy lanes and heath patches, where you are more likely to meet deer than other hikers.
- Wildlife on the heath: Red deer, roe deer, badgers and adders live here, along with nightjars in summer. Dusk is the best time, and sticking to the paths protects the nesting ground.
- Sand dunes and juniper stands: Inland drift sand and old juniper bushes give small patches of almost desert-like terrain. They are short, easy detours that break up the pine forest.
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