Pieterpad

Infobox Hiking trail
Name=Pieterpad
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Length=Unit kilometre | 485 | 0 | lk=on
Start/End Points=Pieterburen, Groningen
Maastricht, Limburg
Use=Hiking
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HighPoint=Schimmert, Unit metre | 135 | 0 | lk=on
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Season=All year
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Hazards=The Pieterpad is a long distance rambling route in the Netherlands. The trail runs Unit kilometre | 485 | 0 | lk=on from Pieterburen, in the northern part of Groningen, south through the eastern part of the Netherlands to end at Maastricht, on the top of Mount Saint Peter ("St Pietersberg"), at a height of Unit metre | 109 | 0 | lk=on . The Pieterpad is by far the most popular long distance walking route in the Netherlands. The route is described in two guides starting/ending in the village Vorden. It is possible to walk the route in either direction.

History

The trail was the idea of Toos Goorhuis-Tjalsma living in Tilburg, in the south of the Netherlands and her girlfriend Bertje Jens living in Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. They came up with the idea to design a rambling route between their hometowns, later re-organised between the far north to the far south. The route has been officially opened since 1983.

Etappes

The route of the Pieterpad is described in the following stages: