3.2 km
A vast heathland of more than 360 hectares, with purple heather in late summer, scattered woods and sand drifts.
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
A national park of more than 6,000 hectares on the border of Drenthe and Friesland, with forest, heath and fens for walking, cycling and birdwatching.
26 km
More than 3,700 hectares of heath, peat, woodland and fens: the largest wet heathland in Western Europe.
350 m
The deer park on the Bosrand, with deer, swans, rabbits and poultry, is a favourite spot for young and old in Rolde.
5.9 km
The national park around Rolde, known as the best-preserved landscape of streams and esdorp villages in Western Europe, with winding brooks and heath.
950 m
A historic sand drift that once hosted parties, school trips and even autocross, and has been restored since 2016.