Length: 12.8 km
Take a hike through historic Vammen and out into the open landscape with meadows, forest and views of heather-clad hills. Along the way you’ll pass ice age gorges, bird-rich meadows, a peaceful forest – and reach the highest point in the area, Rishøj.
Follow the camping road towards Vammen and keep left at the Y-junction.
In Vammen, turn left onto Hobrovej.
At the intersection, turn right onto Nørregade. The road leads past Forsamlingshuset on the left.
Vammen Church from around 1200 has a Romanesque apse, choir and nave. The tower and porch are late Gothic additions.
You now walk through the oldest part of Vammen, Nederby, and outside the town you get a magnificent view of the vast meadows with Skals Å. Turn right on Øster Kærvej at the sewage treatment plant.
Today, the meadows are mainly used for grazing and haymaking or just lie fallow. This provides opportunities for a rich bird and animal life and an abundance of fauna. On the right is a beautiful gorge formed during the Ice Age (30 meter rise).
On the north side of Skalsådalen are the protected and heather-clad Hærup Bakker, where fallow deer and roe deer roam in herds.
Continue straight ahead along Øster Kærvej towards Fastruplund Skov. Pass the Mosegård farm and continue towards the forest.
In the forest, two paths cross each other – keep right up through the forest to the paved road Hobrovej. Turn right and continue on Hobrovej to the blue sign 67 – 71, about 25 meters after passing the red brick transformer house.) Turn right and follow the orange pole marking all the way to the houses on Løndalen. You pass the highest point in the area, Rishøj, 57 meters above sea level, at property no. 39. Follow the orange posts to the houses on Løndalen. Go left and past the scout house up to the paved road Hobrovej. Turn right and then immediately left along Bygmarksvej back to the campsite.
a) A village hall is a small town’s/village’s shared cultural center and meeting place used for lectures, meetings, events, private or public parties, etc. There are approximately 1,000 village halls in Denmark.
b) The meadows are divided into many small plots because all the properties in Vammen used to make hay for their cattle and dig peat for the household.
c) If you want to walk a little further out into the meadows, you can walk about 200 meters further along Øster Kærvej, turn left and follow the road that ends about 100 meters from Skals Å. The heron is often seen out here and the nightingale can be heard from mid-May to Summer Solstice.
d) It is a small mixed forest of mainly beech, oak and spruce, which was previously divided by the farms east of the town. All the timber at the campsite comes from here. The forest is now municipal.