Mountain bike trail · Texel · Updated on 5 November 2026

MTB-route Texel (Noord)

MTB-route Texel (Noord) is a mountain bike trail of 40.6 km from Texel that starts and ends at the same spot. Along the way you'll find 55 benches and picnic tables, 1 water point and 2 public toilets.

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The route step by step

From start to finish, with what you pass along the way and the distance in between.

40.6 km
± 3:25 h
↑ 16 m · ↓ 15 m
Moderate
Loop
Local route

Start in Texel
0 km
5 km · 7 benches
Public toilet
5 km
7.5 km · 5 benches
Water point
12.5 km
11.1 km · 8 benches
De Schicht
23.6 km
Memorial
8.3 km · 15 benches
Public toilet
31.9 km
8.8 km · 20 benches
Back at the start
40.6 km

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Longest stretch without a toilet: 26.8 kmBetween 5 km and 31.9 km there is no public toilet within 100 m of the route.

The route with the pitstops and sights within 100 m of it.

1 sight along the way

In the order you pass them. With the Outdoor Pitstop app you hear their story on the spot.

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De Schicht
Memorial · after 23.6 km

Elevation and terrain

Up: ↑ 16 m
Down: ↓ 15 m
Highest point: 7 m
Lowest point: -1 m

Nowhere steeper than 5%.

Elevation from AHN (Rijkswaterstaat), smoothed.

Way types

40.6 km in total

Road: 14.8 km
Cycle path: 11.2 km
Path: 9.7 km
Track: 4.5 km
Street: 200 m
Footpath (walk your bike): 150 m

Surfaces

40.6 km in total

Asphalt: 19.8 km
Natural: 5.5 km
Paved: 4.9 km
Unpaved: 3.8 km
Gravel: 550 m
Unknown: 6 km

About the mountain bike trail MTB-route Texel (Noord)

Updated on 5 November 2026, with data from OpenStreetMap and the AHN.

Where do you ride?

MTB-route Texel (Noord) is a loop of 40.6 km from Texel: it starts and ends in the same place. Along the way you pass De Schicht (after 23.6 km).

How hard is the route?

The route is almost flat. You climb 16 m in total and descend 15 m. Allow ± 3:25 h, without breaks. The level is moderate.

What trails do you ride on?

The longest part is road (14.8 km), cycle path (11.2 km) and path (9.7 km). Of the surface, 19.8 km asphalt and 5.5 km natural. For 6 km the surface is not known.

Pitstops along the way

Within 100 metres of the route there are 55 benches and picnic tables, 1 water point and 2 public toilets. You can fill your bottle after 12.5 km. The longest stretch without a toilet is 26.8 km. The Outdoor Pitstop app navigates you there.

The Texel North MTB trail is a mountain bike trail of just over 40 km across the north of Texel. The loop runs through Oosterend, Oost and De Cocksdorp and smaller hamlets such as Spang and De Nes, past the Waalenburg nature reserve and through the Texel dunes. On the way you pass the De Schicht memorial. About a third is on paths and unpaved tracks, the rest on asphalt and cycle path, and it is practically flat. You ride anticlockwise, following the white waymarks. We know of two toilets and one water tap along the route.

Website of the route