Protected areas
Research 8 protected areas within weekend reach of Ede, classified from Wikidata types and ordered by measured straight-line distance from the city centre. Distances only — no travel times, schedules, or rankings.
Each place is classified from its own Wikidata type, not from its name, and is ordered by measured straight-line distance from the centre of Ede. Distances are great-circle kilometres between two published coordinates — this page does not publish travel times, transport schedules, opening hours, ticket prices, or rankings. Confirm access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with an official source before travelling.
Reachability is a second axis over the same places: the category says what a destination is, the band says how far it sits from Ede. Distances are measured in a straight line — this page publishes no travel times.
Ordered by straight-line distance from Ede, closest first. Distance bands: nearby is up to 60 km, day-trip distance is up to 120 km.
Planken Wambuis is a forest reachable from Ede as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Planken Wambuis, about 9 km (5 mi) from Ede
Image credit: Image: Agnes Monkelbaan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Otterlose Bos is a forest reachable from Ede as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Otterlose Bos, about 10 km (6 mi) from Ede
Image credit: Image: Gouwenaar / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
Hoge Veluwe National Park is National park of woodland, heath and sand drifts a few kilometres east of Ede. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Hoge Veluwe National Park, about 10 km (6 mi) from Ede
Image credit: Image: Deb Collins / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park is Forested glacial ridge and heath national park to the west of Ede. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park, about 17 km (10 mi) from Ede
Image credit: Image: MartinD / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Veluwe is Large forest, heathland and drift-sand ridge region immediately surrounding and north of Ede. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Veluwe, about 18 km (11 mi) from Ede
Image credit: Image: Gouwenaar / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
Veluwezoom National Park is Oldest Dutch national park of forested moraine hills and heath southeast of Ede. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Veluwezoom National Park, about 24 km (15 mi) from Ede
Image credit: Image: MartinD / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Loonse en Drunense Duinen is Inland drift-sand dune and woodland national park to the southwest of Ede. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Loonse en Drunense Duinen, about 58 km (36 mi) from Ede
Image credit: Image: Nsaa / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
De Biesbosch National Park is Freshwater tidal wetland and creek labyrinth national park southwest of Ede. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — De Biesbosch National Park, about 70 km (43 mi) from Ede
Image credit: Image: No machine-readable author provided. Jensbn~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5