The Short Deer Walk 1,6 km
1.6 km, approx. 25 min
Right now, in autumnIn autumn you may experience the rut, when the roaring of the red deer stags echoes between the trees.
Photo: Niels MartnerA short walk in Hindsgavl Dyrehave, where you may be lucky enough to spot fallow deer and red deer.
About the route
Want to experience deer up close without spending the whole day? The Short Deer Walk in Hindsgavl Dyrehave gives you a short, easily accessible nature experience with good chances of meeting fallow deer and red deer along the way.
Two things to look out for
A protected milestoneSurvey map 1842–1899
Hindsgavl CampingQuiet campsite 400 m from Lillebælt, with cabins to rent and air fills for divers.
What you can find in autumn
Photos: Atheox, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0; Holger Krisp, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0; Karelj, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
What the path sometimes sounds like
The birds are here. The recordings were made elsewhere.
Recordings from Wikimedia Commons: Eurasian nuthatch, see recordist (CC BY-SA 4.0); Common wood pigeon, Oona Räisänen (Mysid) (Public domain); Great tit, see recordist (CC BY-SA 4.0); Hooded crow, Qypchak (CC BY-SA 4.0); Eurasian wren, see recordist (CC BY-SA 4.0).
startplace along the routeprotected monument
Along the route
BridgewalkingYou walk with a guide 60 metres above the Little Belt on the Old Little Belt Bridge.
Hindsgavl CampingQuiet campsite 400 m from Lillebælt, with cabins to rent and air fills for divers.
Protected ancient monuments1 milestone ›
- MilestoneMilestone243 m from the route
Along the route7 places ›
- The Deer Parks at HindsgavlNature, 40 m from the route. Explore the Hindsgavl Peninsula near Middelfart: a manor landscape from the 1200s with trails, red and fallow deer and views over the Little Belt.
- Air filling station Hindsgavl CampingNature, 92 m from the route. There is a possibility of air refilling at Hindsgavl Camping We have a 190 liter Bauer compressor with 30,000 liters of air.
- Nature Centre HindsgavlNature, 95 m from the route. Naturcenter Hindsgavl at the entrance to Hindsgavl Deer Park in Middelfart: classroom, picnic house, Tarzan course and fire pits.
- Hindsgavl CampingStay, 96 m from the route. Quiet campsite 400 m from Lillebælt, with cabins to rent and air fills for divers.
- Playground - Hindsgavl Nature CenterNature, 105 m from the route. At Hindsgavl Deer Garden the trip only really starts when visitors arrive at the activity area.
- BridgewalkingThings to do, 146 m from the route. You walk with a guide 60 metres above the Little Belt on the Old Little Belt Bridge.
- The Memorial Grove - GalsklintThings to do, 155 m from the route. On the 18th of May 1942, the Stirling bomber "MacRobert's Reply" crashed at this place in Gals Klint Forest.