Hiking trail: Jordløse Hills

The hills of Funen

The 2 hiking trails in Jordløse Bakker (Jordløse Hills)

You will find two different routes. The Landstien can be shortened or extended in several places along the way.

Bystien

Jordløse Bysti is 4 km. At the marked points along the way, you will find an information board. Here you can read more about the location, and you can scan a QR code for further information. Bystien starts at the church and takes you through the history of Jordløse town. A development from a village with farmers and smallholders, through a commercial, station, and trading town, to today, where community and green transition are the town's focal points.

• Length: 4 km.

Landstien

Jordløse Landsti covers a total of 16 km but can be divided into shorter tours. At the marked info points along the way, you will find an information board. Here you can read more about the location, and you can scan a QR code for further information. Landstien starts at the parking lot "Risbjerg Landbrug" and goes through both cultivated land and the protected Jordløse Bakker, which today lie fallow and are grazed by cattle.

• Length: 16 km.

About Jordløse Bakker

Jordløse Bakker is located between Haarby and Vester Hæsinge.

Jordløse Bakker is the northernmost part of the hilly ridge known as "The Hills of Funen".

The landscape was created during the last ice age, which ended approximately 11,500 years ago. The hills were formed as a large gravel and sand deposit under the last ice advance (the so-called Young Baltic Ice) between the more active part of the glacier to the southwest towards the Little Belt and the stagnant, mid-Funen part to the northwest. Meltwater has carried sand and gravel across the area. From the top of the hills, there is a wide view of the Funen landscape and the Little Belt.

Jordløse Bakker is an old common grazing area, which means there is a special flora that can only tolerate grazing.

Jordløse Bakker is teeming with insects, butterflies, and birds. It smells of heather and flowers. Nodding thistle, devil's-bit scabious, and ling heather are all plants found in Jordløse Bakker.

There are several high points in Jordløse Bakker offering magnificent views. The high point Sandbjerg can be reached via a footpath.