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The Drenthepad covers roughly 340 kilometers (211 miles) across the unspoiled Dutch province of Drenthe, passing megalithic tombs, heathlands, forests and small villages, and crossing three national parks.—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026 The route passes megalithic tombs, heathlands, forests and small villages, and crosses three different national parks along the way.—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026 The resort is nestled in Drenthe—a Dutch province of windswept heathlands, ancient hunebedden (megalithic tombs), and whispering forests—where the Netherlands sheds its urban skin and returns to its roots.—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Near his home in Kent there were two prominent ridges, the North and South Downs; between them lay an expanse of woodlands and heathlands known as the Weald.—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025 The design of the New Course was inspired by classical heathland style.—Carrie Coolidge, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 Stay at Sunriver Resort to gain access to the private heathland-style Crosswater (one of the Golf Digest honorees).—Sunset Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022 Trails weave through woods and heathland, veering to the rocky shore where harlequin ducks bob about the breakers.—Jeanine Barone, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2021