9 kmVLTJ – Lemvig Railway to Thyborøn
Naturally combined with Lemvig as an easy excursion and railway history route through the area.
Gjellerodde is a place where the Limfjord is not merely a view, but a workplace for the landscape. Here, coast, coastal meadow, heath and small lakes meet in a low, open area north of Lemvig, while the moraine hills southwest of Gjellergaard recall a much older glacial history.
What makes the spit special is that the landscape can be read in its lines. The beach ridges show how sand and material from the coast have gradually built out the spit, and Gjeller Sø is not an ordinary inland lake, but an isolated coastal lake. In the southeastern corner, the process continues with a spit that is in the process of enclosing new coastal lakes.
The area is protected nature, including heath, coastal meadow and marsh, and it is designated as a bird protection area and Ramsar site. For visitors, this means a landscape where one should move about thoughtfully, but also one where views, birdlife and fjord air are close to the roads and paths.
Gjellerodde is more than geology. The Planet Trail passes through the area as a model of the Solar System, and on the southern side of the spit stands the memorial stone for the poet Thøger Larsen. At Gjeller Krog, traces of older coastal settlement and the everyday life of fishing farmers lie side by side with the fjord’s slow work.
Bestig Odden is the nature playground in the summerhouse area by Gjellerodde Strand north of Lemvig. It is located close to the beach, a trail, and the open Limfjord landscape, so play is directly connected with the nature of the headland.
The municipality’s material describes it as perhaps Lemvig Municipality’s largest and best nature playground. The name suits the place well: around Gjellerodde, the landscape can be read as ice age, coastal processes, beach ridges, and isolated coastal lagoons.
Gjellergaard is located at the tip of Gjellerodde as a preserved local-history farm, centred on the building style and living conditions of West Jutland fisher-farmers. The old section is furnished with rooms and furniture that give an impression of a home in the local area around 1900.
The sheep house contains old agricultural and fishing tools, along with a Limfjord boat and a tar works. The farm is also situated in the headland's protected coastal landscape, surrounded by a beach-ridge plain, heathland and Gjeller Sø.
The shelter site is located in the forest at the far end of Gjellerodde and consists of several shelters gathered at one primitive overnight site. There is a grill and campfire area as well as tables and benches, and smaller groups can stay overnight without reservation if there is space available.
The site is in a protected coastal landscape, where beach ridges, coastal lagoons and spit formation still characterize the area. There is no parking right next to the shelters, so the last stretch is part of the stay.
