Hestehave is located close to the town Rønde, 21 miles north of the second largest city in Denmark, Aarhus.

Historically the wood has been part of the Kalø Estate, where the Danish Environmental Research Institute has its headquarters today.

In the Sea Hills/Havbakkerne by Følle Bay and the Slotsvig cove, one finds an up to 200 year old so-called troll forest of crippled beech trees.

[1] The peculiar growth is caused by the trunks growing out from the same stub close to each other, combined with wind and salt exposure from the sea, crippling the trees to a crooked form, as if trolls had been at play.

[1] From the northern parking lot one enters the wood close to the oldest tree, Baron Vilhelms Beech, approximately 170 years old.

Ongoing research that started in the eighties studies the parallel development of animal- and plant life in the two twin woods.

The two woods are part of a coastal recreational area in National Park Mols Bjerge, with many footpaths and posters with the purpose of facilitating access and information to the public.

[1] To the west, at Favntræpladsen, the Fire Wood Place, on the beach of Følle Bay, there is a picnic site with a stationary plank table and bench.

Until lorries became the norm for transport, the Fire Wood Place was used to ship out firewood to Aarhus, a short 15 mile sail to the south.