Best forest trails in Bad Kötzting

Panoramic section of the Goldsteig north route in the Bavarian Forest, Bavaria. The twelfth stage of the Goldsteig: Nordroute leads from Schönbuchen via the Reitenberg to the Kötzinger Hütte. Here you can enjoy the fantastic panoramic views over the Zellertal valley and the Lamer Winkel. The route then continues along alpine rocky landscapes and wide wooded areas to the stage destination of Eck. Highlights: - Kaiterberg - Räuber-Heigl cave - Mittagsstein - Steinbühler Gesenke - Smoke tubes -...

Popular circular hiking trail in the Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park, Bavaria. On cobbler's pony through the Kötztinger meadows. Passing below the imposing fortified church, you leave the town to the west along the course of the Weißer Regen (refreshment stop: Hex'nheis'l). Past the mill wheel of the river nature trail and romantic river meanders as well as across extensive meadows by the Herrenweiher pond, the trail first leads to a large field cross. From there, it follows a meadow path...

On the Fischerlweg around Weißenregen: Along the spa gardens and after crossing the bridge at the Roter Steg, you leave the town centre to the left downstream on the romantic Spatilleweg. The first stop is the Magdalenenkapelle chapel, where a small staircase leads down to the hidden Fatima grotto. The trail continues to the Regenstein, where the poet Maximilian Schmidt, known as the Waldschmidt, once lived in the "Waldfrieden" house. After a flat section parallel to the cycle path, the trail...

Popular circular hiking trail in the Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park, Bavaria. The Kneipp spa Bad Kötzting is the starting and finishing point of this beautiful circular hike. The first third of the hike is a little steeper uphill, but once you have reached the Kreuzfelsen, the rest of the route almost goes by itself. Highlights of the hike: - Bad Kötzting - Bockshornstein - Stop for refreshments at the Kötztinger Hütte - Cross rocks

Panoramic circular hiking trail in the Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park, Bavaria. This sporty hike near Bad Kötzting delights with quiet forest paths and some great views as far as the Zillertal. After a short run-in phase, the trail climbs almost constantly up to the highest point of the hike - the summit of the Mittagstein. On the Mittagstein there is a chapel in memory of war dead and a viewing rock. Highlights of the hike: - White Rain - Plattenstein (788 metres above sea level) -...

Popular nature trail in the Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park, Bavaria. The planet trail illustrates the dimensions of our solar system. The distance of 4.5 billion kilometres from the sun to the most distant planet, Neptune, is scaled down to a hiking route of 3.5 kilometres. It is a further 800 metres to the minor planet Pluto at the entrance to the Wettzell Geodetic Observatory. The planetary trail begins in the spa gardens of Bad Kötzting with the sun, where the rocky planets Mercury,...

Rivers, lakes and tranquil landscapes: The trail starts again in Bad Kötzting and leaves the town centre on the left downstream on the Spatilleweg towards Blaibacher See. The route then continues quickly along the Bramesleite and the elongated Blaibacher See lake to the dam at Höllenstein, which is 7 kilometres long. This can be explored on a romantic boat trip from the dam wall to the dam root. The same route or one of the variants of the hiking trail marked Bk2 is ideal for the return journey.