Best backpacking trails in Sailaufer Forst

Visitors heading from the Waldhaus Zum Engländer to Bad Orb will find themselves in a peaceful forest of ancient beech and oak trees. This path invites you to explore the Wiesbüttsee, a quiet lake surrounded by a rare highland moor. You can wander across wooden boardwalks to see unique plants like bog cotton and sundew. Look for local woodpeckers, which give the Spessart forest its name. The trail follows the ancient Birkenhainer Straße, a medieval trade route. Because the moorland stays...