Best backpacking trails in Essen

Stage 5 of the Ruhr Valley Cycle Route. The last section of the Ruhr Valley Cycle Route continues through the Ruhr Valley from Essen to the final destination of Duisburg. But first you cycle across Lake Baldeney to Mühlheim a.d. Ruhr. The "city on the river" has the water station and Aquarius Water Museum as well as the art museum in the old post office. The route continues through the picturesque Styrumer Ruhraue nature reserve, which delights ornithologists in particular with its numerous...

This route follows Stage 1 of the Bergischer Weg and connects Essen-Baldeney with Velbert. From the Baldeney hiking car park, the trail leads through beech woods, past Isenburg Castle, to Lake Baldeney. It follows the lakeshore, past the Carl Funke colliery, into the Heisinger Bogen bird sanctuary and crosses the River Ruhr via a former railway bridge to Kupferdreh. Following the Moosbach stream, the route leads into the Hespertal valley and through the Langenhorster Wald to Velbert....

The Bergischer Weg is a historic long-distance trail spanning 259 km (161 miles) across 14 stages, running from Lake Baldeney in Essen to the iconic Drachenfels in the Siebengebirge. The path navigates rolling hills, dense forests, quiet stream valleys, and picturesque half-timbered villages. Travelers experience highlights like Schloss Burg, the Wuppertal Suspension Railway, and local industrial museums. Usually hiked from north to south, the route is clearly marked with distinctive orange...

Varied hike between Essen and Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. The starting point of this 41 km hike is the Essen-Stadtwald S-Bahn station, the finishing point is the Düsseldorf-Rath S-Bahn station. The route is very varied: from tarmac footpaths in towns and villages to secluded paths in nature reserves. Highlights of the hike: - Essen - Nature reserve forests near Hugenpoet and Landsberg - Kettwig reservoir - Lake Baldeney - Kettwig - Düsseldorf - Schellenberg Forest - Aaper Forest

The diocese of Essen has had its own pilgrimage route since summer 2018. Now you can make a pilgrimage across the Ruhr diocese on over 200 kilometres of paths. Five marked, very different paths lead from the Sauerland, the Rhine, the northern Ruhr region or the south of Essen to Essen Cathedral - or in the opposite direction. The Gelsenkirchen - Essen section crosses the north-east of the diocese of Essen. It runs through the Gelsenkirchen-Hassel district, past large industrial plants and on...

The diocese of Essen has had its own pilgrimage route since summer 2018. Now you can make a pilgrimage across the Ruhr diocese on over 200 kilometres of paths. Five marked, very different paths lead from the Sauerland, the Rhine, the northern Ruhr region or the south of Essen to Essen Cathedral - or in the opposite direction. Although the Essen-Heidhausen - Essen-Mitte section begins in the wooded south of Essen and is increasingly characterised by urban development as it progresses, pilgrims...