Best long trails in Heltersberg

Popular circular hiking trail in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park, Rhineland-Palatinate. The Holzlandweg trail, marked throughout with a red H, runs for 37 kilometres through the Palatinate Forest. Dense forests, idyllic stream valleys such as the Schwarzbachtal, the gigantic Grauhansenfelsen and other imposing rock formations as well as, of course, the pretty villages along the route provide plenty of variety when hiking. Hikers interested in history will enjoy spending time at Heidelsburg...

Stage 4 of the long-distance hiking trail "Pfälzer Waldpfad", Rhineland-Palatinate. This is the fourth stage of the certified quality trail "Pfälzer Waldpfad", which leads from Kaiserslautern to the German Wine Gate in Schweigen-Rechtenbach through the Palatinate Forest. This section starts in Heltersberg and ends at the Hilschberghaus near Rodalben. Panoramic mountain ranges, an imposing rock, a Roman mountain fortification, a place of pilgrimage with a Marian grotto and marvellous open...

Rittersteine are natural stones, memorial stones or stone markers. They can only be found in the Palatinate Forest and serve as orientation for hikers, as markers of notable historical or local sites or events. Click on the waypoints to open a short description of the respective knight's stone.