Best backpacking trails in Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park

Popular cycle tour in the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park, Hesse. This cycle route is located in the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park and starts in Waldeck. A particularly beautiful tour around the Edersee, often on forest paths. You can take a lunch break in Herzhausen about halfway along the route. You pass many campsites, so the route can also be completed in several shorter daily stages. Highlights of the route: - Views of the Edersee - Waldeck - Edersee shore near Herzhausen - Idyllic...

Section of the primeval forest trail, Hesse The last section of the primeval forest trail also leads through mystical, ancient forests and offers wonderful views of the landscape and deep valleys. Highlights: - Waldeck Castle

Section of the primeval forest trail, Hesse The trail starts in Waldeck - a visit to the castle is definitely worthwhile here. From Elsterberg, you have great views of the landscape around Lake Edersee and the route leads through a fairytale forest with stunted trees and lots of mosses. Highlights: - Waldeck Castle - Steep slopes on the Edersee

Section of the primeval forest trail, Hesse This section takes you around the Ochsenbühl and along the banks of the Edersee towards Herzhausen. There are many water birds to observe. You finally reach the destination of this fourth stage, Asel, on a sloping path. There are refreshment stops along the way. Highlights: - "Ederufer near Herzhausen" nature reserve - "Ederfeld" - muddy lake bed when the water recedes - Block debris pile with historic trees

Popular long-distance stage at Lake Edersee, Hesse This is the 5th stage of the popular long-distance hiking trail "Urwaldsteig", which runs around Lake Edersee over a total length of 68 kilometres. The fifth stage starts in Asel and leads to Scheid. You need to be a little sure-footed on this section - in between, the trail leads along narrow and sometimes stony paths over scree slopes and through rustic forests. The route is marked with the wild service tree leaf and follows the...

Popular cycle tour in the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park, Hesse. Starting from Rehbach (or any other place along the route), you cycle once around Lake Edersee. The tour can be completed in one day or in several shorter daily stages. There are numerous campsites and other accommodation options on the shores of the lake. Highlights of the cycle tour: - Views of the Edersee - Edersee wildlife park - Hünselburg nature reserve - Side trip to Waldeck Castle (optional)

Panoramic long-distance hiking trail in the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park, Hesse. The Urwaldsteig Edersee could not have a more appropriate name: The route leads through real primeval forest - one of the last in Europe. The hikers are offered a pleasant mixture of wild nature and a little luxury; There are several places to stop for refreshments and accommodation along the route. If you want to take home a souvenir of the hike on the Urwaldsteig, you can get a hiking pass and have it...

Premium hiking trail and section of the Habichtswaldsteig, Hesse The final section of the certified premium hiking trail takes you across humming meadows, past orchards with 100 varieties of apple, through beech forests and past streams and ponds. Highlights: - "Herrensteine" - Waldeck with castle - Devil's Pulpit - Aquapark and animal park

Stage 3 of the primeval forest trail, Hesse This section takes you through the wild and romantic Wieslohgraben to Lake Edersee and along its shore for a while. The hike ends in Kirchlothheim, where you can spend the night or take the bus to the next larger town. Highlights of the hike: - Five-lake view - Banfe Bay

Section of the primeval forest trail, Hesse The second section starts at the car park on Kraftwerkstraße Hemfurt. It goes up to the Großer Hegekopf, this ascent is quite demanding. If you want to avoid it, you can take the cable car to Peterskopf and then follow the signs back to the Urwaldsteig. Highlights: - White Stone - Refuge at the Sauermilchplatz