Best easy trails in Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park
This park is located in western Germany in the low mountain range of the Hunsrück and is part of the Hunsrück Nature Park. As the sixteenth national park in Germany, it was founded in 2015, one year after the Black Forest National Park, and the area is already a biodiversity hotspot, but is still easy to reach within an hour of Mainz, Trier and Saarbrücken.
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Top trails
- 4.7 (19)·Easy·4.5 km·Est. 1–1.5 hrThis is the complete Hunnenringweg loop from the Otzenhausen ring wall car park in the Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park. It is possible to visit the Celtic Park first before doing the loop. The hike is a great mix of history and nature, as you can feel the Celtic past in the area. Also suitable for children.
- 4.5 (9)·Easy·4.5 km·Est. 1–1.5 hrInteresting nature trail in Rhineland-Palatinate. The start is near Kempenfeld, not far from the Wildenburger Hof farm. The trail heads in a south-easterly direction through beautiful, green forest and later leads to Wildenburg Zoo. Wildenburg Castle is reached after a few laps. This is the highest castle in the Hunsrück, as the region is known. Although Wildenburg is a ruined castle, it has a 22-metre-high observation tower with a platform running all the way round, from which you can enjoy...
Visitor info
The National Park has three official main entrances, the Erbeskopf, Celtic Park and Wildenburg National Park Gates, where information centres await visitors: The National Park exhibition at the Erbeskopf National Park Gate is open daily from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. The Celtic Village National Park Gate, with its replica of a Celtic village, is open from 30 March to the end of October from Thu - Sat 1.00 - 6.00 pm and on Sundays and public holidays from 10.00 - 6.00 pm. During the holidays, Mon., Tue. and Wed. are additional days. The wildlife enclosure at the Wildenburg National Park gate is open to visitors daily from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.
Activities
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- Forest trails in Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park
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- Trails with historic sites in Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park
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- Wildlife trails in Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park