Best trails near Elk

The tour starts at the entrance to the Oberwald forest in the south of Karlsruhe and offers a wonderful combination of forest walk and wildlife watching. It goes through the Erlachsee nature reserve, which was created in the 1930s by gravel extraction for motorway construction and has now been renaturalised as a valuable biotope. With a little patience, grey herons and various songbirds can be observed in the dense reed beds, where they find sheltered retreats. Binoculars are particularly...

Popular loop trail near Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg. Several loop trails explore the local recreation area "Oberwald". This route, which runs like a figure of eight, leads to two popular attractions in the Oberwald: the Erlachsee, which is a nature reserve, and the Oberwald animal park, which can be entered free of charge. Highlights of the hike: - Erlach Lake - Tierpark Oberwald

This long-distance route through the heart of the Black Forest offers a classic journey through one of Germany's most historic landscapes. The route winds its way through dense treetops of dark green spruce and fir trees, which gave the region its Roman name Silva Nigra. Along the way, mountain ridges and deep valleys as well as charming villages known for their traditional cuckoo clocks and historic timber industry will be passed. The route is a mixture of forest roads and gravel paths with...

Varied cycle tour in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. The tour runs to Grötzingen more or less along the Odenwald Vosges long-distance hiking trail and is well marked every 300 metres. Only in the area between Jean-Ritzert-Straße and Grötzingen does the marking slacken somewhat. In Grötzingen itself the marking is then perfect again. Highlights of the cycle tour: - Along the Alb - Oberwald zoo - Lake Erlach - Karlsruhe Forest Rope Park - Along the Pfinz - Clay pit on the Heulenberg -...