Best trails near Großes Gemkenthal

Popular hike in the Harz Nature Park, Lower Saxony. Amid the idyllic Harz landscape lies the Okertalsperre near Schulenburg, one of the most popular destinations in the Harz region. 46.85 million m³ of water can be stored behind the 260 m long and 67 m high dam wall. This route leads from the parking lot at the Vorsperre around the eastern arm of the largest dam in Lower Saxony and offers a lot of variety with great views, idyllic forest and lovely places to stop for refreshments. Hikers for...

Popular cycle tour in the Harz Nature Park, Lower Saxony. This beautiful route takes you around the Oker dam. You cycle mostly on paved paths. Please note: you may have to push your bike for a few hundred metres. Highlights of the route: - Oker dam - Beautiful views - well-maintained paths

Varied mountain bike tour in the Harz Nature Park, Lower Saxony. This almost 41-kilometre MTB tour starts in Hahnenklee and leads via the Romkerhalle kingdom to the Okertalsperre reservoir. Again and again you are accompanied by pretty little streams such as the Lange Bramke as you cycle through dense forests. There are refreshment stops along the way. Highlights of the tour: - Oker dam - Romkerhalle ("smallest kingdom in the world") - marvellous forest paths

The Kästeklippen with their granite cliffs are a particular attraction for hikers who start in Romkerhalle or at the Waldhaus. However, they can also be easily reached by bike without colliding with hikers. Once at the top, it is best to leave your bike and explore the surrounding area on foot. Following the demolition of the pub, the forest has set up a refreshment station up here, where drinks and snacks are available. The tour is quite demanding in places, both in terms of the gradients...

Challenging mountain bike tour in the Harz Nature Park, Lower Saxony. This is a fantastically beautiful, but also very challenging mountain bike tour in the Hochharz. Starting from Schulenberg, you cycle once around the Oker dam, partly along roads and partly on natural trails. Highlights of the tour: - Oker dam - Beautiful views - Varied trails

Demanding mountain bike tour in the Harz National Park, Lower Saxony. A demanding tour, which is based on the Tour O11 of the Volksbankarena Harz. It is possible to make a detour to the wild cat enclosure on the way back. Highlights of the route: - Okertalsperre - NSG Oberharz - Radau Berg - Marienteich

A challenging mountain bike tour that leads around the Oker dam in the Upper Harz. The route runs along a mixture of wide forest tracks and narrower paths through dense spruce forests. There are longer climbs that are rewarded with sweeping views over the water surface of the reservoir and the surrounding low mountain range landscape. The tour offers an intensive experience of nature in the typical Harz landscape.