Best backpacking trails in Frankenau

Diverse long-distance hiking trail in the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park, Hesse. The certified quality trail Kellerwaldsteig leads hikers into the varied and uniquely beautiful nature of the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park and the surrounding nature park of the same name. It is recommended to divide the Kellerwaldsteig into 12 daily stages. A special highlight of the route is the Edersee with its clear water. In addition, you hike through rustic cripple forests, dense beech forests and so...

Stage 1 of the "Kellerwaldsteig" long-distance hiking trail, Hesse. This is the first stage of the Kellerwaldsteig, a certified quality trail that leads in an almost 160 km long loop through the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park. The national park town of Frankenau marks the starting point of the 13 km long first section. On the way to the climatic health resort of Oberorke you pass several castle ruins and a very beautiful nature reserve in the Lengelbach valley. Several places to stay...