Best forest trails in Wanna

Start / finish: MoorIZ car park, Am Hohen Kopf 3, 21776 Wanna The short circular route begins and ends at the parking lot of the MoorIZ. It leads varied through the man-made cultural landscape on the high moor. You can tell when you take the first steps, the floor is springy and elastic. The moor pad begins with a piece between the rails of the moor railway and the Ahlenrönne, a main drainage ditch of the northern Ahlenmoor. Here it is shady and pleasantly cool even during the summer heat...

Start / finish: MoorIZ car park, Am Hohen Kpf 3, 21776 Wanna Length: 2.7 km / 44 vertical meters The elevation of the "Großer Ahlen" is a geest island in the middle of the Ahlenmoor. A mixed oak forest with acidic soil could develop here. This type of forest used to be widespread in north-west Germany. In particular, the intensification of forestry use with the planting of spruce and Douglas fir has meant that this type of forest is far less common today. The mixed oak forests are of great...

Start / finish: MoorIZ car park, Am Hohen Kpf 3, 21776 Wanna Length: 2 or 3.5 km / 49 vertical meters The elevation of the "Großer Ahlen" is a geest island in the middle of the Ahlenmoor. A mixed oak forest with acidic soil could develop here. This type of forest used to be widespread in north-west Germany. In particular, the intensification of forestry use with the planting of spruce and Douglas fir has meant that this type of forest is far less common today. The mixed oak forests are of...