Best bike touring trails in Harz Nature Park

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...

This nature-focused loop leads through the legendary forests of the Upper Harz near Bad Grund. The trail explores the area around the prominent Brautstein, an imposing rock formation, following a diverse mixture of narrow forest trails, forestry tracks, and historic paths. A central highlight is the view from the Brautstein itself, offering a vast panorama over the Harz foreland and the mountain town of Bad Grund, as well as the mystical atmosphere of the dense spruce and beech forests. Due...

Popular bike tour in the Harz Nature Park, Lower Saxony. This beautiful route leads around the Okertalsperre. Most of the time you cycle on paved paths. Warning: the bike may have to be pushed a few hundred meters. Highlights of the route: - Oker dam - beautiful views - well-developed paths

This hike leads along the legendary Goethe Trail from Torfhaus to the summit of the Brocken, the highest mountain in the Harz Mountains. The route starts right at the large Torfhaus parking lot, directly opposite the Torfhaus National Park Visitor Center. From the starting point, the trail first leads through the Great Torfhaus Moor, one of the oldest raised bogs in the Harz National Park. Wooden boardwalks take you across the sensitive moorland soil, where rare plants such as the...

This beautiful hiking route begins at the Läusebuche car park. The wide farm roads are also easy to ride on by bike or with a pram, etc. After approx. 2-3 km you reach the Kapellenfleck, a stamp point for the Harzer Wadernadel (206). In the second part of the tour you come to the Großer Kronenbach.

A relaxed tour, mostly on forest / forest roads with two nice trails (descent). One of the trails requires good driving technique, as it is quite steep, winding, very rooty in places and there is a small staircase at the end.

Demanding mountain bike tour in the Harz Nature Park, Lower Saxony. This is a fantastically beautiful, but also very demanding mountain bike tour in the Hochharz. From Schulenberg you ride around the Okertalsperre, partly along roads, partly on natural trails. Highlights of the hike: - Okertalsperre - beautiful views - varied trails

Demanding, varied circular route near Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Lower Saxony. Quite a difficult but rewarding bike path. This mountain-valley tour leads with partly steep climbs over gravel paths and natural paths. It leads through idyllic forests, along the forest swimming pool and along meadow landscapes. Again and again there are fantastic views of the surrounding landscape. Highlights of the route: - Kuttelbacher pond (forest swimming pool) - Demanding terrain - Great panorama