Best easy trails in Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park
This park is located in western Germany in the low mountain range of the Hunsrück and is part of the Hunsrück Nature Park. As the sixteenth national park in Germany, it was founded in 2015, one year after the Black Forest National Park, and is already considered a hotspot of biodiversity, but is still easy to reach within an hour of Mainz, Trier and Saarbrücken.
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- 4.7 (19)·Easy·2.8 mi·Est. 1–1.5 hrThis is the complete Hunnenringweg loop from the Ringwall parking lot in Otzenhausen in the Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park. There is an option to visit the Celtic Park first before doing the loop. The hike is a great mix of history and nature as you can feel the Celtic past in the area. Also suitable for children.
- 4.5 (9)·Easy·2.8 mi·Est. 1–1.5 hrInteresting nature trail in Rhineland-Palatinate. Start is at Kempenfeld, not far from the Wildenburger Hof. It goes in a south-easterly direction through beautiful, green forest and you later get to the Wildenburg animal park. In a few rounds, the Wildenburg Castle will be reached. This is the highest castle in the Hunsrück, as the region is called here. Although the Wildenburg is a ruined castle, it has a 22 meter high observation tower with a platform running all around, from which you...
Visitor info
The National Park has three official main entrances, the Erbeskopf, Celtic Park and Wildenburg National Park Gates, where information centers await visitors: The National Park exhibition at the Erbeskopf National Park Gate is open daily from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. The Celtic Village National Park Gate, with its replica of a Celtic village, is open from March 30 to the end of October from Thu. to Sat. from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays and public holidays. During the vacations, Mon., Tue. and Wed. are additional days. The wildlife enclosure at the Wildenburg National Park gate is open to visitors daily from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.
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