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Maps and trails
The 10 most beautiful routes in Eiterfeld
Hiking Trail
· Rhön Mountains
FWW Green Belt HE - TH (Stage 16 Mansbach - Geisa-Point Alpha)
recommended route
Difficulty
T2
moderate
12 km
3:20 h
334 m
234 m
This hike through the northern Rhön ends at the historic site Point Alpha, one of the best-known witnesses of the East-West confrontation.
Hiking Trail
Extratour Soisberg - Hohenroda-Soislieden - Rhön
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
7.1 km
2:30 h
238 m
238 m
In the "Hessian Kegelspiel," not only do the mountains have poetic names – their interplay also tells stories.
Bicycle Rides
· Biosphärenreservat Rhön
ADAC border route – From Bad Hersfeld to Point Alpha
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Difficulty
moderate
66.5 km
4:50 h
410 m
305 m
On just under 67 km from the Hessian Bad Hersfeld via the "House on the Border" and Point Alpha to Thuringian Vacha / Hessian Philippsthal
Bicycle Rides
· Biosphärenreservat Rhön
ADAC cycling route – From Fulda to Schmalkalden
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Difficulty
moderate
96.8 km
7:10 h
713 m
752 m
Over approximately 96 kilometers along the Kegelspielradweg and Haunetalradweg through fantastic landscapes
Bicycle Rides
· Rhön Mountains
Rhön - North Route
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
56.7 km
3:45 h
740 m
740 m
As the last of our four Rhön cycling routes, it goes north - via Hünfeld and back through Nüsttal
Long Distance Hiking
· Schleswig-Holstein inland
European long-distance path E6 – German section from Flensburg to the Bavarian Forest
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Difficulty
difficult
closed
1,455.2 km
369:45 h
16,973 m
15,746 m
The European long-distance path E6 is an ambitious project that is intended to run continuously from northern Finland to Turkey. On the German section, we hike with gradually increasing ascents from north to south.
Pilgrim Trail
From Rasdorf via Grüsselbach to Point Alpha - Rhön
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
20.6 km
5:35 h
380 m
377 m
From Rasdorf to Grüsselbach then along the Kolonnenweg to Setzelbach and back to Rasdorf.
Bicycle Rides
· Waldhessen
ADAC Border Route 4: On former railway lines from spa town to spa town
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Difficulty
moderate
closed
89.9 km
6:35 h
503 m
428 m
Along 92 km of former railway tracks from spa town to spa town
Long Distance Hiking
Kegelspielweg HWO1 - Haunetal > Wernshausen - Rhön
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
68.5 km
18:59 h
1,523 m
1,503 m
A mix of extensive spaciousness, meditative silence, and the impressive Hessian Kegelspiel awaits us on the Kegelspielweg – a unique feature of the front Rhön.
Hiking Trail
From Rasdorf to the border opening memorial stone - Rhön
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
17 km
4:50 h
405 m
405 m
Historical monuments alternate loosely with religious monuments. Highlights: Standorfsberg Nature Reserve, Point Alpha memorial site

