Staufenberg Trail in Nusplingen

We start from the "Laisental" hiking car park, which lies on the edge of beautiful quiet meadows of the Swabian Jura plateau, and walk about 100m back along the road into the forest, where we turn onto our gravel hiking trail at the curve. At the next fork, we follow the narrow path to the left through the sunlit forest, where on some days you can hear either the woodpecker tapping or the cuckoo calling. After continuing gently uphill, we approach along the edge the 955m high Staufenberg and the wonderful viewpoint "Staufenfelsen," which invites you to linger with its bench. From here, we have a magnificent view of the Upper Bära Valley and the village of Nusplingen with its impressive beech forests and the Old Cemetery Church. Enjoy the unique panoramic view stretching for kilometers over the surrounding mountains of our Swabian Jura plateau. It then goes downhill below the radio tower to an idyllic forest worker's hut. The path leads us to a small clearing which we cross along the edge of the forest. If you are lucky and quiet, you may even spot one or another forest animal. We keep to the right and thus return to the Laisental hiking car park.