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Spessart Forest Experience Trail

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Signpost with the Spessart boar
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We embark on an adventure with the "Spessart Boar" along the Spessart Forest Experience Trail. A nature experience for young and old in the middle of the Black Forest Central/North Nature Park.

easy

Distance 2.2 km

1:30 h

25 m

327 m

303 m

The Forest Experience Trail combines nature, knowledge, and exercise into a varied family hike. As a roughly two-kilometer circular route, it leads through the Ettlingen city forest and is easy to walk – ideal for small and large explorers. Along the path, the "Spessart Boar" accompanies you to twelve exciting experience stations that make the forest playful and interactive. Beautiful views open up into the Alb valley along the way.

Themes of the 12 stations:

Tree growth – Forest labyrinth – Power of the wind – The forest floor – Hunting – View into the Alb valley – Wood utilization – Primeval forest – Forest classroom – Mixed forest – Forest sofa – Long jump

At the stations, you learn how trees grow, which animals live in the forest, or how much water the forest floor can store. A forest labyrinth, a forest sofa, a forest classroom, and other hands-on elements invite you to try out, discover, and marvel. This makes the walk a small expedition into the secrets of the forest.

Author’s recommendation

The Spessart forest inn is located directly next to the start/finish point of the trail - a culinary conclusion is therefore also possible.

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Andrea Wagner

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T1 easy

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easy

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327 m

Lowest point

303 m

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Tourist Information Ettlingen

https://www.ettlingen.de/erleben/gaeste/tourist-info

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Follow the Spessart Boar along the circular route

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Public transport

By bus (line 101) from Ettlingen to Spessart (get off at the Schottmüllerstraße stop)

Directions

Coming from Frankfurt or Basel on the A5 motorway, take the Ettlingen exit, then follow the signs towards Ettlingen-Spessart.
Coming from Stuttgart on the A8 motorway, take the Karlsbad exit, then follow the signs towards Ettlingen-Spessart.

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Parking spaces at the Spessart sports field

Coordinates

48.905128, 8.436118

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48°54'18.5"N 8°26'10.0"E

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32U 458678 5417062

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Difficulty

T1 easy

Overall difficulty

easy

Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

Distance

2.2 km

Duration

1:30 h

Ascent

25 m

Descent

25 m

Highest point

327 m

Lowest point

303 m

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