Habichtswaldsteig Extratour H3 "In the splendor of Hercules

12.00 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: easy
Condition: easy
Great panorama
hike
  • 4:00 h
  • 12.00 km
  • 300 m
  • 300 m
  • 411 m
  • 628 m
  • 217 m
  • Start: Hiking parking lot Roter Stollen
  • Destination: Hiking parking lot Roter Stollen

It is a tour for decidedly enjoyable hikers, for rangers who love change. It runs on the "roof of Hessen", a plateau mostly over 500 meters above sea level, overlooked by the peak of the Hoher Gras at 615 meters above sea level. It is a traditional hiking area, characterized by the proximity to the princely mountain park, by hute and mining history.

Hikers walk through sublime beech forests that revel in the nutrient surplus of the basalt rock. A lush herb layer with forest orchid, Bingelkraut and forest barley, here and there silver leaf, as well as straight-grown beeches are their trademark. From the heights, small streams wind through block-rich beds and carve narrow valleys. Nestled in the woods rest flowery forest meadows with daisies and knapweeds. Old chestnut avenues impress, offering their fruits to deer and wild boars in autumn. Again and again the forest opens up to wide huts with mighty hute trees and thorny undergrowth, over which herds of horses and Galloways move.

Fairy tale:Hute pastures, hute trees, Silver Lake, Igelsburg, Hercules

Natural history:natural beech forest, forest meadows, rough pastures

Good to know

Pavements

Asphalt
Gravel
Trail

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Tour information

  • Barrier-Free

  • Cultural Interesting

  • Loop Road

  • Nature Highlight

Directions & Parking facilities

A44, B 251, L 3298, Ehlener Straße

More information

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Author

Naturpark Habichtswald

Organization

Regionalmanagement Nordhessen GmbH
34117 Kassel

License (master data)

Naturpark Habichtswald
License: Attribution

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

A rest at the lake Höllchen on a sunbed provides a time of peace and reflection.

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Habichtswaldsteig Extratour H3 "In the splendor of Hercules
Ehlener Straße
34131 Kassel