Panoramic view of Cologne/Bonn Airport – Tongrube Pond (Wahner Heath) loop from Wahner Heide

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Bergisches Land

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

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Panoramic view of Cologne/Bonn Airport – Tongrube Pond (Wahner Heath) loop from Wahner Heide

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Panoramic view of Cologne/Bonn Airport – Tongrube Pond (Wahner Heath) loop from Wahner Heide

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13.0km

90m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Wahner Heide

Wahner Heide im Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.37 km

Forest path by the wetlands — Wahner Heide

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At this point you should not leave the path, because otherwise you sink into the moor.

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2.68 km

Panoramic view of Cologne/Bonn Airport

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A nice view of the airport

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3.34 km

Former Tank Wash Facility at Camp Major Legrand

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There is hardly a place in the Wahner Heide, from which you can watch as comfortable and guaranteed so much life up close.

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4.88 km

View of the Tongruben Pond

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NSG Wahner Heide in Troisdorf

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4.96 km

Tongrube Pond (Wahner Heath)

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The narrow visitor corridor between fenced-in paddocks is intentional. Do not approach, do not enter, do not touch. Just look from a distance as if on a screen. People should …

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5.50 km

Wahner Heide Nature Reserve

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Wahner Heide means blooming heaths next to swamps, moorland and swamp forests, open dune landscape in the vicinity of ponds, ponds and near-natural streams... Around 700 endangered animal and plant …

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10.1 km

Mühlheimer Ponds

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The Mühlheim ponds are a place of rest.

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13.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.1 km

889 m

886 m

126 m

Surfaces

8.13 km

2.84 km

1.03 km

979 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 18 October

17°C

8°C

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Comments

January 19, 2025,Winterwanderung durch die Wahner Heide ❄️🥾☀️

Today we really outsmarted the local weather! ❄️☀️
We set off in a lot of fog in the hope that the sun would come out today ☀️❄️. And we were so rewarded!

When we arrived at a hiking car park, at the old tank washing plant,
in the Wahner Heide, we were immediately rewarded by a dreamy and icy winter …

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September 30, 2023,SW-Wahner Heide_Von Altenrath durch viel Wald und die Heide-2023-09-30*

Beautiful hike through the Wahner Heide starting in Altenrath. In sunny weather with clouds, the first part goes through a lot of varied forest.
At the airport we observe a few takeoffs, unfortunately the runway we walk along is not in use at the moment. The second part also includes the typical heathland landscape, with lots of heather and sandy …

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August 19, 2023,Wahner Heide Doppelpack - Herfeldtour + Hühnerbruchtour 🌳🌸✈️

That was exactly the right tour for a muggy, hot day like today! Not too long, lots of shade, no noticeable meters in altitude and extremely multifaceted: forest, water, swamps, flowering heathland and lots of vitamins along the way 😊🤩 I took over the already finished elaboration of this successful tour combination in a slightly adapted form from @Alex|CGN . …

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March 4, 2022,Wahner Heide: Hühnerbruch-Tour + Herfeld-Tour

Today we went to the beautiful Wahner Heide in fantastic hiking weather. 2 tours were combined, first the chicken break tour

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May 29, 2025,Wandern für die Seele: Zu den Tieren der Wahner Heide ☁️🌧️🥾

Took a walk through the still-sleepy Wahner Heide. For the first part of the walk, I heard nothing but chirping birds and the roar of airplane engines. Then I was rewarded with the Big 4 of the Wahner Heide (water buffalo, donkeys, goats, cattle) 🤩😎!

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March 4, 2022,Wahner Heide: Herfeld-Tour, Hühnerbruch-Tour

Today we went to the last two missing hiking trails in the Wahner Heide in bright sunshine. Beautiful moorland and little highway noise. A nice tour that was nicer with nice company than my last tours through the heath 🙂

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March 8, 2024,Wahner Heide mit Aussicht ins Bergische - "WanderbarHelfen!"

Spring awakening in the nature reserve. Today we walk briskly through the Wahner Heide along two well-signposted circular paths. So I cleverly combine the Hühnerbruch tour (over the tank pools in Kannenbäckerland) with the Herfeld tour (when the moor line with the sundew) into a figure eight. Perfect with sun 🌞 from above, chirping between the branches and a fresh …

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