Helgoland Düne Lighthouse – Seal Viewing Dune loop from Helgoland

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Germany

Schleswig-Holstein

Helgoland

Helgoland Düne Lighthouse – Seal Viewing Dune loop from Helgoland

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Helgoland Düne Lighthouse – Seal Viewing Dune loop from Helgoland

00:53

3.50km

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Helgoländer Felssockel

Waypoints

Start point

Camping Site

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509 m

Seal Beach

Highlight • Beach

Grey seals and harbor seals are a great place to watch.
Be careful to keep your distance as you can get very close to them!

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743 m

Fossil Beach Helgoland

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You can find a lot of different fossils here. E.g. petrified sea urchins etc.

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883 m

Here you will find Helgoland's famous flints in abundance, as well as the red and chicken gods.
Please pay attention to the quiet zones for seals and harbor seals. Keep a distance of 30 meters and DO NOT traipse into the dune protection zones!
It's a sensitive ecosystem!
Thanks!

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1.44 km

Grey seal and harbor seal observation on Düne Beach

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The gray seals often gather here.

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1.58 km

Helgoland Oberfeuer Lighthouse

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1.91 km

Helgoland Düne Lighthouse

Highlight • Monument

The 20.1 m high tower was the last in a long series of lighthouses built in Germany from prefabricated steel elements (tubbing) of the Isselburger Hütte. The tower carries the upper fire for the southern driveway and the beacon for the northwest driveway to the Helgoland port facilities.
The Unterfeuer is a 10 m high steel pipe mast, about 120 meters south of the lighthouse in the Watt.
Both beacons have been preserved several times, most recently in June 2007.

Source: Wiki

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2.13 km

Seal Viewing Dune

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Fortified observation dune with some well-kept seating and - with a bit of luck - view of the seals on the beach.

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2.48 km

Bungalow Village Helgoland Dune

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The modern bungalows have a cozy living / dining room with a fully equipped kitchen and one or two bedrooms. An extra bed is often possible through the sofa bed in the living-dining area. Garden furniture on the terrace invites you to relax.

Here you can enjoy the day undisturbed, soak up the sun and watch the ships come and go. On the dune you can stroll along the beach, watch seals, gray seals and birds and enjoy fresh fish and delicious cakes in one of the two restaurants. Breathe in deeply and just do nothing - without everyday noises, almost alone with nature. In the evening you can only hear the waves crashing on the shore, the wind and the birds. In the morning the sun appears on the eastern horizon, in the evening from the north beach you can watch it sink back into the sea in the west. A few hundred meters away, the lights glitter on the red rock. There is calm here. Anyone who experiences this does not want to leave again. Give it a try - as a temporary Robinson!

Source: helgoland.de/uebernachtungsmoegitäten/bungalows

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3.50 km

End point

Camping Site

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.15 km

646 m

638 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.35 km

618 m

437 m

102 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 17 October

12°C

9°C

30 %

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Comments

May 3, 2023,🦭🐦‍⬛Rund um die Düne 🐦‍⬛🦭

After we were so enthusiastic about the dune, it became clear relatively quickly - we have to sail over here again. And it was worth it. In addition to the seals, ringed plovers and bar-tailed godwits were also sighted this time. 🤩😍 Only the dunes restaurant gave us this time wg. Rest day a (beach) basket. No problem - a …

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