View of Rieden – Sandkaul Caves near Ettringen loop from Bell

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz

Bell

View of Rieden – Sandkaul Caves near Ettringen loop from Bell

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View of Rieden – Sandkaul Caves near Ettringen loop from Bell

08:21

28.5km

770m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 28, 2026

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Rhein-Ahr-Eifel

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.70 km

Schweinsgraben Tuff Quarry

Highlight • Structure

An old quarry site, now deep under the canopy of beech trees again. Nature takes back what was once taken from her. Moss settles like patina on the broken rock, …

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5.84 km

Maifeldblick

Viewpoint

8.98 km

View of the Eifel and Rhine Plain

Highlight • Viewpoint

On our hike on the dream path Waldseepfad Rieden we had wonderful views again and again. With the bright yellow of the rapeseed and the fresh green of the young leaves, spring shows its wonderful splendour of colors

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9.10 km

View of Rieden

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everywhere great views of the countryside

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11.6 km

Beach

13.9 km

Viewpoint

22.1 km

View from St. Florian Hut (Sulzbusch)

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The Sulzbusch viewing point at the St. Florians Hut is fantastic. It is worth taking a break here to enjoy this amazing view.

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24.4 km

Sandkaul Caves near Ettringen

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The Sandkaul near Ettringen in the Volcanic Eifel.🖤
This former volcanic rock mining area is located on the edge of the Hochstein volcano, north of Ettringen on the L 82 …

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24.9 km

View of Ettringen and Lake Laach from Hochstein

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A nice place to take a break. Great view of Ettringen and the fields of the Eastern Eifel. However, the traffic noise from the road to Ettringen is sometimes a bit disturbing.

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25.1 km

Genoveva Cave

Highlight • Cave

When you look at the Genoveva Cave, you can easily imagine how people used to seek shelter there. In the ARD fairy tale adaptation of Rumpelstiltskin, the Genoveva Cave was …

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27.1 km

Boardwalks Through the Moor to Hochstein

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In the forests around Mayen it is basically beautiful, mystical, mysterious and exciting. The rocks, the many bridges, footbridges, the caves - there is something for everyone to experience an entertaining day in nature

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28.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.3 km

4.82 km

2.66 km

676 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

13.6 km

8.59 km

3.54 km

1.28 km

885 m

302 m

243 m

Elevation

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Highest point (560 m)

Lowest point (330 m)

Weather

Friday 16 October

14°C

6°C

81 %

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Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

May 26, 2022,🖤x 700Hm Traumpfade: Waldsee - Gänsehalsturm - Genovevahöhle

Some of the hiking trails deviate slightly from the Komoot maps (as of May 2022), but if in doubt, you only have to follow the orange dream path markings.
A really nice tour with many highlights!
Correctly, however, it is 700hm.

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October 25, 2021,Von Rieden über den Gänsehals zur Vier-Berge-Tour

The Traumpfad Vier-Berge-Tour is one of the dream trails that really deserve this name.
Since we absolutely wanted to start in Rieden in our accommodation, of course the 13 kilometers of dream path turned into a whopping 21 km and 795 meters of altitude.
AND with the goose neck tower we not only had another top highlight with a sensational …

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June 16, 2022,2 Traumpfade kombiniert/Mendig

Today, on the day of Corpus Christi, I met 5 friends from Büttgen, Cologne and Sulzbach for a hike in the Vulkaneifel.

We started in Mendig, where the 4-Mountain-Tour begins. I have expanded this with a part of the dream path Riedener Waldseepfad. A nice combination, the view from the goose neck tower justified the climb.

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May 14, 2022,Traumpfad Waldseepfad Rieden

Back in dream path land ☺️

The trail can also be combined with the Four Mountains Tour. Too bad it wasn't in the description.

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July 17, 2024,Schöner Ausblick auf Rieden – "Seehütte" Runde von Rieden

Yesterday we went on a longer hike that deviated slightly from the original hiking route. We started from a parking lot and of course initially walked in the wrong direction 😄. A section that was supposed to be a hiking trail didn't even exist, so we walked through the town. The hike was really beautiful and the good thing was …

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June 11, 2025,WR 13/25 - Traumpfad Waldseepfad Rieden - 16,1 km am 11.06.2025 (Ehemaligentreff Nr. 4 in 2025)

Our organizer had reserved the Waldseepfad Rieden dream trail for the "former" hike today. Nine hiking enthusiasts responded to the call for today's meeting.

This tour truly deserves the name "dream trail"! There were some tough climbs, but they were either relatively short and provided with natural steps or easily manageable via loops with a correspondingly lower gradient. You are …

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March 20, 2022,6Berge und 1See

This morning still undecided about where to go. What have the others been up to lately? Then, as always, I stumbled across a post from yesterday with 30 km and 900 HM. (Belated RESPECT!!!! Only saw this morning🤓). Sounds good, I have it in the planned tours. Bell at Mendig should be fine now. At some point I had combined …

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