View of Edersee – Bärental Wooden Bridge loop from Schloß Waldeck

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Waldeck-Frankenberg

Waldeck

View of Edersee – Bärental Wooden Bridge loop from Schloß Waldeck

Moderate

4.8

(55)

130

hikers

View of Edersee – Bärental Wooden Bridge loop from Schloß Waldeck

04:41

16.6km

340m

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: September 26, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Nationalpark Kellerwald-Edersee

Naturpark Kellerwald-Edersee

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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341 m

View of Edersee

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Good view of the Edersee and the distance, nice up here

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1.21 km

View of Schloss Waldeck and Edersee

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Bear valley view

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8.10 km

Urwaldsteig Entrance Near Nieder-Werbe

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Here the jungle and cellar forest trails first run very close to the Edersee. Before you then dive directly into the forest, you still have beautiful views of the nearby Nieder-Werbe. A very nice way.

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8.31 km

Urwaldsteig Trailhead, Nieder-Werbe

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The wilderness adventure begins on the Urwaldsteig. For 66 km you walk along narrow paths and pass old beech and oak trees with gnarled, bizarre growth forms. Around the Edersee …

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8.51 km

View of the Edersee from Niederwerbe

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Exposed location, great view, very secluded.

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10.3 km

Mühlecke Viewpoint, Edersee

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The Mühlecke is a beautiful vantage point on stage 6 of the Urwaldsteig. There is a beautiful view of the Scheid peninsula and Rehbach. A bench invites you to linger.

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12.9 km

Bärental Wooden Bridge

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In the unspoilt Bärental there is a real jungle atmosphere. The jungle trail runs here between huge oaks and beeches, whose leaves cast beautiful patterns on the forest floor in the sunlight.

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14.9 km

Waldeck Lakeside Promenade and Beach

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Very nice promenade with a lido and a view of Waldeck Castle

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16.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.7 km

2.14 km

1.59 km

166 m

Surfaces

5.06 km

4.68 km

3.14 km

2.56 km

1.16 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (400 m)

Lowest point (240 m)

Weather

Sunday 18 October

12°C

5°C

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

August 26, 2023,Schloss Waldeck – Urwaldsteig bei Nieder-Werbe Runde von Waldeck

Great round from Waldeck Castle. However, you can omit the dangling in Sachsenhausen at the beginning. A new development is under construction here. Then a bit annoying through a golf course. But then great paths through the forest. In low advertising. Great Thai with a cozy garden invites you to cyclists. Then the Ursteig - beautiful! At the end we …

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