Harz View Tower – Mackenröder Cliffs loop from Mackenrode

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Göttingen

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Harz View Tower – Mackenröder Cliffs loop from Mackenrode

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Harz View Tower – Mackenröder Cliffs loop from Mackenrode

01:24

4.64km

140m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

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Stadtwald Göttingen und Kerstlingeröder Feld

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.30 km

Steep Ascent in Stadtwald Göttingen und Kerstlingeröder Feld

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With a final push, the route climbs steeply from below to the Mackenröder Spitze.

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1.42 km

Mackenröder Spitze Shelter and Historic Monument

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There used to be an observation tower here, similar to the Harz view tower to the north, which did not exist at the time. The tower had to give way …

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1.42 km

Langendorff Memorial Stone

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Near the Mackenröder Spitze, at 427 m the highest point of the Göttingen Forest, there is a beautiful shelter and a memorial stone.

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1.79 km

View of Seeburger See

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View over the Harz foothills and Seeburger See.

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2.05 km

Observation Tower, Göttingen City Forest

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It's a great walk, there are 52 wooden steps and at the top you have a great view

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2.08 km

Harz View Tower

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This is, so to speak, the new Mackenröder Spitze. The tower used to stand a little further south and had to make way for the Bundeswehr's small radar post on …

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3.50 km

Mackenröder Cliffs

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It's geologically very interesting here. The terrain is in motion. Over the years, material breaks off the steep face here and there, so that fortunately it shifts very slowly towards …

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4.20 km

View of the Harz Mountains

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The edge of the forest between Waake and Mackenrode has several good vantage points. At this point, the view stretches from the Hengstberg on the right over Mackenrode and the …

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4.64 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.46 km

1.04 km

147 m

Surfaces

2.74 km