Duhner Heide Observation Platform – Discovery Trail Duhner Heide loop from Sahlenburg

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Lower Saxony

Cuxhaven

Duhner Heide Observation Platform – Discovery Trail Duhner Heide loop from Sahlenburg

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Duhner Heide Observation Platform – Discovery Trail Duhner Heide loop from Sahlenburg

01:26

5.61km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Ruhezone I/50

Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.17 km

View of the North Sea

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A very interesting view when the carriages come back

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1.45 km

Wattenmeer Visitor Center Cuxhaven

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The Wadden Sea Visitor Center offers something for every adventure and curiosity on three floors. Natural history tours of the mudflats, the salt marshes, and the coastal heaths are offered, …

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2.40 km

Duhner Heide Discovery Trail

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Very nice discovery trail with interesting stations

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2.54 km

Duhner Heide Observation Platform

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The tower stands exactly on the coast between heath and mudflats. From here you can see very well the island Neuwerk.

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2.60 km

Discovery Trail Duhner Heide

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A beautiful hiking trail through the Duhnen Heath; even in February there is stunning nature to see. Highly recommended and interesting at the same time.

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3.81 km

Duhner Heide Heathland

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As early as August 1, 1975, the "Duhner Heide" received the status of a landscape protection area. This was intended to protect the extremely rare crowberry heather that occurs here, …

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4.34 km

Jetty and heather fields in the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park

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A beautiful hiking trail through the Duhnen Heath; even in February, there's stunning nature to see. A great opportunity for a picnic. Highly recommended and interesting at the same time.

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4.49 km

Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park

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A beautiful hiking and cycling trail leads through the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea; even in February, there is stunning nature to see. Highly recommended and interesting at the same time.

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5.61 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.99 km

1.49 km

1.39 km

744 m

Surfaces

2.35 km

1.41 km

1.34 km

411 m

110 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 20 October

13°C

7°C

89 %

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Max wind speed: 25.0 km/h

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Comments

August 16, 2025,Sahlenburg zum Sonnenuntergang

After the school enrollment ceremony, we went to Sahlenburg to watch the sunset. The light was beautiful at this time, around 7 p.m.

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February 21, 2026,Wandern 🚶🏼‍♀️🚶21.02.26 Cuxhaven Duhner Heide 💜 und Strand 🏄🏻‍♀️

Hi,

Great tour today in Cuxhaven, and a bit different than usual. We visited the Duhner Heide nature reserve, and it was wonderful – well worth a visit, even in February 💝. A quick trip to the beach was a must, of course – always beautiful 😊.

Best, Conny 👋🏻

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March 28, 2026,Sahlenburg 🏥🥗🌅

After meeting with @Tin this afternoon, we went to Sahlenburg together. First over the "lost place" of the Nordheim Foundation and then through the small coastal heath. Then we had a little refreshment and after that the sun quickly and actually very unspectacularly disappeared behind the clouds.

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