On the road in the Black Forest National Park

Again and again individual lynx roam through the Black Forest. So far they have not settled down here, but if you want to get to know the cat of prey better on quiet paws, you can follow their tracks on the lynx trail.



Let's start with lots of information in the lynx hut. His call can also be heard at… read more

The narrow path leads through a wild forest with trunks lying all over the place and large root plates.

In 1999, the hurricane "Lothar" knocked down a large part of the 150-year-old trees on the Plättig. Here you can see how the forest has been developing freely since then and how new life is springing… read more

In 1999, the hurricane "Lothar" plowed a deep swathe through the forest on the peaks of the northern Black Forest. On the Lothar Trail you can experience how nature develops after a storm without human intervention and with what power new forests are created. Many insects and fungi have found new habitats… read more

On the hike through the Tonbach valley, meadows and pastures alternate with unspoilt forests.



From the large car park in Tonbach, the path leads across the quiet valley. Some narrow paths will take you to the deer enclosure, which includes the meadows on both sides of the stream and the adjacent slopes… read more

This varied circular route leads from the Ruhestein National Park Center through meadows and forests. From the Bosensteiner Eck it is worth taking a detour to the Brennter Schrofen, from where there are views of the spa town of Ottenhöfen. Below the Vogelskopf you can look across the Rhine plain to the… read more

A heart of the national park can be explored with this varied circular route.



From the Ruhestein National Park Center you hike across the pastures on the ski slope up to the Grinden on the Seekopf. There you enter Baden-Württemberg's oldest protected forest, which has not been managed for more than a… read more

This circular route takes you through dark forests via a part of the forest nature trail and the Herrenwieser saddle to the approximately 1000 meter high Badenerhöhe.



The second highest mountain in the northern part of the national park has always been a popular destination. Cattle grazed on it until… read more

From the Allerheiligen monastery ruins, you hike through unspoilt mixed forests and on narrow rocky paths along the largest, natural waterfall in the northern Black Forest. The Lierbach eats its way through the granite here in Allerheiligen and falls a total of 66 meters down.



The 100 meter high walls… read more

From the car park at the Schliffkopf Hotel, you hike on this circular route through mountain heaths and unspoilt forests. On the way, wonderful distant views open up over the blue-green Black Forest hills to the Rhine plain.



The heath areas with mountain pines, blueberries and grasses that you cross are… read more

This circular route takes you into the quiet valley of Lake Huzenbach and up into the wild core zone of the national park. The Huzenbacher See is one of the typical cirque lakes of the northern Black Forest. You first hike into the small valley carved out by a glacier ages ago - to the lake, which is… read more