A hiking trail leads to the volcano, mainly along dirt paths.
Once you reach the top, you will see a rock and later the crater. Not a huge highlight, but beautiful.

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The Kalem volcano is the oldest in the Vulkaneifel. For the natural monument see e.g. geopark-vulkaneifel.de/eifel/landschaft/schutzgebiete/ffh-gebiete/birresborner-eishoehlen-und-vulkan-kalem.html or birresborn.de natural monument.asp?=

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