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Smugglers' Trail – Little Customs House loop from Kröppen

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Smugglers' Trail – Little Customs House loop from Kröppen

Moderate

4.8

(93)

310

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Smugglers' Trail – Little Customs House loop from Kröppen

03:34

13.0km

210m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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422 m

View of the Palatinate Countryside

Highlight • Viewpoint

665 m

Bench with a view

Highlight • Viewpoint

New, comfortable bench with a view over the fields.

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1.50 km

Orchard With Harvest Permission

Highlight • Natural

The world's best plums and delicious apples and pears grow here. The trees all have a yellow ribbon, which means that you are encouraged to harvest them! Unfortunately, no one …

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1.88 km

Mühlberg

Peak

4.15 km

Smugglers' Trail

Highlight • Trail

A beautiful bike path with rocks, very easy to ride.

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4.18 km

Kauais Rast – Bench at the Red Sandstone Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

A nice sheltered spot

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5.42 km

Little Customs House

Highlight • Historical Site

A nice place to stay

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5.44 km

German-French Border Crossing Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The border in the forest, a place to sit and rest.

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9.20 km

Schmuggler Platz Playground and Picnic Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Only a few meters behind the rest area you will find a cool spot at a small waterfall.

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13.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.37 km

1.67 km

1.65 km

270 m

Surfaces

7.22 km

1.78 km

1.70 km

1.20 km

1.06 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (400 m)

Lowest point (260 m)

Weather

Wednesday 2 September

24°C

11°C

14 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

January 29, 2023,Schmugglerpfad Kröppen 29.1.23

Used the weather today and walked this round. Good decision, despite the great weather, I only met 3 people the whole way

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January 19, 2023,⭐️ Schmugglerpfad

The starting point of today's tour was the sports field in Kröppen, from where we went along a service road along the fields to a still very well-preserved "Lorraine Cross". Along the meadow orchards we reached the forest, which led us on a beautiful path towards France. Passing the "Red Rock" we reached the German-French border and crossed the Trualbe …

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April 23, 2023,Schmugglerpfad Kröppen Walschbronn Kröppen

A very nice circular hike. Starting point with information board at the sports field in Kröppen. Always information at different points along the way. Very nice description, as it was a few years ago on the German-French border. Very well signposted.

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January 9, 2024,Schmuggler-Pfad

Wish everyone a happy new year 🍀 My first tour of the year was cross-border, luckily it was cold because the mud was frozen. That's why I recommend hiking this tour in spring, summer and also in autumn. Or like me, on a cold winter day 👌😉🥶

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June 30, 2022,Schmugglerweg, von Kröppen

Smugglers' Trail, well-marked hiking trail with a section through France (- without border control 😄).
2-3 short but steep climbs, several moderate climbs and many almost level paths (see elevation profile).

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July 30, 2023,Kröppen, Schmugglerpfad

A very beautiful and eventful round trip.
Lots of rest areas and sensory benches to relax.

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March 2, 2025,Schmuggler-Pfad

A very beautiful, varied path - that's why I took a "few" more pictures than usual 😉

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August 29, 2025,🚶🏼‍♀️Schmugglerpfad Kröppen bei Pirmasens

Dear fellow hikers, Komoot users, and everyone,

Today's hike took me to the French border behind Pirmasens, and I was absolutely thrilled. A varied trail through meadows and fields, an orchard where eating is expressly permitted, great paths right on the German-French border, dreamy red rocks, fantastic forest sections, and beautiful border markers. In Walschbronn, there's a great place to …

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Smugglers' Trail – Little Customs House loop from Kröppen

View of the Palatinate Countryside

Bench with a view

Orchard With Harvest Permission

Smugglers' Trail

Kauais Rast – Bench at the Red Sandstone Rock Formation

Little Customs House

German-French Border Crossing Shelter

Schmuggler Platz Playground and Picnic Area

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