Velberg Forest Adventure Trail – Wilder Weg Nature Trail loop from Velburg

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Velberg Forest Adventure Trail – Wilder Weg Nature Trail loop from Velburg

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4.8

(55)

175

hikers

Velberg Forest Adventure Trail – Wilder Weg Nature Trail loop from Velburg

01:37

5.73km

120m

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: August 6, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.23 km

Living Sundial and Lounge Chair

Highlight • Monument

Beautiful sundial on a small clearing at the Velburg forest nature trail.

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3.50 km

View of the Wiesengrund Valley from the Burgberg Velburg Nature Trail

Highlight • Viewpoint

Really a wonderful view

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3.91 km

Forest Memorial Stone

Highlight • Monument

Educational trail on the subject of "time" between Velburg and St. Colomann

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4.47 km

Velberg Forest Adventure Trail

Highlight • Trail

well done and in great shape.
Lots of interesting information along the way for young and old. The highlight is definitely the swing

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4.66 km

Wilder Weg Nature Trail

Highlight • Trail

Very nice forest educational trail with nice stations that are informative even for us adults
e.g. how old some animals get.
Otherwise there are tonewoods, tree phones etc.

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4.85 km

Rest Area at Schwammerl Rock Formation

Highlight • Rest Area

Oh, that's what porcini look like 🤣👌, a beautiful place in the rock with a sufficient rest area, and the long bench.
A view of the mushroom from above is also possible.

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4.94 km

Ascent to the Schwammerl Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

Small cardio training, but a super nice stair trail.

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5.08 km

Cave Bear Silhouette on Daublebetrad Nature Trail

Highlight • Structure

Here it goes on to the stalactite cave.

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5.73 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.61 km

2.54 km

534 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.80 km

1.44 km

996 m

339 m

109 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (600 m)

Lowest point (530 m)

Weather

Today

Thursday 8 October

15°C

4°C

37 %

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Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Comments

August 29, 2024,Velburg - am Osterberg

One of the Velburg classic rounds shortly after sunrise around and on the Osterberg with mushrooms and a forest nature trail - despite the still bearable temperatures, I still started to sweat.

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February 4, 2022,Waldlehrpfad Velburg

After Regensburg was the destination yesterday, today we went closer to nature.
A few geocaches lay parallel to the forest trail in Velburg. In the hope that the paths would be reasonably dry, I reached the hiking car park first and......
Well, hope dies last. 🤷
Since the terrain is around 550 meters above sea level, there were sometimes even …

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May 26, 2024,Velburg - Felsen, Erlebnispfad und Blumenwiesen

I actually wanted to find more orchids - I guess I didn't have an eye for them today - the flower meadows populated by insects at the edge of the forest made up for it - I was on the Velburg adventure trail on the topic of "time" in the morning - with lots of rocks and the "Schwammerl"

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April 6, 2024,Rotbuchenland bei Velburg / Wandern für die Seele

Tour No. 16 from "Hiking for the soul in the Bavarian Jura", Droste Verlag. 19 other hikes with exciting botanical and geological information in the book. Can be ordered everywhere.

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March 31, 2022,Velburg - die eine Hälfte der Klassikrunde

Today I was "dahoam" in Velburg again and did half of the "classic tour" - stalactite cave, 3 stone virgins and mushrooms were there - castle ruins, hollow hole and Herz-Jesu mountain are missing.

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