Three Majesties Rock – Moosalb Spring Biotope loop from Landstuhl

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Palatinate Forest

Landkreis Kaiserslautern

Schopp

Three Majesties Rock – Moosalb Spring Biotope loop from Landstuhl

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Three Majesties Rock – Moosalb Spring Biotope loop from Landstuhl

03:39

13.3km

210m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Karlstalschlucht

Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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80 m

Nature Friends House Finsterbrunnertal

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Hearty Palatinate cuisine, but also exotic things like game sausage. Nicely laid out area.

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4.58 km

Amseldell and Friedenshütte with Forest Bowling Alley

Highlight • Historical Site

The Amseldell is a former park that was considered an exclusive tourist destination in the 19th century.
The facility was built by Freiherr Carl von Gienanth around 1842. The Freiherr …

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8.78 km

Entrance to Karlstal Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

In the Karlstal Gorge, you walk along narrow paths beside a natural, rushing river. Accompanied by rock formations and idyllic spots, you repeatedly cross the river, a beautiful experience.

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9.13 km

Moss-covered boulders in the Karlstal Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

The "Karlstal" is located near Trippstadt in the district of Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate.
- nature reserve
- There is a path right by the stream
- "created around 1790
- designed …

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9.36 km

Pavilion in the Karlstal gorge

Highlight • Structure

Beautiful pavilion in the middle of the Karlstal Gorge on the Moosalpe

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9.63 km

The rock face with the metal plaque commemorates the meeting that took place here in 1862 between the then Bavarian King Ludwig I, the Hesse-Darmstadt Grand Duke Ludwig III and the Austrian Archduchess Hildegarde.

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9.64 km

Riverside rest area in the Karlstal Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

In the Karlstal Gorge you will find beautiful resting places by the babbling stream every few meters

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10.4 km

Moosalb Spring Biotope

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

A beautiful, refreshing spring biotope. Very idyllic located on the, flowing through reeds, Moosalb. It is under conservation. It is asked not to remove the moss.

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13.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.09 km

4.10 km

542 m

356 m

169 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

11.0 km

722 m

542 m

356 m

272 m

229 m

170 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

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Comments

October 6, 2024,Wandern Pfalz bei Kaiserslautern - Naturfreundehaus - Karlstal - Eisenhüttenweg

Beautiful tour on perfect hiking/mountain bike trails. The starting point was the hiking car park at the Naturfreundehaus. The outward route runs through the forest up to the Schwarderkopf. Here you only occasionally meet friendly mountain bikers.

On the way back through the Karlstal Gorge and in the Hammertal it gets much busier on weekends, which doesn't stop the dog …

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May 8, 2024,Roundabout karlstalschlucht

With a nice break from the rain we had a lovely forest path finishing with the karlstadtschlucht.

No Ruby today because she is bringing home too many ticks and they are embedding into my skin. Unfortunately she cannot get her summer haircut for another two weeks.

August 31, 2024,Schopp | NFH Finsterbrunnertal - Karlstalschlucht - Drei-Majestäten-Fels - Moosalbe Runde

Today we headed towards Kaiserslautern again. This time we started at the Naturfreundehaus Finsterbrunnertal over the Scharderkopf into the Karlstalschlucht. The main attraction of the route was definitely the Karlstalschlucht. In the gorge you walk on narrow paths along the natural, rushing little river. Accompanied by rock formations and idyllic places, you cross the river every now and then. Just …

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