Bornstein Viewpoint – Gottlesried loop from Göttleinsberg

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Bornstein Viewpoint – Gottlesried loop from Göttleinsberg

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Bornstein Viewpoint – Gottlesried loop from Göttleinsberg

01:50

5.96km

200m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Waypoints

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1.02 km

Chapel of the Singing Stone

Highlight • Religious Site

Mysterious chapel in the middle of the forest 🌳 The fisherman's chapel on the singing stone 🪨
Very nice chapel 👍

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1.05 km

Singender Stein Mountain Chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

2.45 km

Forest path in Naturpark Bayerischer Wald

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3.32 km

Bench "If you're tired, take a seat" in Naturpark Bayerischer Wald

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A bench... to sit... and rest.

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3.55 km

Bornstein Rock Formation (818 m)

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Bornstein can be easily reached from Burggrafenried. Trail 7 nicely signposted. S1 - S2

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3.65 km

Bornstein Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

If you follow hiking trail 7 from Burggrafenried (near Bischofsmais), the path leads directly to the small mountain called Bornstein. This got its name from a conspicuous rock formation on …

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3.69 km

Bornstein Tour

Highlight • Natural Monument

good hiking shoes required

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4.77 km

Gottlesried

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Wonderful hiking trails in a beautiful area lead past here.

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5.96 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.62 km

1.26 km

492 m

330 m

264 m

Surfaces

2.76 km

1.65 km

488 m

403 m

330 m

328 m

Elevation

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Highest point (830 m)

Lowest point (660 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

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Comments

August 30, 2025,WiWeBayW_41_Bornstein

Some parts are a bit slippery due to wet moss and roots. Sturdy footwear and/or hiking poles are recommended. The rest area with a bench at Bornstein is somewhat hidden.

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November 5, 2023,Göttleinsberg(WW 9), unm.Weg (teils roter Pfeil), Kapelle am singenden Stein, unm.Weg, WW 9, Burggrafenried, WW 7, Bornstein, Aussichtspunkt (m. neuem Kreuz), WW 7, Totenbrettergruppe, Gottlesried(Kapelle), entl. WW 17 zur. z. AP

Interesting, promising circular hike on easy-to-walk paths and rustic paths (partly unmarked), but with a somewhat limited view of the mountains of the Bavarian Forest.

From Göttleinsberg you take an unmarked path, running parallel to WW 9, past an open wooden barn across meadows towards the forest. Turning to the right, we hike along the edge of the forest with …

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October 15, 2024,Bayerischer Wald / Göttleinsberg / Kapelle im singenden Stein & sehr grüner Wald ;-)

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Rarely have we seen such a "green" forest, everything full of mosses and other ground cover. We more or less followed the signposted hiking trails, sometimes it went straight through the forest without paths; there are actually enough paths, but they are not shown on Komoot or OpenStreetMap.

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