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Germany
Hesse
Regierungsbezirk Kassel
Landkreis Fulda
Gersfeld (Rhön)

View of the Wasserkuppe – Red moor loop from Wasserkuppe

Moderate

4.7

(87)

345

hikers

View of the Wasserkuppe – Red moor loop from Wasserkuppe

02:59

10.6km

190m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 22, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Kernzone des NSG Rotes Moor

Naturpark Hessische Rhön

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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1.24 km

Fulda close to its origin

Highlight • River

The big Fulda once very small. Unfortunately, there is a road directly above.

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2

2.17 km

Fuchssteine

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A beautiful rock formation in the middle of the way.

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3

3.06 km

View of the Wasserkuppe

Highlight • Viewpoint

Nearby is a bench with a table that invites you to rest while enjoying the best view of the Wasserkuppe.

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4.40 km

Great wooden observation tower with a view of the peat quarrying area in earlier years... accessible via the Bohlensteg

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5

4.58 km

Birches

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There are several of them here.

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5.13 km

Often you will never find such a birch forest... are Carpathian birches... should not be missed

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5.32 km

Rotes Moor Information Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The information hut right at the beginning of the moor nature trail offers the first information on the way through the moor with its display boards. In an emergency in …

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6.40 km

Red moor

Highlight • Natural Monument

Nice hiking trail on planks. Interesting information and a great landscape. A trip for the whole family.

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10.6 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.24 km

2.92 km

709 m

673 m

110 m

Surfaces

5.36 km

2.80 km

900 m

763 m

673 m

153 m

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Comments

September 12, 2022,Rotes Moor - Wasserkuppe und zurück
This tour was again expected but very interesting. The cleared trees, because many complain, have something to do with beetles. See pictures attached.
Again, sturdy shoes are advantageous here, because sometimes it is really uphill, where it can be slippery. Depending on the weather, of course. We had a temperature difference of about 10° up in the forest. Also here …

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Today we went from the Red Moor up to the Wasserkuppe.
Hesse's highest mountain at 950 m is also known as the mountain of the pilots.
We went past the Fulda spring, which joins the Werra in Hann. Münden to become the Weser and then flows into the North Sea.
Wonderful views of the Bavarian, Thuringian and Hessian Rhön.
You …

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