View of the Dreiborn Plateau – Dreiborn Plateau loop from Dreiborn

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Euskirchen

Schleiden

View of the Dreiborn Plateau – Dreiborn Plateau loop from Dreiborn

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View of the Dreiborn Plateau – Dreiborn Plateau loop from Dreiborn

01:26

5.30km

70m

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 21, 2026

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Nationalpark Eifel

Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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929 m

View of the Dreiborn Plateau

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The Dreiborn Plateau is an open upland landscape and part of the national park. It lies at an altitude of approximately 500 meters between the valleys of the Rur, Urft, and Olef rivers and is characterized by expansive meadows, heathland, and scattered wooded areas. From 1946 to 2006, the area served as a military training ground and consequently remained largely uninhabited for a long period. Since the establishment of the national park, the plateau has been accessible via designated trails. Today, it serves as a nature reserve, providing habitat for numerous animal and plant species as well as offering panoramic views.

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997 m

Bench with a view

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This bank, in a wonderful location, is ideal for enjoying the great view over a short break.

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1.39 km

View of the Dreiborner Plateau in Eifel National Park

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Nice rest area with a wonderful panorama.

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1.76 km

XXL “Baumelbank” with panoramic view over the Dreiborn High Plateau

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The two-and-a-half-meter-high and five-meter-wide bench at Müsauelsberg invites visitors to linger and pause, offering a fantastic panoramic view across the open landscape of the Dreiborn Plateau. It is constructed from untreated Douglas fir wood, which, due to its high resin content, possesses natural protection against the elements.

Those hiking directly from the "Dreiborner Hochfläche" parking lot in Schleiden-Dreiborn towards Simmerath-Hirschrott will find the new attraction after approximately 1.8 kilometers.

Source: nationalpark-eifel.de/de/nationalpark-erleben/aktuelles/artikel-detailseite/Neue-XXL-Baumelbank-laedt-im-Nationalpark-Eifel-zum-Traeumen-ein-3474a

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1.87 km

View of the Dreiborn Plateau

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Far-reaching view over the Dreiborn plateau near the XXL swing bench at Müsauelsberg, where the landscape presents itself in all its openness and tranquility.

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2.75 km

Dreiborn Plateau

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The Dreiborn plateau in the Eifel National Park is a unique ecosystem with a mixture of open land, heathland, forests and species-rich meadows. Due to decades of military use, the area remained largely untouched by intensive agriculture, allowing many rare animal and plant species to survive.

In August 2024, several wolves were confirmed in the national park region around Schleiden, including by photographs.

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3.23 km

Meadow Trails on the Dreiborn Plateau

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A very important "rule of the game" when hiking across the Dreiborn plateau (and of course also for the other parts of the Eifel National Park and other protected areas): Always stay on the paths. If you simply walk "back and forth" through the fields and meadows, you are destroying the very nature that we can admire and enjoy here.

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3.61 km

View over the Dreiborn Plateau and stream valleys

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Anyone familiar with the often large forest areas or agricultural land from their hikes in the Eifel will be surprised and certainly overwhelmed by the Dreiborn plateau. From personal experience, I can only recommend visiting it in the most diverse seasons, because this area unfolds its very own charm at any time of the year.

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5.30 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.72 km

1.57 km

Surfaces

2.35 km

1.59 km

1.34 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

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Comments

August 16, 2026,Dreiborner Hochfläche

If you look closely, you can see in the first photos that a haze hangs over the entire Eifel region. The fire in the Venn can be seen and smelled from afar.
At the end of the tour, the wind had turned and the air was clearer.

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January 18, 2025,Über die Hochfläche zur XXL-Baumelbank - Nationalpark Eifel

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the Eifel National Park received a special birthday present in October 2024: The group of national park hosts donated an "XXL hanging bench" as an oversized seat for visitors to the nature reserve.
The two-and-a-half-meter-high and five-meter-wide bench invites you to linger and pause on the "Müsauelsberg" and offers a panoramic view of …

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March 16, 2025,Boomeln 🦵🦵 op de Boomelbank

This morning we headed to Höfen for the annual seed and plant fair. A few beautiful flowers 🏵️🌻🌺 for the bees 🐝🐝 and tomatoes 🍅 for Mr. Männchen 🤭👍.
And since we were already nearby, we quickly visited the tree bench on the Dreiborn plateau 👍. (@Martina 🥾🥾 we finally went 😉)
It was so beautiful up there. Wonderful 😍 …

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