Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

Bavaria

Upper Franconia

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Betzenstein

Wetterloch Cave – Wasserstein Gate loop from Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

Bavaria

Upper Franconia

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Betzenstein

Wetterloch Cave – Wasserstein Gate loop from Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg

Moderate

4.7

(317)

1,084

hikers

Wetterloch Cave – Wasserstein Gate loop from Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg

02:01

7.27km

130m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

1.47 km

Wetterloch Cave

Highlight • Cave

Great cave just a few yards from the trail and not to be missed

Translated by Google •

Tip by

1.88 km

Great Wasserstein Rock Shelter

Highlight • Cave

The large water stone is a dolomite massif with two rock groups and a cave system. In the northern area there is a smaller cave system with about ten meters …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

1.97 km

Wasserstein Gate

Highlight • Natural Monument

The largest rock gate of the water stones, what forces must have worked here.
Especially when the sun is falling through the gate and the trees

Translated by Google •

Tip by

2.00 km

Rock cave in Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

Highlight • Cave

You have to be very thin to squeeze into this crevasse ;-)

Translated by Google •

Tip by

3.54 km

Betzenstein Adventure Park

Highlight • Structure

There is not only a high ropes course for large children and adults, but also a separate climbing garden especially for smaller children (kindergarten age accompanied by an adult). The …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

3.67 km

Klauskirche Cave

Highlight • Cave

Very nice tunnel-like cave with a length of about 32m and 7 meters in height, at the southern entrance there is a display board with information about the through cave. …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

3.73 km

Klausenkirche Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

Also a special place in the 'Franconian'

Translated by Google •

Tip by

7.27 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.90 km

1.91 km

816 m

651 m

Surfaces

3.68 km

1.65 km

1.03 km

446 m

355 m

115 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (470 m)

Weather

Thursday 27 August

22°C

16°C

-- %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: -- km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

November 5, 2024,Höhlen und Felsen um Betzenstein

One of my favorite routes, even though the weather wasn't great today.
But I didn't meet anyone and I didn't sweat either.
There are a lot of highlights within a short distance on this route, such as the Klauskirche, the Hexentor and the various caves and rock formations in the Wassersteinwald.

Showing Translation

March 1, 2023,Höhlen und Felsen um Betzenstein

Beautiful circular route with many highlights and photo opportunities (sorry for the many pictures) over almost 8 km.
Sequentially:
Klauskirche
witch gate
water stone
Betzenstein with lookout tower on the Schmidtberg

Showing Translation

April 10, 2023,Rundwanderung zu den Naturdenkmälern rund um Betzenstein

A beautiful hike that I highly recommend.

Showing Translation

January 30, 2022,Betzenstein-Hüll: Rund ums Große Wasserstein- Labyrinth

My last hike for now. 🦿...
And I enjoyed it with the hiking group! We were together again near Betzenstein, the same circular hiking trail via Betzenstein to Hüll with the highlights Wetterloch, Großer Wasserstein, Wassersteintor, Büttner-Höhle and, my favourite, the Hexentor.
Right at the beginning of the tour you have a beautiful view from the observation tower over the …

Showing Translation

Want to know more?

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Moderate

4.8

3,550

Aufseß Breweries Trail

03:25h

13.0km

120m

Easy

4.8

2,712

Promenade trail - circular tour in Franconian Switzerland

01:15h

4.47km

80m

Moderate

4.5

1,230

Valley and uplands hike

03:03h

11.1km

180m

Moderate

4.7

1,284

Archaeological Loop

02:31h

8.65km

230m

Hard

4.9

828

1000-metre elevation gain loop

07:11h

23.5km

810m

Moderate

4.6

1,121

Culinary Castle Tour – west loop

02:52h

10.4km

160m

Moderate

4.3

926

To the rock village and rock gate - Franconian Switzerland

03:42h

13.0km

300m

Moderate

4.8

660

Petershöhle Loop

02:16h

7.83km

200m

Moderate

4.6

749

Schlossberg to the Burgberg

02:58h

10.1km

280m

Moderate

4.5

753

Hike to the beautiful view

03:47h

13.5km

270m

Hard

4.7

596

800-metre elevation gain loop

05:47h

18.1km

740m

Moderate

4.7

579

Hohenstein – SevenSummits in the Nuremberg region

03:06h

10.1km

340m

Wetterloch Cave – Wasserstein Gate loop from Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg

Wetterloch Cave

Great Wasserstein Rock Shelter

Wasserstein Gate

Rock Gate

Rock cave in Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

Betzenstein Adventure Park

Klauskirche Cave

Klausenkirche Rock Formation

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️