Grugatrasse Rail Trail – Green Belt Cycle Path Essen loop from Essen-Steele

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Grugatrasse Rail Trail – Green Belt Cycle Path Essen loop from Essen-Steele

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Grugatrasse Rail Trail – Green Belt Cycle Path Essen loop from Essen-Steele

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51.7km

260m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 29.1 km for 27 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.68 km

Grugatrasse Rail Trail

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Very good and fast connection between Steele and Frohnhausen. There is a direct connection to the RS1. The section from Steele to Gruga is asphalted.

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5.72 km

Stadtwald

Forest

8.74 km

Green Belt Cycle Path Essen

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Nice to drive like an expressway with exits

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11.9 km

Grugatrasse

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Beautiful route. Connects Frohnhausen with Steele, the RS1 with the Ruhrtalradweg.

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19.1 km

Stone Arch Bridge and Geo-Trail along the Ruhr

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Especially on hot days, you will appreciate this beautiful, dreamy, shady, and cool path.

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22.2 km

Saarn-Mendener Ruhraue

Nature Reserve

24.5 km

View of the Mintarder Ruhr Valley Bridge

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Super long bridge. I found the bridge very impressive to look at from a certain distance from the cycle path, because the bridge is super long and slightly curved; it crosses the Ruhr and the cycle path.

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29.5 km

Kettwig Ruhr Promenade

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Didn't visit it myself, but the people sitting in front of it made a very satisfied impression without exception.

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34.1 km

Ruhr Riverside Cycle Path

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The cycle path along the Ruhr is great to ride on. Here you can let it roll and enjoy the beautiful landscape.

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39.4 km

Schloss Baldeney

Castle

40.7 km

Lake Baldeney

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It is always fun to go around the lake

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46.2 km

Heisinger Ruhraue

Nature Reserve

51.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.3 km

7.53 km

5.04 km

2.26 km

1.33 km

277 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

40.4 km

6.11 km

4.21 km

824 m

240 m

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

14°C

8°C

57 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

July 21, 2025,Trassentour🚴🚴‍♀️ im grünen Ruhrgebiet🏭🌳🌲🥳Essen Schönebeck, RS1 Mülheim, Ruhrweg Kettwig, Baldeneysee, Heisingen, Steele,E-Horst, Grugatrasse, Schönebeck

The Ruhr area 🏭 can be easily explored via the routes ... first via the unfinished 🙁RS1 to Mühlheim ... further through lots of nature 🌳 🌾 along the Ruhr 🌊 to Kettwig ... there's a soooo delicious 😋🍨🤭 ... further through lots of greenery 💚 😍 to Baldeneysee 🌊🚤🛶 ... there is a major construction site 🚧🚳🏗️ at the …

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August 8, 2024,🚲 Tour 2024 Bluemen 1️⃣🚲 Essen - Mühlheim - Baldeneysee und Zeche Zollverein 🚲

Today our Bluemen 🚲Tour 2024 started in the Ruhr area 👍
5 Bluemen's took the train to Essen main station. Checked in at the hotel (we stayed in the same hotel for 3 days and then always did star trips) Today Grugapark, Mühlheim, Essen-Kettwiger-Stausee, Baldeneysee and Zeche Zollverein (pretty impressive👍) and hotel.
Always on very beautiful 🚲paths 👍

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October 26, 2024,Baldeneysee-Runde mit meiner Frau 🥰

Kerstin's 1st complete circuit of the lake by bike 💪🥳👌

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October 4, 2024,Industriekultur Tag 2: Springorum Radweg bis Gartenstadt Margarethenhöhe

(Published afterwards.)
From the "radrevier.ruhr" tours we chose the Garden City tour and adapted it to our starting point in Dahlhausen.
The industrial chimneys combined with green, quiet cycle paths were worth a photo immediately after the start.
The next little stop in bright sunshine but frosty temperatures was the Dahlhausen railway bridge.
For more highlights see left... 😉
The …

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August 12, 2024,Fahrradtour (Grugaradweg, Rellinghausen, Baldeneysee, Werden, Kettwig, Menden, RS1)

Cycling, swimming and beer... a nice "different" triathlon! ☝️🍻🥳
Later we went back to Menden for a barbecue!

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June 4, 2022,Pfingst- Tour de Ruhr (Essen/Mülheim) 👍⛵🚴

There were no heaps in the way... Nothing exciting: Via the RS1 at junction 1 to the Grugaradweg, then along the Ruhr (past Baldeneysee, Kettwig and Werden) to Mülheim and back on the RS1.

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December 20, 2021,Mülheim – Mintard – Kettwig – Werden

With a bright November sun and 5 ° C, we went first to Mülheim, then through the Ruhr floodplains near Saarn, Menden and Mintard to Kettwig, from there to Werden and back over the stupid Lerchenstraße mountain.

Of course, I also included the short detour to the Hugenpoet moated castle, which is well worth seeing.

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