Aartalsee nature reserve – Bad Endbach Railway Viaduct loop from Gemeindeverwaltung Bad Endbach

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Aartalsee nature reserve – Bad Endbach Railway Viaduct loop from Gemeindeverwaltung Bad Endbach

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Aartalsee nature reserve – Bad Endbach Railway Viaduct loop from Gemeindeverwaltung Bad Endbach

03:02

48.0km

390m

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: October 8, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Lahn-Dill-Bergland

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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9.10 km

Aartalsee Dam

Highlight • Monument

From the dam, you have a beautiful view of the upper part of the Aartalsee and a stretch downstream.

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11.9 km

Aartalsee nature reserve

Highlight (Segment) • Lake

The NSG is particularly attractive during migration, when many species of water and wading birds as well as seagulls rest there. Of the breeding birds in the NSG, the following …

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27.6 km

Viewpoint

29.3 km

Schmelzmühle

Highlight • Restaurant

Well-visited excursion bar with delicious food. A welcome resting place on a bike tour.

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29.9 km

Cycle Path Through the Salzbödetal

Highlight • Cycleway

A very nice cycle path, especially between Salzböden and Reimershausen.

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37.8 km

Gravel section on the Salzbödetal Cycle Path

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Here I was, beautiful place

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46.0 km

Almost unexpectedly, this impressive structure appears, reminiscent of the times when the tracks it carried transported not only people, but above all ores, iron, and industrial goods between the Salzbödetal and the Lahn-Dill industrial regions.

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46.4 km

Bad Endbach Railway Viaduct

Highlight • Bridge

Around Bad Endbach there are some of these monumental railway bridges that inevitably attract attention.

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46.7 km

Bad Endbach Viaduct

Highlight • Bridge

Magnificent monument of a glorious railway age.

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48.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.1 km

16.5 km

9.52 km

4.34 km

607 m

Surfaces

37.7 km

4.69 km

2.93 km

2.49 km

171 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (410 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

Weather

Thursday 15 October

19°C

7°C

12 %

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Max wind speed: 10.0 km/h

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Comments

August 7, 2025,NSG Aartalsee – Bad Endbacher Viadukt Runde von Friedelhausen

I recommend not driving along the B255 by the lake, even for a short stretch. It's simply too dangerous. There's an underpass, which I took. Otherwise, a very nice tour.

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October 28, 2022,Salzböderunde

The pensioner hiking group of the Biebertal "Roff un Ronner" running club used the last summer temperatures in October 2022 to tour the valley of the many mills (exceptionally per bike). Under the leadership of Kurt Fenderl, the Salzböde cycle path was entered in Reimershausen and cycled to Bad Endbach. Past the Aartalsee, it then went back to Biebertal.

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June 7, 2025,...nur noch 19 Tage Runde...

...so, for the last two weeks I've been concentrating on endurance cycling.
For the rest of the time, I'll be focusing more on hiking and putting strain on my joints...
and then I can really get started...

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