Hörnum Lighthouse – Rantum thatched-roof houses loop from Hörnum (Sylt)

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Hörnum Lighthouse – Rantum thatched-roof houses loop from Hörnum (Sylt)

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Hörnum Lighthouse – Rantum thatched-roof houses loop from Hörnum (Sylt)

01:41

28.2km

30m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Rantumer Dünen/Sylt

Baakdeel-Rantum/Sylt

Waypoints

Start point

Restaurant

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1.38 km

Hörnum Lighthouse

Highlight • Monument

already visible from afar from the north and at the same time a beautiful beach

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4.47 km

Bench With View of Salt Marshes and Mudflats

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It's worth stopping and taking a deep breath 😊🧘 ♀️🧘 ♂️

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4.47 km

Sylt Coastal Cycling and Hiking Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Beautifully located cycling and hiking path in harmony with nature! 😍

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5.48 km

Salt Marshes Near Rantum

Highlight • Natural

a wonderful tranquility that you can enjoy during the bike tour

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6.84 km

Rantumer Dünen/Sylt

Nature Reserve

9.61 km

Gravel Path Along the Sylt Coast

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You drive nicely along the water alongside the road.

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11.2 km

Rantum thatched-roof houses

Highlight • Settlement

not just cute little houses

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14.6 km

Rantum dune landscape

Highlight • Natural

Junction to Zanzibar - Rantumer Dune

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22.2 km

Path to the beach

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Nice stretch of beach with plenty of vegetation.

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28.2 km

End point

Restaurant

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.2 km

9.10 km

2.48 km

1.34 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.4 km

8.80 km

3.65 km

851 m

452 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 12 October

16°C

9°C

89 %

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Max wind speed: 43.0 km/h

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Comments

October 6, 2023,Rantum nach Hörnum 6.10.23

Final tour of this year's stay on Sylt. Visited every place at least once by bike. Often started from Morsum, where we booked our accommodation for the first time. Put the bike on the luggage rack twice and chose a different starting point. Keitum and the route from Westerland to List (including Rantum basin) once again stood out in terms …

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June 20, 2025,Rantum- Hörnum

On the highway there and back, a gravel route. Both are recommended.

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June 16, 2024,Westerland Hörnum

Strong headwind on the way there. The way back was nicer through the dunes. Unfortunately, no time to take photos as the storm was getting closer. It reached us in Rantum. 😬

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June 17, 2025,Ab den Süden nach Hörnum - 17.06.2025

From the hotel in Rantum, we headed almost straight south. After the town, we switched to the route of the former island railway. We drove through the dunes down to Hörnum. We took a quick look around the harbor before continuing on foot to the southernmost point of the island, Hörnum Odde. We had a fantastic view of the islands …

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November 18, 2023,SYLT - RANTUM-Runde hin- und zurück auf den tollen Radwegen

Even though the weather certainly took some getting used to and we had to wrap up warmly, it was simply beautiful on this round trip.

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June 3, 2024,Natur pur - große Süd-Rundtour - Hörnum inkl. Rantumbecken

Due to approaching rain we skipped the Rantum Basin, otherwise a nice tour to the south of the island 🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏼‍♂️👍🏼😊

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September 21, 2021,Von Hörnum nach Westerland 🚴🚴‍♀️🌳🌲🌊🌊

3 islands in 3 days. Nice cross-section of the North Frisian islands Amrum, Föhr and Sylt ...
Every island has something for itself. But my favorite island is definitely clear 😃⚓🌲🌳🌊

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June 17, 2022,Radeln + Laufen auf Sylt: Von Hörnum über Beach Hot Spots nach Rantum

Our last day of vacation here on Sylt remained sunny and dry. We started directly from the holiday apartment in Hörnum and parked our bikes in the huge parking lot at the entrance to Zanzibar. If you need it, you can have the shuttle take you the few hundred meters from the parking lot to Zanzibar. We then walked further …

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