Magnificent pine forest – Oak avenue loop from Lessenich

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Magnificent pine forest – Oak avenue loop from Lessenich

Moderate

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Magnificent pine forest – Oak avenue loop from Lessenich

02:20

8.56km

130m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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320 m

Magnificent pine forest

Highlight • Forest

The nice to look at forest is on a fenced pasture and is unfortunately not freely accessible ...

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593 m

Oak avenue

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Beautiful play of colors in the light of the setting autumn sun ... 😎

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2.63 km

Roman Canal Trail Station 18a: Mechernich (Hombusch) – Roman Aqueduct Remains

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Station No. 18a of the Roman Canal WW with information board.

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3.08 km

Old path

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Paved path that continues from Gut Hombusch.

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5.16 km

Bench With Panoramic View of the Eifel

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6.16 km

Eifelschleife Ab Durch Den Wald

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The Eifel loop "Through the forest" is located near Satzvey (town of Mechernich). As the name suggests, it mainly goes through the forest with a view of the Stockert and …

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6.17 km

Forest path in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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8.56 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.04 km

509 m

Surfaces

7.34 km

667 m

537 m

Elevation

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Highest point (360 m)

Lowest point (270 m)

Weather

Tuesday 22 September

20°C

6°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

May 30, 2023,Eifelschleife "Ab in den Wald!"

If you disregard the really nice start to the round at the Katzensteinen, this Eifel loop is unfortunately quite monotonous. Mainly wide, easily walkable forest paths with little variety. Part of the route runs directly below and parallel to the A1. Unfortunately very loud and not very appealing. To make "a few meters" and okay on hot days, but unfortunately …

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April 12, 2025,Ab in den Wald oder: Erkenntnisse des Tages ( frei nach Hape Kerkeling )

I decided on a whim to go for a short hike today. I picked a promising tour online and off I went. When I arrived at the hiking parking lot, it was already quite full.

1st lesson of the day: the tour seems good, it's busy. Then a hiking group of 20 participants arrives and heads in the same direction. …

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March 3, 2025,Schöner Spaziergang in der Sonne

Nice walk. You can sometimes hear the motorway, but you quickly forget about it.

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February 13, 2022,Nordeifel🥾EifelSchleife Ab in den Wald!

Beautiful tour through forest and meadows. You have to accept smaller cuts in terms of background noise due to the proximity to the motorway.

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October 10, 2021,EifelSchleife Ab in den Wald! (Stadt Mechernich) Nr. 13

After we had seen the pumpkin exhibition under the motto "Nostalgic Circus Arena" at the Krewelshof, we used the beautiful autumn day for a hike. The Eifel loop "Ab in den Wald" with a detour to the Katzensteinen was very nice and there were also significantly fewer people on the road than at the Krewelshof😊, only the section on the …

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February 2, 2025,NRW_Mechernich-Katzvey EifelSchleife Ab in den Wald 02.02.2025

Today I went hiking in my old home town of Mechernich in the best hiking weather and chose the Eifel loop tour “Off into the forest”.

There are several natural monuments in the Mechernich area, including the 1000-year-old oak tree, the Kartstein rock with the Kakus cave and of course the Katzensteine.

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February 3, 2024,EifelSchleife Ab in den Wald! (Stadt Mechernich)

Just take a breath! This hike through the forest offers the opportunity to enjoy the peace and quiet of the forest and take in the scent of the pine trees.

The Eifel loop “Off into the Forest” leads, as the name suggests, almost exclusively through forest areas. The only exceptions are a few beautiful clearings and distant views. There are …

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October 10, 2021,EifelSchleife Ab in den Wald! (Stadt Mechernich) Nr. 13

Finally a tour again for a long time. All in all a nice loop in the Eifel - only on the way along the A1 is the motorway noise bothersome. There are nice benches on the section with a view of the wide landscape over the fields. The cat stones are very worth seeing.

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