Plettenberg Hiking Car Park – Plettenberg Quarry Viewpoint loop from Plettenkeller

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Plettenberg Hiking Car Park – Plettenberg Quarry Viewpoint loop from Plettenkeller

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Plettenberg Hiking Car Park – Plettenberg Quarry Viewpoint loop from Plettenkeller

01:11

4.01km

110m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

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Geopark Schwäbische Alb

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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50 m

Plettenberg Hiking Car Park

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Hiking car park "Plettenberg" good starting point for the ascent.

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294 m

Moss-Covered Rock Formations in Geopark Schwäbische Alb

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Beautiful rock formations with moss - forest 🌲🌳🌲 - Plettenberg ⛰ - Balingen-Dotternhausen - Zollernalbkreis

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928 m

Playground and Barbecue Area at Plettenberg Hütte

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Beautifully landscaped barbecue and rest area with playground 🛝 at the Plettenberg Hut 🛖

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1.68 km

Beautiful view from Plettenberg, 1002 m above sea level - Zollernalb District
Beautiful view of the valley - distant view of the TK Elevator Test Tower in Rottweil - 246-meter-high elevator test tower

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1.71 km

Bench with a beautiful view towards Rottweil

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The ThyssenKrupp tower can be clearly seen from here.

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1.86 km

Plettenberg Quarry Viewpoint

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Absolutely worth seeing quarry with viewing platform. Limestone from the White Jura is blasted out of the mountain here, crushed and brought down to the valley with the 2.3 km long cable car for cement production.

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2.00 km

View of Rottweil and Thyssenkrupp Test Tower

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simply wonderful on a clear day

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2.19 km

Plettenberg Summit and Quarry View

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Great view from the more than 1,000 meter high Plettenberg. The Plettenberghütte in the south just below the summit invites you to take a break. The hut, like many huts …

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4.01 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.10 km

900 m

Surfaces

1.68 km

829 m

671 m

664 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (990 m)

Lowest point (890 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

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Comments

July 1, 2025,Abendrunde zum Sonnenuntergang auf dem Plettenberg

This evening, Lili and I went up to Plettenberg to watch the sunset. It's always beautiful up there, and we were completely alone.

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November 27, 2025,Kleine Plettenbergtour im Schnee

The sunshine and -2 degrees Celsius lured me to a short tour with Ricko up the Plettenberg mountain before lunch. Surprise, surprise, ten centimeters of powder snow! Judging by the tracks, we were only the second visitors! Ricko was unstoppable....

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