View of the Sauerland Valley – Hegenscheid Airfield loop from Ihmert

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Märkischer Kreis

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View of the Sauerland Valley – Hegenscheid Airfield loop from Ihmert

Moderate

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197

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View of the Sauerland Valley – Hegenscheid Airfield loop from Ihmert

02:40

9.74km

150m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 29, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Sauerland-Rothaargebirge

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.43 km

View of Nettenscheid

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You have to have been to Nettenscheid. The high-rise building looks like a ghost town. Dilapidated and overgrown by nature. A shame, really, because from Nettenscheid, from the high-rise building, …

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4.10 km

View over to Kleinendrescheid 🏘️

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Always nice to see

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4.96 km

View of the Sauerland Valley

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When you come out of the forest and turn the corner, you have a wonderful view

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5.80 km

Hegenscheid Airfield

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Hegenscheid airfield. Here you can watch glider pilots or fly yourself when the weather is nice. Restaurant Zum Windsack is right next door.

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6.10 km

View of the Valley from Dorfkino

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It's great how the fog lies down in the valley

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6.31 km

Viewpoint Hegenscheid (Sauerland-Höhenflug)

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Wide view of the Lennebergland and beyond. Here is also a billboard with information on the visible places and hilltops on the horizon.

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6.63 km

View of Hegenscheid Airfield

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Airfield Hegenscheid, popular bicycle (intermediate) destination, but also for walkers always worth a visit, a café is also there.

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8.93 km

Bench with a view of the Sauerland hills

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... bank for a break ...

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9.74 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.60 km

1.35 km

790 m

Surfaces

3.50 km

2.67 km

1.78 km

1.73 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (370 m)

Weather

Sunday 1 November

7°C

4°C

60 %

Additional weather tips

There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

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Comments

April 7, 2024,Von Elfenforen nach Hegenscheid

Very varied, beautiful route. Lots of distant views, footpaths alternate with wider forest roads and asphalted side roads... Sometimes "through the jungle" and soon after over meadows with great distant views, I liked that a lot!

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May 30, 2025,Höhenflug Panorama Hegenscheid – Blick auf das Flugfeld Runde von Linscheid

Did a lovely round of home today😊. The weather was simply🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞.

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May 24, 2025,IS Flugplatz Hegenscheid Runde

🥾🥾It was another great tour around Hegenscheid Airfield 🥾🥾...with some beautiful narrow paths...great panoramas despite the cloudy sky...it even drizzled a bit...but that didn't bother me at all...after 4 weeks, I finally had time for a tour again...and my head has cleared 🌬🌬👍👍👍🎺🎺🎺

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