View of the Sorpe dam – Sorpesee Lakeside Trail loop from Langscheider Mark

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Hochsauerlandkreis

Sundern (Sauerland)

View of the Sorpe dam – Sorpesee Lakeside Trail loop from Langscheider Mark

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View of the Sorpe dam – Sorpesee Lakeside Trail loop from Langscheider Mark

01:08

18.4km

160m

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 a protected area

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Naturpark Sauerland-Rothaargebirge

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.14 km

Sorpesee

Highlight • Lake

Sorpesee - variety of possibilities to practice sports of all kinds .... hiking, diving, cycling etc.

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9.87 km

View of the Lake from the East Shore

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Beautiful view of the lake, which offers many bathing opportunities and a great bike path. This leads over the wall and the dams around the reservoir and the Amecke Vorbrecken …

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11.3 km

View of the Sorpe dam

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Very nice and recommendable

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14.8 km

The Sorpesee is touristically very well developed. Here you can go diving, rowing, sailing, surfing, camping and, which I think is pretty cool, renting tree houses as accommodation (sorpesee.de/nordic-ferienpark-sorpesee/baumhaeuser-am-sorpesee.html). It …

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14.9 km

Sorpesee Lakeside Trail

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The Randweg is paved throughout and is perfect for racing bikes.
Best during the week in the evening or very early in the morning. When the weather is good, there is a lot going on at the weekend.

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15.1 km

View of the Sorpesee equalization basin

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The view in the direction is great and there are also benches to linger

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15.2 km

Sorpesee (Lake Sorpe)

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Nice destination with ice cream parlors and a beautiful promenade :)

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18.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.1 km

1.18 km

628 m

359 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.7 km

761 m

461 m

406 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

13°C

7°C

60 %

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Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

October 18, 2025,Rund um den Sorpesee ⛵️🛟

On a whim, I drove to Sundern after work on Friday. A beautiful Airbnb apartment welcomed me. I used Saturday to sleep in, have breakfast, and then take a relaxing ride around Lake Sorpe. The entire route follows the beautiful shoreline, paved with cycling paths, partly through the colorful autumn forest. I also cycled around the retention basin near Amecke. …

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May 30, 2026,In und um den See😊

With this weather, you don't just ride around the lake, but also jump in after a picnic🌊... Nice cool water😍🤠

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August 12, 2026,Zum Streetfood-Festival am Sorpesee

We were thinking of a nice evening, and then: a large-scale forest fire and the fire department in action on land and from the air. Water source: the lake

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May 20, 2023,Sorpe-Rundweg

A nice bike ride, there is a good bike path that leads around the Sorpesee.

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July 19, 2025,Einmal rund um den Sorpesee, 🇩🇪 19.07.2025

In beautiful weather, we hiked around the entire Sorpesee today. The eastern shore is dominated by dense forest, although some areas have been significantly reforested since Kyrill.
The western shore is dominated by numerous campsites.

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June 5, 2023,Sorpe-Talsperre, Eine Runde auf Asphalt

Hour down, hour around, hour back. There is so much to do and see in this world.

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October 26, 2024,Sorpesee Umrundung

On Saturday I spontaneously went to Sorpesee because I was in Balve and read the signs there to see how close I was.

So I went over and got my bike ready to go in a parking lot.

Wow.

The route at the beginning felt like it was going steadily uphill through the forest, but it was fantastically beautiful.

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