Radome on the Wasserkuppe – View from Wasserkuppe loop from Naturpark Hessische Rhön

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Landkreis Fulda

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Radome on the Wasserkuppe – View from Wasserkuppe loop from Naturpark Hessische Rhön

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Radome on the Wasserkuppe – View from Wasserkuppe loop from Naturpark Hessische Rhön

06:09

19.8km

690m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 9.78 km for 137 m

Deliveries only

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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335 m

View of Schloss Bieberstein and the Rhön Plain

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Beautiful view down into the plain at Bieberstein Castle

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1.38 km

Blockfield on Milseburg

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Below the peak lies a sea of rocks

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2.48 km

View of the Milseburg

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The view doesn't come for nothing... it's okay to sweat a little... but hello... a must

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5.41 km

View of the Hessian Rhön

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View of the Bavarian Rhön. A bit shrouded in fog today.

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5.98 km

View of the Wasserkuppe from Weiherberg

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To enjoy the view

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6.71 km

Weiherkuppe bei Sieblos

Nature Reserve

8.91 km

Bierbrunnen Abtsroda

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Perfect location for a beer. Enjoy it cooled from the fountain in a deck chair on the panoramic meadow.

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9.73 km

Instead of a summit cross, there is a summit stone, almost inconspicuous next to the towering radome and significant landmark of the Wasserkuppe.

If the weather is right, the view from up here is simply fantastic.

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10.3 km

View from Wasserkuppe

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A wonderful view of the Rhön landscape.

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19.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.0 km

4.06 km

753 m

591 m

427 m

Surfaces

11.1 km

5.42 km

2.45 km

806 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 19 October

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Comments

July 8, 2022,Wasserkuppe - Milsburg - Abtsroda

If you want to save yourself the difficult ascent back to the Wasserkuppe, you can look for the bus stop (Wiesenstrasse) back in Abtsroda and take line 35 from Fulda to the top. For us not so young people or inexperienced an alternative.

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September 18, 2022,Nass zur Milseburg und retour

Nasser always works. Today it was still moderate.
The destination was the Milseburg and as a feeder we simply followed the "Hochröhner" from the Wasserkuppe. Short picnic at the castle and then a bit back on the Milseburgweg.
We were able to enjoy the Poppenhauser art mile.
Up to the Abtsrodaer Kuppe there was a pulse again and then we …

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October 3, 2024,HOCHRHÖNER® - Tag 4 - Von Steens nach Obernhausen

Since we had planned a slightly shorter route of 16.5 kilometers today, we were able to start the day a little later and "only" started the first section of today's stage to Milseburg, which was 3.5 kilometers and 200 meters away, at 9:30 a.m. Here we had a path with fine gravel at the beginning, which led into a forest …

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