Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Login or Signup

Get the App

Login or Signup

Login or Signup

Routes
Bike touring routes & trails
Germany
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Landkreis Rostock
Kühlungsborn

Gespensterwald Nienhagen – Nienhagen Ghost Forest loop from Kühlungsborn Ost

Routes
Bike touring routes & trails
Germany
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Landkreis Rostock
Kühlungsborn

Gespensterwald Nienhagen – Nienhagen Ghost Forest loop from Kühlungsborn Ost

Moderate

4.7

(391)

1,386

riders

Gespensterwald Nienhagen – Nienhagen Ghost Forest loop from Kühlungsborn Ost

02:11

34.6km

100m

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: July 2, 2026

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

1

2.47 km

Strandgut Café & Popular Bike Path

Highlight • Cafe

Great bike path, there are many here. Met people and had interesting conversations

Translated by Google •

Tip by

5.35 km

Kleiner Wohld

Forest

3

12.0 km

Cliff Coast of Börgerende-Nienhagen

Highlight • Gorge

The steep coast in Nienhagen - consisting of ice age deposits - is a defining feature of the state-approved seaside resort and is therefore subject to strict protection conditions. Along …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

4

12.8 km

Shelter at the Gespensterwald (Nienhagen Cliffs)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Here you have a great view of the water. The forest is super beautiful.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

5

13.1 km

Wooden bridge in Nienhagen's Ghost Forest

Highlight • Bridge

small bridge in the forest

Translated by Google •

Tip by

6

13.2 km

Gespensterwald Nienhagen

Highlight • Forest

The Ghost Forest near Nienhagen is always a special eye-catcher on any bike tour. Especially in the pre- and post-season, when dusk sets in, you'll want to be alone in …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

7

13.3 km

Nienhagen Ghost Forest

Highlight • Forest

The Nienhäger wood, the official name of the forest section around the seaside resort, better known as the ghost forest of Nienhagen, belongs to the forest of the Rostock district …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

8

13.8 km

Nienhagen Ghost Forest

Highlight • Forest

The Ghost Forest is a mixed forest of approximately 180 hectares. The forest is named for its bizarrely shaped and fairy-tale-like trees.

Showing Translation

Tip by

9

26.9 km

Cycle Path Along the Molli Railway near Heiligendamm

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

The route leads past the oldest racecourse on the European continent, always along the railway line.

Sometimes wave to the train drivers, mostly they wave back. 🙋‍♀️🚂🚃 🙋‍♂️

Translated by Google •

Tip by

B

34.6 km

End point

Train Station

Loading

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.3 km

10.8 km

5.48 km

4.33 km

1.63 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.8 km

10.4 km

4.37 km

2.12 km

836 m

< 100 m

Sign up to see more specific route details

Sign up for free

Elevation

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Sign up to see more specific route details

Sign up for free

Weather

Powered by Foreca

Friday 3 July

21°C

15°C

48 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 29.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

September 4, 2025,Gemütliche Radtour nach Bad Doberan mit meinem Schätzchen
In great weather, cycle tour from Kühlungsborn to Bad Doberan

Showing Translation

June 16, 2025,Jo's Runde Kühlungsborn
Today I headed to Kühlungsborn. I started in the Ghost Forest and continued along the coast, taking plenty of short breaks along the way.

Showing Translation

May 17, 2023,Kühlungsborn Volume 3b
The plan today was to look for beautiful stones and shells on the cliffs and to record two or three picture ideas of the sea and coast in the sketchbook. But the weather saw it differently. Strong wind and sometimes very gusty made the search more like weddling, drawing impossible and cycling a challenge. Somehow you had to constantly change …

Showing Translation

August 2, 2025,Heiligendamm
On the way back from Darß,
I stopped off.
A lovely tour along beautiful coastal cycle paths with fantastic
views. 🤩

That was the icing on the cake
of my short vacation on the Baltic Sea
in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 👍

Showing Translation

June 16, 2024,2024_0616_Kühlungsborn einfach die Landschaft genießen
When we set off this morning, we quickly noticed that the paths in the town itself and along the water were really busy today. We left Kühlungsborn to drive towards the Ghost Forest. When we got there, we rested on a bench and noticed when we looked out over the Baltic Sea that a really dark cloud was coming towards …

Showing Translation

April 17, 2023,Kühlungsborn-Heiligendamm-Bad Doberan-Kühlungsborn
Actually we wanted to go to Nienhagen. Due to a partial closure of the cycle path between Börgerende and Nienhagen we went straight to Bad Doberan.

Partial closure of the Baltic Coast Cycle Path (source: ostseebad-nienhagen.de/teilsperreung-ostseekuestenradweg/) "Due to the storm surge in January 2017, the storm Friederike in 2018 and the storm surge in January 2019, massive cliff collapses have …

Showing Translation

July 13, 2023,Von Ostseebad Nienhagen nach Kühlungsborn
Hello Peter, here you can drive along the Baltic Sea and always have great views of the Baltic Sea.

Showing Translation

August 19, 2021,Kühlungsborn - Bad Doberan - Nienhagen Runde
Great round and everything stayed dry 😉😂🙋‍♂️

Showing Translation

guide_signup

Want to know more?

Sign up for a free komoot account to join the conversation.

Sign up for free

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Print

Share

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Moderate

4.8

6,104

Gespensterwald Nienhagen – Nienhagen Ghost Forest loop from Steilküste

02:53h

44.6km

120m

Easy

4.6

6,309

View of Bastorf Lighthouse – View of the Baltic Sea loop from Kühlungsborn West

01:25h

24.2km

140m

Hard

4.7

2,824

Rerik Beach and Marina – View of the Baltic Sea loop from Heiligendamm

05:32h

91.8km

390m

Moderate

4.7

3,069

Hohe Düne Ferry – Graal-Müritz Beach Access loop from Warnemünde

02:41h

41.3km

80m

Moderate

4.7

5,306

Nienhagen Ghost Forest – Nienhagen Ghost Forest loop from Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen

02:31h

39.5km

100m

Easy

4.5

2,240

Kühlungsborn Marina – Molli Steam Railway loop from Kühlungsborn Mitte

00:54h

14.8km

40m

Moderate

4.7

2,015

Kühlungsborn Beach Promenade – View of Bastorf Lighthouse loop from Rennbahn

02:25h

39.8km

170m

Moderate

4.7

1,603

Hohe Düne Ferry – Rostock City Harbor loop from Rostock-Holbeinplatz

02:59h

49.1km

130m

Easy

4.0

1,915

Warnemünde Church – Schwanenteich Pond and Park loop from Rostock-Holbeinplatz

01:27h

24.5km

60m

Hard

4.6

599

Rerik Beach and Marina – View of the Baltic Sea loop from Teschow

06:47h

114km

510m

Moderate

4.8

1,234

Rerik Beach and Marina – View of the Baltic Sea loop from Warnemünde

04:56h

82.1km

270m

Moderate

4.7

1,386

Gespensterwald Nienhagen – Nienhagen Ghost Forest loop from Kühlungsborn Ost

02:11h

34.6km

100m

Explore
RoutesRoute plannerFeaturesHikesMTB TrailsRoad cycling routesBikepackingSitemap
B2B
PartnersConnectEmbed routes
Company
PressWhat's NewPioneersProduct UpdatesAmbassadorsAdventure HubCareers
Community
Help GuidesSupportGPX Merge ToolGPX Route VideoHazard AssessmentLive Tracking
Download the app
Follow Us on Socials

© komoot GmbH

Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
Community guidelines
Vulnerability disclosure program
Imprint
Information for law enforcement