View of the Halterner Reservoir – Dachsberg Trail loop from Sythen

Mountain biking trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Kreis Recklinghausen

Haltern am See

View of the Halterner Reservoir – Dachsberg Trail loop from Sythen

Moderate

4.8

(513)

1,500

riders

View of the Halterner Reservoir – Dachsberg Trail loop from Sythen

04:32

56.4km

590m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 30, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 21.2 km for 92 m

After 35.1 km for 158 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.74 km

View of the Halterner Reservoir

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Fantastic viewpoints of the Halter reservoir at many points on the circular lake path

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15.2 km

Rennberg Fire Watchtower

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From the fire tower you can see almost the entire Haard. In good weather you have a very good view.

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17.9 km

Dachsberg Trail

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Shortest driveway to Dachsberg, downhill there are some small jumps, but here is caution, as the route is also very popular with pedestrians.

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22.1 km

Single trail below the Finkenberg

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Long and fast trail

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34.8 km

Stimberghöhe

Nature Reserve

36.6 km

Singletrail descent in Naturpark Hohe Mark - Westmünsterland

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Nice flow on the descent from south to north. In the other direction, however, it is uphill!

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39.3 km

Singletrack Trail in Naturpark Hohe Mark - Westmünsterland

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Race track in the forest. Just let it run.

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41.2 km

Dachsberg Trail Loop

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flowing trail coming from Dachsberg, curves developed for fast descent without obstacles. The surface is now well worn

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43.5 km

Trail Through the Forest Clearing

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A very nice UpHill

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56.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.2 km

15.4 km

6.08 km

2.40 km

2.28 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

19.1 km

17.0 km

10.0 km

6.73 km

3.54 km

Elevation

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Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Friday 30 October

12°C

6°C

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

December 29, 2024,HAARD and Frosty

After a long absence, we went on a tour with @TOM again.
Invited a group of Sauerlanders or Märkische 🤔 (?) to join us.
But @Hoggle left the nice weather at home and we went for a ride in the foggy, spooky forest 👻.
For Rapcon and his friends it was 🥶, and there was also drizzle🌧️.
Our guests' trail …

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April 2, 2025,extendet & improved sometimes sucks, Die HAARD Tour zwischen Haltern und Oer-Erkenschwick

Out of pure curiosity, we changed a few places on a tour we'd already done on komoot, but unfortunately, they weren't the trails Rapcon had thought.
To see 👀 where the start of a trail was, we rode up a downhill section 🫣 ; now we know for next time.
Luckily, no one was riding downhill—it was lunchtime during the …

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October 21, 2023,Green Hell Haard

In the end I couldn't see the green anymore...🙈

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May 3, 2025,Die Nippel so HAARD, es war kalt und grün zwischen Oer-Erkenschwick und Haltern am See

Yesterday at noon, we had a pleasant 29 degrees, and Rapcon spent the evening in the garden until 10:30 p.m.
No thought was given to tomorrow's weather.
This morning, a complete surprise:
the cloudy horizon ☁️
and the bitter cold🥶 upon stepping out of the house.
Originally, a southeasterly route was planned, but then changed to north at short notice …

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June 9, 2024,Haard Rundkurs mit kleinem Abstecher, weil die Abfahrt so toll ist 🤭

Some paths are very overgrown. Long arms or a long top are therefore an advantage :)

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April 15, 2022,HAARD an der Grenze - MTB Oer-Erkenschwick

HAARD on the border

Forest forest forest and again FOREST 🌳🌳🌳🌳
At first Rapcon was unsure whether he should dare to go there on a public holiday.
However, today, on Good Friday, it was completely unfounded.
Rapcon met almost no people on the way. (were probably all painting eggs or in church)

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June 19, 2022,"Die grüne Hölle", oder doch "Garten Eden"? MTB ganz in HAARD, zwischen Haltern am See und Oer-Erkenschwick

Everything so green
we felt like we were in Jurassic Park
- only without dinosaurs
(so nobody was older than us😇)
Occasionally there was something between the teeth - some insects got lost there.
We didn't take many photos, we've been there before.
This time the focus was mainly on "enjoying driving" 😁

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July 12, 2025,24/25 die Haard on tour 🤘🌞

I've been biking in the Haard for the first time in a long time. I downloaded the route as a GPX file from the official website and changed the starting point to the Mutter Wehmer parking lot.

Nice S0 loop

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