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Bergisches Land

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Remarkable Root Trees – View of Bensberg Palace loop from Grube Cox

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Bergisches Land

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

Bergisch Gladbach

Remarkable Root Trees – View of Bensberg Palace loop from Grube Cox

Moderate

4.5

(35)

245

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Remarkable Root Trees – View of Bensberg Palace loop from Grube Cox

01:07

9.80km

150m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 24, 2026

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Naturpark Bergisches Land

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3.87 km

Remarkable Root Trees

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The trees look like they're about to start walking

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4.00 km

View of Bensberg Palace

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A really great castle.

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4.37 km

Milchborntal Outdoor Swimming Pool

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idyllic in winter, but rather with a bleak outlook for summer 2021 in the pandemic.

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4.40 km

Oma Gretel's Bench

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Thank you for the bank.

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5.63 km

Milchborn Valley Pond

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The Milchborntalweiher is, next to the waters of the Cox mine, the largest lake in the Hardt forest area. Below it lies the Kadettenweiher, which is currently silted up and …

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6.69 km

Hardte Climb

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Push your knees down and get up there

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7.07 km

A very nice place in the forest. Great with children: There is play equipment, a large meadow, a soccer field, a sparse forest, a stream and through the pit an interesting environment with a small cave and more...

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7.48 km

Naturfreundehaus in Bergisches Land Nature Park

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Unfortunately the mountain is stretching, but the incline is moderate. At the top there is still a few meters straight to the Naturfreundehaus before the asphalt slope increases again

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9.80 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.55 km

487 m

475 m

232 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.97 km

2.38 km

1.39 km

487 m

323 m

224 m

Elevation

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Highest point (210 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Thursday 25 June

38°C

22°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

December 10, 2022,🏃🏻‍♀️WK: 2. Lauf Winterlaufserie 💠 der SG Bockenberg

😂😂

Performance from the 1st run confirmed 🤩

I am very happy about my time 🥰

🥉 Place overall women
🥇Place AK

@Gerhard : nice that we met 👍😊😀

Today the timekeeping coincided with my watch (only 1 second deviation)

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March 4, 2023,🏃🏻‍♀️🌀LT: 🏕⛰Naturschutz Hardt 👟👟 PREMIERE 😉

⏩️ Spontaneously bought new running shoes 😉

⏩️ a completely different brand: diadora

⏩️👟👟 almost run by themselves 😂😂

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December 9, 2023,Winterlaufserie Bockenberg Teil2

Nice fast lap with crisp gradients. Weather was once again modest 😕

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August 4, 2022,GL Hardt

400m backward run in the stadium.
Did you already try it? Said to be good for your knees, muscle building, calorie burn, stamina and even your brain.

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January 21, 2024,🏃🏻‍♀️🏕⛰Naturschutz Hardt

just enjoy 🥰 the snow ❄️ and the crunching sound under your shoes 👟.
And a little 🥚 dance on 🧊

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November 26, 2022,🏃🏻‍♀️WK: 1. Lauf Winterlaufserie 💠 der SG Bockenberg mit ...

😂😂

🥉 Place overall women
🥇Place AK

how I did it..... 🤷🏻‍♀️

the official time is 00:41:52
Where the 9 seconds are longer than my watch (00:41:43) is a mystery to me, but never mind 😉

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May 12, 2022,GL Hardt

Only a little uphill and then another 10 increases on the track.

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November 25, 2023,Winterlaufserie Bockenberg Teil1

Nice muddy racing style trail. Ice-cold rain didn't make it any easier and didn't dampen Ber's good mood. 🌧️😎

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Remarkable Root Trees – View of Bensberg Palace loop from Grube Cox

Remarkable Root Trees

View of Bensberg Palace

Milchborntal Outdoor Swimming Pool

Oma Gretel's Bench

Milchborn Valley Pond

Hardte Climb

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