Wahner Heide heathland – Wahner Heide Nature Reserve loop from Köln/Bonn Flughafen

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Wahner Heide heathland – Wahner Heide Nature Reserve loop from Köln/Bonn Flughafen

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Wahner Heide heathland – Wahner Heide Nature Reserve loop from Köln/Bonn Flughafen

02:33

36.4km

230m

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: August 6, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 87 m for 20 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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15.6 km

Wahner Heide Heathland

Highlight • Natural

Easily drivable gravel route through a varied landscape.

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21.1 km

The Agger is a tributary of the Sieg. Its source is in Meinerzhagen, and after 69.5 km it flows into the Sieg between Siegburg and Troisdorf. The name Agger is of Celtic origin and means "flowing water"

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26.5 km

Forest Path Between Hasbach and Altenrath

Highlight • Forest

Beautiful forest in the heath.

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29.5 km

View over the Wahner Heide

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The heather is full of gorse bushes and heather, which make the heather shine in splendid colors in spring.

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30.3 km

Grazing animals in the Wahner Heide

Highlight • Natural

Very nice view, short drinking break and further ...

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30.8 km

Pionierbecken in Wahner Heide

Highlight • Natural

Always worth a trip: whether you want to watch the donkeys or the goats or watch the planes take off and land at the airport fence - here you get your money's worth!

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31.0 km

Wahner Heide Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

Around 700 endangered animal and plant species can be found in the Wahner Heide, the second largest nature reserve in North Rhine-Westphalia, which is also a bird sanctuary and flora-fauna habitat area.

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36.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.7 km

8.66 km

6.57 km

2.80 km

1.48 km

206 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

19.8 km

9.90 km

3.09 km

2.96 km

530 m

126 m

Elevation

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Highest point (120 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

Weather

Friday 16 October

14°C

7°C

51 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

August 9, 2024,Runde von (Köln-) Wahn, quer durch die Wahner Heide, Tour 13 Radeln für die Seele Köln

The planned starting point is Porz-Wahn train station. If you arrive by car, there are parking spaces along the route, for example hiking parking spaces at the Heumarer Mauspfad in Cologne.

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September 12, 2021,Radtour: Rund um die Wahner Heide

The bike tour starts in Siegburg and goes over the old railway line to Lohmar. There you go into the Wahner Heide and in a wide arc around the Wahner Heide and the Cologne / Bonn airport. In Grengel you have reached the northernmost point and you go through a few places back towards Siegburg. Behind Lind it goes back …

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