Lake Kemnade – Viewpoint at Lake Kemnade loop from Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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Lake Kemnade – Viewpoint at Lake Kemnade loop from Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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Lake Kemnade – Viewpoint at Lake Kemnade loop from Ruhr-Universität Bochum

02:14

8.76km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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567 m

Bench with a View of Kemnader Lake

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Nice view of the lake. When the weather is nice, it's worth staying and enjoying the view and nature.

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1.13 km

View of the Kemnader See Lighthouse

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Largest and most beautiful lake in Bochum city limits ...

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1.48 km

Lake Kemnade

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The Kemnader See, built in 1979, is the youngest of the four Ruhr reservoirs and is located in the city triangle between Witten, Bochum and Hattingen. It has developed into one of the largest and most attractive leisure areas in the Ruhr area.
A marina, boat rentals, the Heveney leisure pool, a beach volleyball hall, a golf course, an illuminated inline skating rink and much more invite walkers, cyclists and inline skaters to become active themselves. Various restaurants, ice cream vans, a beach bar, a mini golf course and playgrounds round off the perfect leisure time fun.

The longest circular route around Lake Kemnade leads over the Lake Bridge and is around 10 km. The shortest route runs under the motorway bridge and is about 8.3 km. The Stiepel village church, Blankenstein Castle, the Katzenstein nature reserve and the historic district of Witten-Herbede are close to the lake.

The excursion boat MS Schwalbe II offers trips on the Ruhr from Witten-Bommern to Lake Kemnade. The MS Kemnade takes over the excursion traffic on Lake Kemnade.

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2.90 km

Viewpoint at Lake Kemnade

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beautiful route around the lake with different lanes (great surface) for each sport

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4.68 km

East Shore of Kemnader Lake

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There are three hiking trails around the lake. Suitable for all ages, for beginners and professionals. You can eat everywhere, kiosks and restaurants are available. For cyclists, inline skiers, hikers and runners only recommended 👍🏼

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5.16 km

View of the north shore of Lake Kemnade

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In this section, the footpath, the inline skating path and the cycle path are separated. The cycle path is about six meters higher. It is noisy due to the adjacent A43 motorway, but the view from this point is excellent.

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5.72 km

Kemnader Lake Promenade

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The Kemnader See is simply beautiful. Very suitable for canoeing, skating, cycling and for children. In addition, enough places to stop.

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7.25 km

Island on the Ruhr

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From here you have a beautiful view of the small island in the Ruhr.

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8.76 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.98 km

3.48 km

176 m

131 m

Surfaces

7.52 km

517 m

364 m

359 m

< 100 m

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Thursday 8 October

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Comments

December 8, 2024,Kemnader See Nordufer – Ruhr Promenade Runde von Gerberviertel

Nice route. Not particularly busy. It's probably busier in the summer. I like the fact that the paths are mostly separate for walking, cycling and inline skating. It's quite relaxed.

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December 31, 2024,Silvesterrunde um den Kemnader See

A walk around Lake Kemnader south of Bochum. A well-developed local recreation area with many leisure activities. There are boat rentals, boat tours, cafes and separate paths for walkers, inline skaters and a bike lane. In summer it is certainly very busy but today, on New Year's Eve, not much is going on. So we were able to take a …

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February 23, 2022,Kaffeeklatsch am Kemnadersee 😅, Sonne tanken ☀️😉

Today with my girlfriend and her dog to the Kemnadersee for coffee. We were there early, so it was pretty empty at first, but there wasn't coffee everywhere yet 🙈, we finally got our coffee about 2 kilometers from the parking lot.
Unfortunately totally overpriced and then it tasted like it was from the day before 😟.
Now others have …

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March 1, 2024,Haus Kemnade – Ruhr Promenade Runde von Haus Kemnade

A nice round on asphalted ground throughout. The paths are mostly divided for pedestrians and bicycles/inline skaters. The route is very popular and is therefore well attended even on Friday afternoons when the temperatures are moderate. Due to the large number of wild animals and people, it is only suitable for dogs that stay with their owners. Almost all dogs …

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December 29, 2024,Wanderung um den Kemnader See

As a short hike on the last Sunday of the year, I did a loop around the Kemnader Lake with a detour to Haus Kemnade.
It was a bit slippery in places.

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January 22, 2024,Montagsrunde am Kemnader See

Today's Monday round with Ralf was once again around the Kemnad reservoir. If you run into the darkness, it's a good idea because the route on the inline track is illuminated throughout.😉👍
By the way, I also put in a few kilometers again for #movementhelps.👌🥾☺️

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