Moosalb Spring Biotope – Three Majesties Rock loop from Gelterswoog

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Palatinate

Moosalb Spring Biotope – Three Majesties Rock loop from Gelterswoog

Hard

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Moosalb Spring Biotope – Three Majesties Rock loop from Gelterswoog

06:50

25.0km

350m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Karlstalschlucht

Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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9.84 km

Nature Friends House Finsterbrunnertal

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Hearty Palatinate cuisine, but also exotic things like game sausage. Nicely laid out area.

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12.4 km

Moosalb Spring Biotope

Highlight • Natural

The Moosalbe has created an impressive valley over its 26 kilometers to where it flows into the Schwarzbach. It was once the basis for the operation of numerous hammer mills, …

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13.1 km

Klug'sche Mill (Wilensteiner Mill)

Highlight • Restaurant

The Klug'sche Mühle or Wilensteiner Mühle, like some of the former mills and hammer mills, is a gastronomic facility. On the way through the valley of the Moosalbe including the Karlstal Gorge, it offers an ideally located stop.

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13.4 km

Narrow forest path in the Biosphere Reserve Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Highlight • Trail

Even though I've hiked here twice, I haven't found anything spooky.

Just a nice, narrow path through the forest.

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13.8 km

Riverside rest area in the Karlstal Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

In the Karlstal Gorge you will find beautiful resting places by the babbling stream every few meters

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Three Majesties Rock

Highlight • Historical Site

The rock face with the metal plaque commemorates the meeting that took place here in 1862 between the then Bavarian King Ludwig I, the Hesse-Darmstadt Grand Duke Ludwig III and the Austrian Archduchess Hildegarde.

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14.0 km

Pavilion in the Karlstal gorge

Highlight • Structure

Beautiful pavilion in the middle of the Karlstal Gorge on the Moosalpe

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15.1 km

Moosalb Spring Biotope

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

A beautiful, refreshing spring biotope. Very idyllic located on the, flowing through reeds, Moosalb. It is under conservation. It is asked not to remove the moss.

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End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.4 km

7.45 km

1.26 km

889 m

881 m

152 m

Surfaces

16.0 km

2.93 km

1.75 km

1.68 km

1.26 km

1.02 km

399 m

Elevation

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (280 m)

Weather

Today

Tuesday 20 October

13°C

7°C

87 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

August 4, 2022,Von Trippstadt durchs Karlstal zum Gelterswoog

Hiking today, okay 37 degrees in the shade might not be ideal, but it should be bearable in the Karlstal Gorge and in the forest. And as a reward there should be cooling off in the Gelterswoog.
From Trippstadt we arrived through the forest in the gorge. It felt good to cool your feet and linger a little. It is …

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