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View of Rursee – Rursee Loop Trail loop from Schilsbachtal mit Nebenbächen und Hangwäldern am Rursee

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View of Rursee – Rursee Loop Trail loop from Schilsbachtal mit Nebenbächen und Hangwäldern am Rursee

Hard

3.5

(4)

150

runners

View of Rursee – Rursee Loop Trail loop from Schilsbachtal mit Nebenbächen und Hangwäldern am Rursee

01:08

10.3km

140m

Running

Hard run. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

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Nationalpark Eifel

Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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844 m

View of the Rursee

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In mid-July 2021, parts of Western and Central Europe experienced extensive, heavy, continuous rain. Many streams and rivers burst their banks there. On July 15, 2021, the Eifel-Rur water association …

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1.33 km

View of Rursee

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Very nice on the Rursee and worth seeing from all corners and edges.

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3.72 km

Rursee Loop Trail

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The cycle path runs directly along the water in many places.

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4.23 km

Café-Restaurant Seeblick at the Gauge

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Great area… Absolutely recommendable, definitely again that’s for sure

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4.45 km

Rur Dam (Schwammenauel Reservoir)

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With a height of almost 70 meters, the dam is one of the highest in Germany and correspondingly large is the Rursee behind it. The dam was built mainly to …

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5.17 km

Forest Water Wilderness Information Board

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.. opposite the holiday village Eifeltor.

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5.55 km

View of the Rursee

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Good place to catch a breath :-)

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6.24 km

Schwammenauel Marina

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Rurseetalsperre Schwammenauel near Heimbach offers a varied program of water sports and a very nice hotel right on the lake

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10.3 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.43 km

1.75 km

1.23 km

660 m

208 m

Surfaces

6.56 km

1.26 km

1.15 km

1.03 km

149 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Thursday 11 June

17°C

10°C

98 %

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View of Rursee – Rursee Loop Trail loop from Schilsbachtal mit Nebenbächen und Hangwäldern am Rursee

View of the Rursee

View of Rursee

Rursee Loop Trail

Café-Restaurant Seeblick at the Gauge

Rur Dam (Schwammenauel Reservoir)

Forest Water Wilderness Information Board

View of the Rursee

Schwammenauel Marina

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