Wild Ponds – Horbach Marian Grotto loop from Hardt bei Bernbach

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Wild Ponds – Horbach Marian Grotto loop from Hardt bei Bernbach

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Wild Ponds – Horbach Marian Grotto loop from Hardt bei Bernbach

04:23

15.8km

280m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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Naturpark Hessischer Spessart

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.23 km

Wild Ponds

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful idyllic story.. it can be easy to take a step back

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6.26 km

Spessartfährte Path Along the Stream

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The path was there… the stream as well… but of water… erm… no trace

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6.45 km

Horbach Kneipp Facility

Highlight • Rest Area

And you also need a bit of luck... or the right information... to be able to find pubs here through the spacious complex

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7.18 km

Horbach Marian Grotto

Highlight • Religious Site

A well-kept place of remembrance… let’s hope it stays that way

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7.28 km

Start of the Rosary Trail

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It is a small path that starts at the Mary's Grotto.

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10.9 km

View of Gelnhausen from Waldrode

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From here you have a very nice view of Gelnhausen and a nice sundowner place.

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11.6 km

Llama Enclosure in Naturpark Hessischer Spessart

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Always worth a trip. It is a pleasure to watch the alpacas.

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12.4 km

Birkenhainer Straße

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"The Birkenhainer Strasse, or Birkenhainer Landstrasse, as it is often called in connection with its historical significance, was an important trade route in the early Middle Ages and part of …

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15.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.8 km

1.70 km

936 m

408 m

Surfaces

6.17 km

4.60 km

3.49 km

829 m

672 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

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Friday 9 October

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Comments

May 11, 2025,Vorderspessartblick_Horbach_Spessartfährte

A truly beautiful, varied tour with fantastic views, ending with a wonderfully maintained Kneipp pool. Spessart, I'll be back! And this is what the Spessart hiking guide says: It's inconspicuous, yet despite its moderate height, it wants to make a big splash: the mountain ridge that stretches east of the resort town of Freigericht-Horbach, around which the Spessartbogen extra tour …

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February 12, 2022,Spessartfährte Horbach inkl. Abstecher Waldrode

Today we walked the beautiful Spessart trail between Horbach and Waldrode in beautiful sunshine. In addition, we have included a detour to the vending machine in Waldrode. This is well suited for a break including food.

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November 29, 2021,Spessartfährte(4) "Vorderspessartblick Horbach"

Get out again today before the bad weather comes 😁
Since I decided spontaneously, I didn't want to go that far, so it was my turn to track in Horbach today. Although I grew up here and run here 2-3 times a year when I visit my parents, there were even new prospects for me 🤗
Just in time for …

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February 20, 2024,Premiumwanderweg Freigericht-Horbach

the Spessart and I... well, we keep trying together, but it doesn't turn out to be real love. But today I wanted to do the only premium trail near Frankfurt that was named by the hiking institute. But what the forest workers have done with the machines have,...left to nature there is nothing. Unfortunately, as is so often the case …

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May 11, 2025,Spessartfährte Horbach

As I drove into the parking lot, I knew we'd hiked there before. A day hike in August 2021, with the addition of the Rodfeld Tower and the adjacent Fernblick Restaurant.
Today, on Mother's Day, which I consider completely unnecessary, four of us 🚺 and three 🐕 went on this beautiful hike. It was totally worth it.
To finish off, …

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April 27, 2022,🌲👣🌳 Spessartfährte - "Vorderspessartblick Horbach"

A beautiful Spessart track with many great views and some seating.
Forest floor mostly easy to walk on from the subsoil 🤗
All in all a nice tour 🤗
@wittho1 and @Melli1974 we saw the tour at your place and just hiked it 😉

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January 9, 2024,SPESSARTFÄHRTE "Vorderspessartblick Horbach"

...we start the new hiking year with a Spessart trail 🥾☀️😎
which we, however, went the other way around.

From the parking lot 🅿️ at the gondola pond, the tour took us past the "Mariengrotte" which lies above the Wiesental, a retreat with a special magic. I like this place.

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January 29, 2023,22/23 🥾 Spessartfährte "Vorderspessartblick Horbach"

Today along a really well signposted Spessart track near Horbach on many natural paths and great panoramas. The group is literally crying out for a repeat in summer!

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