Alteburg Tower – Quiet forest trails loop from Glashütter Wiesen

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Alteburg Tower – Quiet forest trails loop from Glashütter Wiesen

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Alteburg Tower – Quiet forest trails loop from Glashütter Wiesen

05:59

21.7km

350m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very 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 2, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.36 km

Artificial Pond Biotope in Soonwald

Highlight • Lake

In the Soonwald there were originally no still waters.
After the big windstorms of 1990, the soils in the open spaces were too wet.
Therefore, 250 larger and smaller still …

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2.34 km

Green Corridor on the Soonwaldsteig

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The Soonwaldsteig leads you along dense, tall spruce trees. If you follow the path and walk across the wild meadow, you literally wander through a green corridor.

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2.66 km

Soonwaldsteig at Ellerspring

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One of the IMHO most beautiful sections of the Soonwaldsteig leads through a beautiful single trail through a sparse mixed forest. Due to the root system and some Wacken for cyclists not so suitable.

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4.22 km

Ellerspring

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The tower is fenced wide. Therefore, the summit offers less beautiful views than it used to be on the Soonwaldsteig from the heights.

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4.94 km

Ellerspring Trekking Camp

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At the Ellerspring trekking site you camp at the highest elevation in the Soonwald at 657 meters. The trekking site is hidden in a small clearing on the Soonwaldsteig. There …

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9.43 km

Picnic Area at Entenpfuhl

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The rest area and the sign are a bit hidden

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12.0 km

Alteburg Tower

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At an altitude of around 620 meters, the Alteburg is one of the highest mountains in the Soonwald. On top of the wooded summit stands since 1893, the 20-meter high …

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12.6 km

Quiet forest trails

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The path meanders through the woods next to the Rennweg. Be sure to choose this "detour".

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21.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.5 km

5.55 km

722 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

13.4 km

3.99 km

1.37 km

1.25 km

1.11 km

557 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 15 October

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Comments

May 3, 2023,Soonwaldsteig Tag 3 🏕️🐾👣👍🏼

Today a shorter stage, for which we are really grateful 😅💪🏻.
Tour itself was wonderful, completely off the main paths, only forest and meadow paths.... great 👍🏻.
Unfortunately, as expected, nothing happened at Komoot this morning😒.
Now let's enjoy the sun for now 🌞 😎👣🐾.

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August 28, 2021,Soonwaldsteig - Tag 3 - Von Trekkingcamp Alteburg nach Wanderparkplatz Schanzerkopf

The Altenburg trekking camp is really great! It's hard to imagine how nice it would be here if you were allowed to stay there in summer 😉
The night in the tent, on the other hand, was "more like that, okay" and, above all, not very relaxing. At night it poured again a lot, but even if it didn't rain, …

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September 24, 2021,Der Soonwaldsteig | Tag 3 / 5 | Vom Trekkingcamp Alteburg zum Trekkingcamp Ochenbaumer Höhe | Trekking im Hunsrück

Accompany me on the third stage of my hike on the #Soonwaldsteig.

The film about my hike is available here:

After the tough stage of the previous day, I'm looking forward to today's slightly easier route.

I start at the #Alteburg trekking camp and first climb up to the Alteburg observation tower.

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