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Hesse
Vogelsbergkreis
Schotten

Nidda Reservoir – View from the Hoherodskopf loop from Betzenrod

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Road cycling routes
Germany
Hesse
Vogelsbergkreis
Schotten

Nidda Reservoir – View from the Hoherodskopf loop from Betzenrod

Hard

4.7

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71

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Nidda Reservoir – View from the Hoherodskopf loop from Betzenrod

04:31

96.2km

1,080m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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The surface along some of this route may not be suitable

Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 16.5 km for 169 m

After 32.2 km for 106 m

After 40.0 km for 182 m

After 61.5 km for 526 m

After 67.2 km for 651 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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1

4.80 km

Nidda Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

Just a great reservoir.

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2

5.98 km

View From the Niddastausee Dam

Highlight • Viewpoint

16.5 km

Paddelteich

Lake

22.4 km

Erlenbruch

Forest

23.0 km

Viewpoint

Viewpoint

6

32.2 km

Ortenberg Historic Old Town

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Nice village with half-timbering and winding alleys

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40.1 km

Stausee Hirzenhain

Lake

61.8 km

Oberwald

Forest

9

74.5 km

Former Ilbeshausen Station

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The former Oberwaldbahn and the volcanic bike path that runs on it today (part of the BahnRadweg Hessen) goes around Dort Ilbeshausen in a 180 degree bend. The former train …

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10

81.8 km

Taufstein and Rhine/Weser Watershed

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The baptismal font is 773 m above sea level. NHN the highest peak in the Vogelsberg⛰

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11

82.5 km

Hoherodskopf

Highlight • Summit

The Hoherodskopf is "the" highlight and therefore a "must" for every racing cyclist in the Vogelsberg district.

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12

83.2 km

View from the Hoherodskopf

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The Hoherodskopf near Schotten is and remains an ambitious goal for every Frankfurt cyclist! We approached him via Gedern. Shortly after Gedern, you go on paved dirt roads and small …

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13

83.2 km

Hoherodskopf Observation Tower and Viewpoint

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The Hoherodskopf telecommunication tower is a 144-meter-high reinforced concrete telecommunication tower on the Hoherodskopf near Schotten, the second-highest elevation in the Hessian Vogelsberg.
The standardized type tower FMT 2/73 was …

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96.2 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.6 km

26.9 km

20.3 km

11.5 km

4.85 km

3.16 km

Surfaces

93.6 km

1.17 km

942 m

449 m

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Comments

August 11, 2023,Über den Vulkan
Unfortunately, 26 km are missing between Nieder-Mockstadt and Stockheim. Total distance 131 km.

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