Pathway Between the Birches – View of Salemer Lake loop from Salem

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Schleswig-Holstein

Pathway Between the Birches – View of Salemer Lake loop from Salem

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Pathway Between the Birches – View of Salemer Lake loop from Salem

02:16

8.91km

30m

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: September 10, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Schaalsee mit Niendorfer Binnensee, Priestersee und Großzecher Küchensee, Phulsee, Seedorfer Küchensee und Umgebung

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.45 km

Bridge between Pfuhlsee and Schaalsee

Highlight • Bridge

Between the Ratzeburg Lake and the Küchensee, there is a connection with the Schaalsee via the Schaalseekanal with Salemer See, Pipersee and Puhlsee.

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4.81 km

Schaalsee

Highlight • Lake

Circumnavigating the Schaalsee was one of the highlights of this year's hiking season. The fog enveloped the lake in an almost mystical way, giving it a very special charm.

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5.95 km

Along the banks of the Pipersee

Highlight (Segment) • Lake

The nature campsite at Salemer See is beautifully situated and offers various possibilities to spend a great holiday.

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7.72 km

Pathway Between the Birches

Highlight • Trail

Beautiful route

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8.45 km

Weather shelter on the Salemer Lake shore path

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This beautiful weather mushroom with three benches, which invite you to take a break with a beautiful view of the lake, is located directly on the beautiful Salemer See below …

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8.91 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.25 km

2.77 km

644 m

251 m

Surfaces

4.56 km

3.45 km

793 m

114 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 20 October

11°C

7°C

98 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

February 15, 2026,Winter bei Salem ❄️☃️🌞 - 3-Seen-Tour | Salem

The weather 🌞❄️ lured us outdoors again today, so we headed to Salem. 👏🏼😃
We hiked along beautiful, snow-covered forest paths 🌳☃️ in -3°C weather around Lake Salem, Lake Piper, and Lake Pfuhl, and the snow crunched so wonderfully under our boots 🥾🥾❄️. 🥰 The icicles on the houses and the snow-covered ice on the lakes glittered brilliantly. ✨️ This …

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April 7, 2024,3-Seen-Tour 🌱🪻🌸 | von Salem

Spring beckons us to go outside, and today we managed it. 🌤🪻🌱
We were allowed to go to a lake again. Well, there were three in the end 😉 - Salem Lake, Piper Lake and Pfuhl Lake.
It was wonderful again.🫠
Afterwards we treated ourselves to a little refreshment on the terrace at the "SalemSeebar".🍨😊

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September 3, 2024,🌞🌞🌞 Naturpark 'Lauenburgische Seen' ❤️🥰

Last weekend, we went to Lake Salem quite spontaneously. What can I say... an absolute dream ❤️😍🥰.

I completed this fantastic tour on August 31, 2024.

Lake Salem with Lake Pipersee and Lake Pfuhlsee is located in the Schleswig-Holstein "Lauenburg Lakes" nature park and borders to the east in the Dargow district on Lake Schaalsee, one of the most attractive …

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December 14, 2025,3-Seen-Tour 🐎🪵🌊 | Salem

We were able to go to a lake again. Well, actually three 😉 - Salemer See, Pipersee, and Pfuhlsee.

The sun even managed to peek through a few times. ⛅️ It was lovely again. 🫠

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November 26, 2023,Drei-Seen-Runde ❄️🍄🍂| von Salem

Today we went on beautiful forest paths, around Lake Salemer, Lake Piper and Lake Pfuhl. 🍃🍂🌳🍄
At 0°C ❄️ we started from 🅿️ in Salem... We have already hiked tours of different lengths from here, the route can be varied easily. The weather was fine and stayed dry. Today we were here again almost alone.
We were surprised by the …

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