Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Vogtland

Saale-Orla-Kreis

Moßbach

New Pond – Plothen Ponds loop from Moßbach

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Vogtland

Saale-Orla-Kreis

Moßbach

New Pond – Plothen Ponds loop from Moßbach

Moderate

5.0

(3)

hikers

New Pond – Plothen Ponds loop from Moßbach

03:33

13.6km

110m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: May 23, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

Waypoints

Start point

Restaurant

Get Directions

4.70 km

Small Ponds Near the Youth Hostel

Highlight • Lake

Small pond next to the big one with the house on stilts. A youth hostel with beautiful outdoor facilities is right next to it.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

5.14 km

New Pond

Highlight • Lake

A beautiful place where you can find peace and relaxation!

Translated by Google •

Tip by

5.60 km

Plothen Ponds

Highlight • Lake

wonderful pond landscape, unique to Thuringia
you can swim in some ponds (e.g. Hausteich)
very nice for bird watching

Translated by Google •

Tip by

5.68 km

Hausteich Lake

Highlight • Lake

A walk around the Hausteich in the Land of a Thousand Ponds is worth a trip at any time of year

Translated by Google •

Tip by

5.97 km

Land of a Thousand Ponds

Highlight • Lake

Small parking lot for hikers, very good starting point for hikes in the land of 1000 ponds

Translated by Google •

Tip by

7.45 km

Birdwatching Tower Dreba-Plothen Pond Area

Highlight • Viewpoint

In the stilt house with a view of the Födischteich, animals can be observed without disturbing anyone. In addition to the many bird species, with a little luck you can also see fallow deer.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

7.72 km

Dörtingen Pond

Highlight • Lake

Very beautiful ponds with mega many swans.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

8.17 km

Little Hasenhöhe Pond

Highlight • Lake

In the land of 1000 ponds there are also 1000 things to discover... What a beautiful landscape.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

8.58 km

Großer Rußteich

Lake

13.6 km

End point

Restaurant

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.8 km

1.00 km

917 m

833 m

Surfaces

4.76 km

2.40 km

2.27 km

2.19 km

1.91 km

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (510 m)

Lowest point (450 m)

Weather

Sunday 28 June

23°C

17°C

95 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

Want to know more?

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Moderate

4.8

1,149

1,000-pond loop for children

02:12h

8.56km

40m

Moderate

4.8

388

Circular hiking trail - H3 The bird's eye view

02:36h

8.55km

280m

Easy

4.7

465

Moorerlebnispfad im Pöllwitzer Wald

01:24h

5.31km

40m

Hard

4.6

238

Elsterperlenweg – southern loop

05:55h

20.7km

490m

Easy

4.6

355

On the trail of the fire salamander: children's trail in Leutenberg

01:27h

5.34km

80m

Moderate

4.6

273

Urwaldpfad Leutenberg – Thuringia's Primeval Forests of Tomorrow

02:04h

7.09km

190m

Moderate

4.8

156

Zechsteinriff geological trail with the Pinsenberg

02:11h

7.70km

170m

Moderate

4.9

124

Wichtelweg near Wilhelmsdorf

00:35h

2.05km

40m

Moderate

4.8

1,399

Plothen Ponds – 1000 Ponds Circular Trail loop from Plothen

03:04h

11.9km

60m

Moderate

4.3

Durch den Pöllwitzer Wald

02:39h

10.1km

80m

Moderate

4.7

775

Saale Riverside Trail near Drognitz – Drachenschwanz Lakeside Beach loop from Altenbeuthen

03:17h

11.5km

260m

Moderate

4.6

Naturlehrpfad durch den Pöllwitzer Wald

01:52h

6.70km

100m

New Pond – Plothen Ponds loop from Moßbach

Small Ponds Near the Youth Hostel

New Pond

Plothen Ponds

Hausteich Lake

Land of a Thousand Ponds

Birdwatching Tower Dreba-Plothen Pond Area

Dörtingen Pond

Little Hasenhöhe Pond

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️