Lake Trais-Horloffer – Utpher Mill loop from Mittlere Horloffaue

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Lake Trais-Horloffer – Utpher Mill loop from Mittlere Horloffaue

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Lake Trais-Horloffer – Utpher Mill loop from Mittlere Horloffaue

03:01

11.8km

50m

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 27, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.51 km

Evangelical Church, Trais-Horloff

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Directly on the bike path of the Wetterauer Lake District actually a "hotspot" for cyclists....
Unfortunately always closed but nice church

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5.28 km

Scenic Section of the Wetterau Limes

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

Very nice section of the northern Wetterauer Limes with beautiful views towards Trais-Horloffer See, Steinheimer Heide, Wetterau and Taunus. Along the way many signs to the Limes. There is hardly …

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6.06 km

Hof Grass and Limes Information Center in the Nature Reserve

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The path leads through the meadow landscape around Hof Grass and crosses the course of the Limes near the tree shown. On the way there are interesting information boards and …

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6.75 km

Bench With View of Grasser Höhe

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Only in winter this view🤷‍♂️

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7.24 km

Interactive Information Boards on the Limes Trail (Kastelle Inheiden UNESCO World Heritage Site)

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While some are solving the quiz, others can rest on the bench opposite.

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7.97 km

Inheiden Lake (Trais-Horloffer Lake)

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The Inheidener See, also called Trais-Horloffer See, is a relic of former lignite mining in the Wetterau and has been a popular bathing lake for decades, also frequently used as …

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8.84 km

Lake Trais-Horloffer

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A lot has happened there, great! sooooo many entry possibilities for swimming, clean facility, lots of sunny seats, snack in summer, great allotment garden idyll, in August there is a great lake festival.

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10.3 km

Utpher Mill

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The mill has been owned by the Krauss family in the district of Gießen in der Wetterau for generations. It is not far from the upper Knappensee, an opencast mining …

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11.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.44 km

4.15 km

178 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.93 km

2.02 km

1.38 km

1.25 km

1.18 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 20 October

12°C

8°C

87 %

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

September 25, 2022,Inheidener See – Trais Horloffer See Runde von Utphe

Is a very nice tour and easy to walk. Without big climbs. At the Inheidener See there are also places to stop for refreshments. In autumn/winter maybe just better inform about the opening hours.

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August 13, 2023,Inheidener See – Trais Horloffer See Runde vom Seeparkplatz Inheiden

An interesting round in a heavily frequented "leisure region".

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October 21, 2023,Das geht aufs Ökokonto

What ended a good 30 years ago with the closure of the coal-fired power plant in Wölfersheim no longer seems imaginable when you look over the northern Wetterau. Buildings and landscape interventions associated with brown coal mining, which continued until the early 19th century, were almost radically removed. Of course not to the detriment of nature and local recreation. The …

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August 1, 2023,Trais Horloffer See und Oberer Knappensee ab Inheiden

Vacation and the weather very mixed - every opportunity must be used! 👍🏻 We ran Komoot on 2 cell phones, started and arrived together - why the running time, speed and altitude difference are sometimes extremely different is a mystery to me! 🤷🏼‍♀️

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