Great Moor Lake – View of the Erlensee loop from Pfungstädter Moor

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Germany

Hesse

Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg

Pfungstadt

Great Moor Lake – View of the Erlensee loop from Pfungstädter Moor

Moderate

4.5

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Great Moor Lake – View of the Erlensee loop from Pfungstädter Moor

02:32

9.94km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. 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 22, 2026

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Pfungstädter Moor

Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.39 km

Great Moor Lake

Highlight • Lake

The place exudes calm

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1.59 km

View of the Großer Moorsee (Pfungstadt Moor)

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Varied NSG with refreshments, inside and outside. In summer it is rather crowded around the large moor lake, as this is also a bathing lake with a beautiful beach. Outside …

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2.23 km

View of Erlensee

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View of Lake Erlensee. Despite the refreshing air temperature of 4 degrees Celsius, a few people were even swimming.

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5.74 km

Project „Ried und Sand“

Viewpoint

7.46 km

View of the Erlensee

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Nice place to relax or just take a break.

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8.30 km

View of Erlensee from the east

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8.33 km

Trails in the moor forest

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Fallen trees can be found along a path lined with Lesser Balsam, as this part of the forest is no longer managed. If you touch the ripe pods of balsam, …

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8.65 km

Pfungstadt Moor

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The Pfungstädter Moor is a 97-hectare nature reserve. It was declared part of the "Hessian Altneckarschlingen" bird sanctuary in 2007. Access is open to visitors on the designated paths. The …

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9.22 km

Forest path in the Pfungstädter Moor Nature Reserve

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Beautiful, narrow path through the moorland - unfortunately a bit noisy in places due to the road... 😥

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9.94 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.41 km

1.78 km

1.73 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.04 km

2.99 km

1.79 km

1.59 km

506 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 19 October

14°C

4°C

22 %

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Comments

December 4, 2022,📷 zwischen Pfungstadt und Bickenbach: NSG Pfungstädter Moor und "Hallo" Nutria 😊

The Pfungstädter Moor in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg in the districts of Pfungstadt and Bickenbach (designated as a nature reserve since 1955) is definitely worth a visit all year round.
It originated about 10,000 years ago. At that time, the Neckar was “looking for” a new bed. The old course of the river silted up and various moors were created. …

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January 30, 2022,*Pfungstädter Moor - Erlensee - Runde von Bickenbach*

Today a round through/around the Pfungstädter Moor was on the plan...

nreservate.org/nreservate-in-hessen/nreservation-pfungstaedter-moor

As you can read in the press, the moor is not doing too well at the moment and plans are in place to re-wett it after the last dry summers have hit it hard...
Although not very large (97 hectares), the Pfungstädter Moor counts as a species hotspot …

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July 17, 2022,*Pfungstädter Moor - Erlensee - Runde von Bickenbach* - zweite Runde

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfungst%C3%A4dter_Moor

March 27, 2022,*Pfungstädter Moor - Erlensee - Runde von Bickenbach*

Before the holiday we wanted to "take the camera for a walk" again...so to speak for practice purposes...

For this we decided again for the Pfungstädter Moor - you know that you always get something in front of the lens 😅

nreservate.org/nreservate-in-hessen/nreservation-pfungstaedter-moor

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfungst%C3%A4dter_Moor

However, I think we had more nutrias than birds in front of the lens today...😂

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March 26, 2022,🌊 Erlensee/ Pfungstädter Moor 🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻‍♀️26.3.

Today, for once, we went to the Erlensee 😇 at the weekend, quite full, but only around the lake. As soon as you're a little apart, it's pretty quiet 👍🏻.
I extended the round to the Zehntbach, which is worthwhile as there are a variety of different bird species to see there. A stork's nest can be seen in the …

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