Frankenstein Castle – Banana Steinfeld Trail loop from Eberstadt

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Frankenstein Castle – Banana Steinfeld Trail loop from Eberstadt

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Frankenstein Castle – Banana Steinfeld Trail loop from Eberstadt

02:59

28.4km

900m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 16, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 1.42 km for 524 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

3.28 km

Frankenstein Castle

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The residence of the Frankenstein noble family has a history of more than 900 years. Until the late 16th century, the Frankensteins were a respected and wealthy princely family, as …

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4.72 km

Franz Bingel Hut

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Nice cabin for a break.

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6.48 km

Banana Steinfeld Trail

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Many possibilities. Either left over the stone field to the old banana or right to the alternative. The latter is very demanding with stone drops and co. There is a …

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10.9 km

Trails Around Frankenstein Castle

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Mega trails in a concentrated form

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11.1 km

View of the Rhine Plain from Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald

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Great place! A bench with a wonderful view. You have to rest there and enjoy!

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12.5 km

Trail from Burg Frankenstein to Bike Park

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Great trail, exciting to drive

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13.2 km

DA Abteilung 971

Forest

19.4 km

Flow Trail at Frankenstein

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There are now some parts on the Frankie

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21.0 km

View of Nieder Beerbach

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Overlooking the quarry

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27.7 km

Lerchenberg und Kernesbellen von Darmstadt-Eberstadt

Nature Reserve

28.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.0 km

6.77 km

4.75 km

821 m

117 m

Surfaces

13.1 km

4.83 km

4.56 km

4.41 km

1.36 km

147 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 21 October

14°C

6°C

60 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

September 9, 2023,El Franky von oben bis unten abgemäht 😃

Today with @Marian I showed some of the well-known trails around Frankenstein Castle 💪👍unfortunately there were also several falls but nothing worse happened, so you have to sort everything out and carry on immediately without thinking about it.

Finally we cooled down with friends (thanks for the invitation Marian 💪)
A very nice day again today 💪🤩

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September 20, 2024,Was is bloß aus dem Franky geworden !!!!😞🤮@ Toby

Yesterday we were doing a lot of advertising for Burg Frankenstein Trails @Toby and today we were shocked to discover that many of them had been completely washed out, bombed and in places the ground had simply collapsed.
The jump and the enduro line below the castle were particularly difficult to recognise... and there were also many fallen trees.
There …

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May 22, 2023,Burg Frankenstein Trailsgeballere mit Michel 6.0 💪😜

Visiting @Michel 6.0 today with a new bike, he also went on new, unknown trails..especially below the castle he and I liked it 🤩💪then quenching our thirst at the castle..it was awful and the 2 falls after the jumps, yeah nothing happens let's go 🥳💪

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August 24, 2023,Trailsgeballare oben und unten am Franky

Today again with @GoodOldSlim at the start. Since I'm on night shift today and only had a limited amount of time, Goodoldslim aka Salim had to come to "me", i.e. in the Odenwald, or rather in the Traildorado Burg Frankenstein. There we first mastered a few trails up there, eg Rollercoaster before it continued below the Franky there are 2 …

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April 11, 2023,# TE23.030 | Odenwald Trails: Traildorado Frankenstein II bei wärmenden Sonnenschein

You leave the sunny FFM and drive straight into a fat rain cloud ⛈️🌦️ over the front Odenwald.

The original target of Meliboku was not visible under a thick rain cloud.

So without further ado I rescheduled, because the storm cloud was just pulling away in a southeasterly direction over the Frankenstein.

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May 18, 2023,Traildorado Frankenstein III

First time at trail mecca Frankie. Many thanks to the tour planners 😀. A lot of top, trail uphill should be avoided, sometimes way / no way. I'm still blown away by the variety of top trails.

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August 2, 2022,Frankenstein reloaded 2

After work ride with Sarah. Because the third day in a row was a little shorter than planned, but still great. Next time we'll try out new trails there... it feels like there's one every 5 meters!

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May 20, 2023,Franky 💪mit Hans-Seppl,Julian und Paul

Today on Franky everything in a nutshell Enduro, jumps, drops, berms with Julian (who guided us, big thank you 🤘💪) and Paul with bio and @Hans-Seppl beautiful trails at the castle and below 💪

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