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Abandoned Railway House loop from Messel

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Germany

Hesse

Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg

Messel

Abandoned Railway House loop from Messel

Moderate

4.2

(32)

148

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Abandoned Railway House loop from Messel

02:58

11.4km

70m

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: June 23, 2026

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Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.39 km

Timeline of Earth's History: 1.5 Billion Years Marker (Messel, Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald)

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There is a small rest area directly next to the timeline.

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2.79 km

Geological Timeline: 1 Billion Years

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3.14 km

Geological Timeline Trail: 545 Million Years Marker

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The earth is around 4.5 billion years old. To get an idea of this enormous temporal dimension of the earth's history, we recommend hiking the so-called timeline trail in Messel. …

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3.29 km

Devonian Period Marker – Timeline Trail of Earth's History

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3.52 km

Geological Timeline Trail – Markers of Earth's History (Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald)

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4.15 km

Messel Pit UNESCO World Heritage Site

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It's fascinating to take a journey back 47 million years, 60 meters down into a former volcanic crater, a planned landfill, one of the world's most important fossil discovery and …

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7.28 km

Abandoned Railway House

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Small overgrown lost place… nothing special… collecting blackberry thorns is not worth it

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9.68 km

Bird Information Boards at Hügel Schneise

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A total of 3 boards to woodpeckers, u.a. at the edge of the forest

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11.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.87 km

1.93 km

476 m

166 m

Surfaces

4.68 km

2.28 km

1.58 km

1.53 km

1.35 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 29 June

31°C

18°C

62 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

February 2, 2024,Messel Tour: Grube Messel Aussichtsplattform, Wanderweg M1 Urpferdchen-Weg inkl. Zeitstrahl-Weg - Runde ab Grube Messel, Parkplatz Besucherzentrum

I live only 15km from Messel - but I haven't yet made it to the Messel Pit UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Now the time had come - since I was traveling with a dog, I only had to go to the viewing platform (you can reach it for free if you walk past the visitor center). But I've decided to …

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December 30, 2023,Odenwald 🌲🌳 - Grube Messel "Urpferdchen Weg"

The Urpferdchen Weg is a designated quality hiking trail. I don't necessarily want to sign that.
However, traveling back in time is super interesting. 👀
Terms from school days crop up, such as Eocene, Tertiary, Carboniferous...
There is the story of how the Messelsee came into being as a result of a maar eruption 48 million years ago.
The path …

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March 24, 2026,Wanderung 06/2027; Ein Wanderfossil auf dem Weg zu seinen Vorfahren

With two friends, today's hike took us far back into geological history and to an encounter with our distant relatives.
From Messel station, we first went into the village. Unfortunately, the museum is only open on weekends. Then we walked past allotments, over field paths to the edge of the forest and again across open terrain into the Zeilhard forest …

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May 8, 2025,Letzter Test vor meinem ersten Mammutmarsch: Urpferdchen Runde von Messel

After my knee pain turned out to be a torn meniscus and I had a preliminary consultation for the planned surgery a good week ago, I had little hope of being able to complete my first mammoth hike the day after tomorrow. But the surgery has been postponed for the time being, and today I did my last short test …

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August 27, 2022,Wanderung Heimkehrerplatz zum Grube Messel

Visiting the museum is only possible with an FFP2 mask. 😷

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Abandoned Railway House loop from Messel

Timeline of Earth's History: 1.5 Billion Years Marker (Messel, Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald)

Geological Timeline: 1 Billion Years

Geological Timeline Trail: 545 Million Years Marker

Devonian Period Marker – Timeline Trail of Earth's History

Geological Timeline Trail – Markers of Earth's History (Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald)

Messel Pit UNESCO World Heritage Site

Abandoned Railway House

Bird Information Boards at Hügel Schneise

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