Radau waterfall – View of the Ecker Dam loop from Bad Harzburg

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Radau waterfall – View of the Ecker Dam loop from Bad Harzburg

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Radau waterfall – View of the Ecker Dam loop from Bad Harzburg

05:56

20.7km

470m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 28, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Nationalpark Harz

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.20 km

Radau waterfall

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Always a beautiful sight in summer as well as in winter when there is frost. The Radau Waterfall is an experience in particular for children. A small hiking trail also leads up to the waterfall!

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4.62 km

View of the Ecker Dam

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A beautiful view of the dam, which we will cross a little later, framed by trees. A worthwhile hiking trail of around 10 km leads around the lake.

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4.69 km

View of the Eckertal Reservoir

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At this point you can see the Eckertalsperre and the Brocken at the same time, really great!

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5.62 km

Inner German border marker on the Eckertal Reservoir dam

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Boundary stone on the dam as a reminder between East and West. Here the inner-German border not only ran through the middle of the reservoir, but also directly over the dam wall.

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5.70 km

Dam wall of the Eckertalsperre (HWN 001)

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A beautiful place steeped in history! A small information board on the well-kept white dam house gives interesting information.
On the Saxony-Anhalt side, various rocky outcrops and stones invite you …

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6.24 km

View of the Eckertalsperre (Ecker Reservoir)

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Beautiful dam below the Brocken

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6.81 km

Viewpoint

8.62 km

Scharfenstein Rest Hut (HWN 002)

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First-hand information in the middle of the national park. - Opening hours: daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Arrival and accessibility:
The Scharfenstein ranger station cannot be reached by car.

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9.36 km

View of Eckertstausee from Scharfenstein

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The Scharfenstein is a fantastic, natural vantage point. Highly recommended.

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19.9 km

Schweineteich

Lake

20.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.28 km

4.67 km

3.88 km

2.16 km

648 m

105 m

Surfaces

10.4 km

7.02 km

2.46 km

825 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 20 October

9°C

4°C

96 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

March 2, 2025,Im wunderschönen Eckertal / Harz

What a great hike today. The weather was fantastic, steel blue skies and the first rays of spring sun. A bit of snow that slowly gave way to the sun, magical, mystical paths. I love the Eckertal. And the detour to Scharfenstein just had to be done. Absolute highlight! Can't get enough of it.
Only the Molkenhaus was disappointing. Waited …

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October 27, 2024,24/33 Kaiserwanderung 👑👸HWN 169 Molkenhaus, 👻 Muxklippe, Hwn 2 Scharfenstein, HWN 1 Eckertalsperre

Hiking Empresses👑👑 We're done. The last stamp from 222 we collected was No. 1 Eckertalsperre, four years and five months later 🙈 and about 1900 kilometers🤗 and we immediately stamped No. 1 in the new booklet 🙃

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August 24, 2023,Scharfensteinklippe

There are places that you have to visit once a year and for me that includes the Scharfensteinklippe❤. After I started from Ilsenburg for the first time last year, today I went again on well-known paths from the hiking car park at the Radau waterfall. First, the direct route to the Eckertalsperre was driven. Strolled a bit along the same …

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April 19, 2025,Wanderung zum Scharfenstein

Beautiful tour from Bad Harzburg via the Eckerstausee to Scharfenstein and back via Molkenhaus

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May 1, 2025,Radauwasserfall bis Rabenklippe 🐦‍⬛🐆über Eckertalsperre 🏞 HWN ♟️1-3, 169, 170 🌞🌞🌳🦎

1. Start with the hiking bus at the Radau Waterfall
2. Climb to the Eckertalsperre (Ecker Dam) with a beautiful view of the Brocken. The border between East Germany and West Germany used to run here. A border stone on the dam wall commemorates this.

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November 7, 2023,Wanderung zum Scharfenstein

Today's hike led along the Radau to the Eckertalsperre. 🥵😎🥵From there we went to the ranger station. After a little refreshment (coffee and bockwurst) we went up to the windswept Scharfenstein.🌬🌬🌬
On the way back we were surprised by a rain shower. 🌂🌧🌧☔

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