Bettingberg Tunnel West Portal – Wittwichsbach Picnic Shelter loop from Bettingen

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Bettingberg Tunnel West Portal – Wittwichsbach Picnic Shelter loop from Bettingen

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Bettingberg Tunnel West Portal – Wittwichsbach Picnic Shelter loop from Bettingen

03:50

14.1km

190m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 1, 2026

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Naturpark Spessart

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3.20 km

Bettingberg Tunnel West Portal

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Fauna-flora-habitat area
Winter quarters of the pug bat in the Spessart!
The Bettingberg Tunnel is an important bat habitat across Europe!

‼️ 🚧from October 1st to April 30th. closed to …

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4.26 km

Wittwichsbach Picnic Shelter

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new looking shelter with benches and table

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6.31 km

Eichel Weir and Lock on the Main River

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here you can cross the Main

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6.71 km

Forest Path in Naturpark Spessart

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7.64 km

Sandy Bay on the Main River

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Wonderful natural paddling pool including beach

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9.18 km

Picnic Area Donated by S.D. Erbprinz zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

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Relaxed place in the shade of oaks and beeches… pure peace

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9.49 km

Himmelreich Boundary Stones, Main Loop

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a beautiful piece of countryside

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10.1 km

Wettenburg Hill and Stone Cairns

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Stone on stone, stone on stone - the turret will be ready soon 😊

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14.1 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.62 km

4.64 km

1.90 km

Surfaces

5.06 km

3.87 km

2.34 km

2.20 km

694 m

Elevation

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Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

16°C

9°C

71 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

July 14, 2022,Wir waren eben schon mal im "Himmelreich"

Many thanks to @Fred for the tip. After the first few hundred meters, it's all about natural paths - they're nice to walk on. It's just a pity that you don't have a view on the ridge, you can only take a quick look at Bettingen. The bay on the Main compensates for this. Finally in the beer garden 🍻

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August 3, 2025,Bettingbergtunnel 🚇 - Himmelreich 👼👼 03.08.2025

The loop started at the hikers' car park 🅿️ at the shelter 🏚️ on the Wittwichsbach stream.
From here, we headed towards the Bettingberg Tunnel 🚇. At the west portal of the tunnel, we put on our jacket 🧥 and headlamp 🪔, up and down through the 730m long, dark Bettingberg Tunnel 🚇. After a while, we saw light 💡 …

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May 19, 2024,Himmelreich+Tunnel 2024-05-19/52

After an extremely strenuous week at work, I actually felt like lazing around today. Luckily, I was motivated to do this round. The cycle path to the lock was surprisingly quiet, even though it was Sunday and the sun was still shining. We all probably saw the same weather radar with the threat of constant rain. It didn't scare us, …

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May 17, 2025,... durch den Tunnel zum Himmelreich 🚶‍♂️

Bro meeting with a tour of the Bettingberg tunnel 😊... and the jungle path was quite tick-infested 😄....to finish off, there was a little refreshment at Wertheim Castle😁

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May 20, 2025,25-5-20 Bettingbergtunnel -Dschungelweg- Himmelreich / bei Kreuzwertheim

On the outskirts of Kreuzwertheim, there is a hiking parking lot beneath huge, currently blooming and wonderfully fragrant locust trees, which was also our starting point today. From there, a wide path soon leads to the west portal of the tunnel. Equipped with a headlamp and flashlight, the crossing was straightforward. The first part of the tunnel, up to a …

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May 29, 2025,Wertheim 1.0 - Wettenburg

We used the long weekend to visit the Wertheim Main-Tauber region. Our first stop was a historic mountain with traces from prehistoric and modern times.

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May 28, 2024,Wanderung

That was a really beautiful hike. We found it in the Kompass Spessart hiking guide (page 206). It's worth doing it yourself. It's very demanding in places, but we old people (70) had no problems. Always follow the blue M (Main hiking trail). After a good 5 km, after a hill, at a fork in the road, you then continue …

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September 28, 2021,Einmal 😇 👼 Himmelreich 😇 👼 und zurück 28.09.2021

Today's tour started at the Anker Platz Main Biergarten🍻 in Kreuzwertheim, near the Spessart brewery.
The route ran along the Main on dirt roads, then concrete paths, gravel paths and a path to the west portal of the Bettingberg tunnel. Arrived there, knocked at Batman🦇, asked to pass through his living room and promptly received. Headlamp on and in the …

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