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Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Heidenheim
Herbrechtingen

Lone Valley – Bockstein Cave loop from Löwenmensch

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Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Heidenheim
Herbrechtingen

Lone Valley – Bockstein Cave loop from Löwenmensch

Moderate

5.0

(7)

25

hikers

Lone Valley – Bockstein Cave loop from Löwenmensch

02:38

9.90km

100m

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: March 5, 2026

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Mittleres Lonetal

Geopark Schwäbische Alb

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1.19 km

Lonetal Nature Trail

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The Lone Valley and its surrounding area offer attractive travel destinations. The Charlotten Cave with its fascinating stalactites has long been known far beyond the region. In the Lone Valley …

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1.86 km

The Stadel Cave in Hohlenstein is often referred to as St. Peter's Basilica of the Stone Age, since important cult finds from the Palaeolithic were made here, such as the lion man and a skull burial.

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2.00 km

Lion Man Sculpture Playground

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Archeology you can touch, and right next to it you can do gymnastics and climb.

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3.00 km

Lone Valley

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Before the Danube and Rhine existed, the Lone River was the sole drainage of the entire region and a raging torrent that created this valley. When the first humans arrived …

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3.04 km

Mammoth Climbing Structure

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Beautifully designed and interesting not only for children. Great photo opportunity!

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7.69 km

On this route, most of the trees are provided with name tags so that you can immediately tell which tree species it is.

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9.25 km

Bockstein Cave

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The Bockstein Cave registered in the World Heritage List is freely accessible. Finds from it can be dated back to 50,000 to 70,000 years ago, making the Bockstein Cave the oldest Neanderthal settlement complex in southern Germany.

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9.34 km

Subspecies of the spotted hyena that lived in Europe until the Late Pleistocene.
Cave hyenas were not true cave dwellers, as the name might suggest. They only visited the caves …

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9.90 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.86 km

1.15 km

840 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.86 km

2.71 km

1.54 km

736 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (530 m)

Lowest point (470 m)

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Tuesday 19 May

19°C

9°C

75 %

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