View from Hesselberg – Hesselberg Summit loop from Röckingen

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View from Hesselberg – Hesselberg Summit loop from Röckingen

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View from Hesselberg – Hesselberg Summit loop from Röckingen

05:11

17.5km

500m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very 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: August 4, 2026

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37 m

Natural Swimming Pond in Röckingen

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Beautiful, quiet pond with a playground for children and seating.

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1.45 km

View of Röckingen

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Again and again there is a wonderful view of the surrounding area, on a clear day you can see as far as the Alps. Here you can see Rockingen, great.

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1.60 km

View from Hesselberg

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The Hesselberg is worth a visit at any time of day and in any season.... The many hiking trails and parking spaces make it possible to discover the mountain from all sides

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2.50 km

As a witness mountain (a single mountain in a layered landscape) of the Franconian Jura, the Hesselberg is geologically closely related to the Staffelberg (Lichtenfels district) or the Walberla (Forchheim district).

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3.22 km

View of the Hesselberg Valley

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Again and again there is a wonderful view of the surrounding area, on a clear day you can see as far as the Alps.

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3.46 km

Hesselberg Trail

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The Hesselberg path is designed as a summit circular route. It leads to the most beautiful points of the Hesselberg and offers interesting information about the nature, history and geology …

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4.98 km

Hesselberg Orchard Meadows

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LekereHesselbergäpfel., These are also used to make the delicious Hesselberg juice

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13.4 km

Chestnut Avenue on Hesselberg

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At first glance, a very impressive little path lined with chestnut trees. In the middle there is a beautiful natural monument where an old tree stump was conquered by a new tree.

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17.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.43 km

5.93 km

2.11 km

2.01 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.80 km

3.67 km

2.92 km

1.74 km

1.18 km

173 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (670 m)

Lowest point (430 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

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Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Comments

August 21, 2021,Wittelshofen Runde: Hesselberg > Römerpark Ruffenhofen

🔵🔵🔵🔵⚪️ (4.5)

The Hesselberg Nature Park is an absolutely worthwhile excursion destination. At 689m, the highest mountain in Middle Franconia is an absolute top tip with its dry meadows and wide views of the country. Another highlight is the Ruffenhofen Roman Park, with the Limes Museum and the miniature replica of the former Roman camp that stood here around 200 …

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June 9, 2023,Die Römer und der Hesselberg 🌞🐐🌅🌿🫠

🤓 First of all the Römerpark .. outdoor .. actually quite cool ... then only after the nature trail did we go into the shade 🥵 .. blooming here soon : Turk's cap 🥳 .. the Hesselberg has a really great view. Then it went back ☀️.. I then sat down for more than 1/2 hour to 🌅🫠
- so …

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December 14, 2023,🚶‍♂️ Schon wieder die Römer 🗡 🙈

Visited the Romans again. In the museum there was everything about the nearby fort. That was within sight of the Limes.

Then we went to the highest mountain in Middle Franconia. It's definitely worth a road bike tour to the top.

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December 14, 2023,🚶‍♀️ Limesmuseum, Römerpark, Hesselberg 🏹⛰️🚶‍♀️

🚶‍♀️ Today the Limesmuseum with the Römerparkn near Ruffenhofen was on the program.
The museum is small but nice, the Roman park is beautifully done - fascinating what the Romans were capable of. The course of the Limes was always in view the entire time.

We continued up the Hesselberg - great views and worth the climb. ⛰️

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December 17, 2023,Hesselberg Gipfel ⛰️(689m)– höchster Berg Mittelfranken - Römerpark Ruffenhofen

We've wanted to go back to Hesselberg for a long time. So off to Ruffenhofen and from the 🅿️ at the Römerpark. The Wörnitz has a lot of water and the swans 🦢, ducks 🦆, geese 🦤 and storks are happy about the wet meadows that are under water. And then we went up 👆 to the highest mountain in …

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December 28, 2024,Eisnebel am Hesselberg...

...the plan was 🌞 and to enjoy the views...🤷🏻‍♂️
But there were beautiful icy views...😊...and every now and then, at the very top, the blue sky would flash through. If the highest mountain in Middle Franconia were 200 m higher, who knows...🤔😅

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