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Old Quarry Nature Reserve – Eschweiler Valley Quarry loop from Kalkkuppenlandschaft zwischen Wachendorf und Pesch

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Euskirchen

Mechernich

Old Quarry Nature Reserve – Eschweiler Valley Quarry loop from Kalkkuppenlandschaft zwischen Wachendorf und Pesch

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Old Quarry Nature Reserve – Eschweiler Valley Quarry loop from Kalkkuppenlandschaft zwischen Wachendorf und Pesch

03:30

12.3km

280m

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: May 25, 2026

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Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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149 m

Astropeiler on the Stockert information board

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⛰️The first freely movable radio telescope in Germany is located on the Stockert, a mountain near Bad Münstereifel🧭:
📡The Astro Directional Camera📡.
The facility was built in 1956. Today it …

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1.53 km

View of the Solitary Tree in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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Very typical for the Eifel.

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3.42 km

Eschweiler Valley Nature Reserve

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🎨 Below the Astropeiler Stockert 📡
💚Magnificent nature...soothing splashing of the stream 🌊💙
Great photo/landscape motifs 📸
Very nice area - always recommended 🥾🥾🎒👌🏼

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9.67 km

View of the Quarry on the Kräuterpfad

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beautiful, partly untouched landscape

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9.89 km

Old Quarry Nature Reserve

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10.3 km

Eschweiler Valley Quarry

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I join the others. Imposing and worthwhile.

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11.7 km

View of the Eifel Hills near Eschweiler

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Beautiful Eifel panorama 🎨📸
Great photo point
Heavenly peace 🤗💚

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12.3 km

Astropeiler Stockert Radio Telescope

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As already described, the astropeiler can be visited on Sundays at 2 pm in the summer months (May to October). It is a guided tour with lectures costing 5 € …

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12.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

1.91 km

Surfaces

5.13 km

3.43 km

1.64 km

1.61 km

404 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Sunday 12 July

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Old Quarry Nature Reserve – Eschweiler Valley Quarry loop from Kalkkuppenlandschaft zwischen Wachendorf und Pesch

Astropeiler on the Stockert information board

View of the Solitary Tree in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Eschweiler Valley Nature Reserve

View of the Quarry on the Kräuterpfad

Old Quarry Nature Reserve

Eschweiler Valley Quarry

View of the Eifel Hills near Eschweiler

Astropeiler Stockert Radio Telescope

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