View of the Rotenfels – Rotenfels Ascent Trail loop from Bad Kreuznach

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

View of the Rotenfels – Rotenfels Ascent Trail loop from Bad Kreuznach

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835

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View of the Rotenfels – Rotenfels Ascent Trail loop from Bad Kreuznach

03:50

12.9km

310m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.15 km

Rhyolite rock formations on the Rotenfels Trail

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Almost a Mediterranean feeling when the sun shines here and the conifers give off their scent ...

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3.61 km

View over Bad Münster am Stein and the Rotenfels

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Great view of the Nahe valley!

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3.93 km

View of the Nahe River and Rotenfels Cliffs

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A truly impressive view and a beautiful, strenuous hike on the Rothenfels.

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4.14 km

View of Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg from the Rotenfels

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An ingenious dreamlike view from the highest rock face between the Alps and Scandinavia.

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4.17 km

Rotenfels

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A great wall that you don't often see in flat country.. has something!

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5.47 km

View of the Rotenfels

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One of the many great views on the ascent to the Rotenfels. You just have to stop and enjoy the view.

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5.47 km

Rotenfels Ascent Trail

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The ascent from Norheim is usually quite leisurely, a short passage is steep, stony and demanding. Partial steps are formed. If you start the shortest route from the main road, …

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6.07 km

Götzenfelsblick

Viewpoint

10.1 km

View of Rheingrafenstein Castle

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Great spa park. Bicycles have no entry

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12.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.00 km

3.53 km

3.37 km

1.66 km

357 m

Surfaces

4.50 km

4.19 km

1.73 km

1.22 km

978 m

250 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (290 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Monday 12 October

15°C

7°C

36 %

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

March 25, 2025,Bad Münster, Rotenfels und Nahetal

Demanding tour, surefootedness required.

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April 6, 2025,Rotenfelstour von Bad Kreuznach

Nice round, mostly on the Rotenfelstour, at the end a little boring back through the spa park

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December 3, 2022,🇩🇪 Rotenfels-Runde

I had this tour on my list for a long time. The Rotenfels rises impressively above the plain. You can experience and admire this on a beautiful tour of Bad Kreuznach. The first section leads over narrow forest paths from Bad Kreuznach via the Rotenfels to Norheim. There are always wonderful views of the Nahe Valley. The second part leads …

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June 24, 2024,Vitaltour Rotenfels ☀️🤩

From the Moselle to the Nahe...
Today we stopped off in Bad Kreuzbach.
A very nice tour, mostly on the Rotenfels Vital Tour. Lots of beautiful paths/trails.
The Rotenfels is very impressive, definitely worth it.🤩👍

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June 17, 2023,Blick vom Rotenfels - Auf-/ Abstieg Rotenfels Runde von Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg 🥾☀️🌺🌿🍇🥰

Beautiful ☀️☀️☀️ round with fantastic views 😍. Even if it wasn't that many km/hm, at 35 degrees with pure 🌞 the tour was perfectly adequate 💦🤪😤🥵😅

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April 15, 2022,Bad Münster am Stein "Vitaltour Rotenfels"

Today on a tour with part of the dear family on the Rotenfels.. looks very impressive when you first walk past below the rocks. But the climb wasn't that strenuous and offered a great view over the valley. It got really warm on the slope and we were happy about the shade when we spotted a large, green sand lizard.. …

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