Radome on the Wasserkuppe – Wasserkuppe loop from Rhönwald-Grabenberg

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Radome on the Wasserkuppe – Wasserkuppe loop from Rhönwald-Grabenberg

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Radome on the Wasserkuppe – Wasserkuppe loop from Rhönwald-Grabenberg

02:55

35.9km

720m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 16.7 km for 265 m

Waypoints

Start point

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1.37 km

Viewpoint

9.24 km

Wüstensachsen

Highlight • Settlement

The climatic health resort Wüstensachsen captivates with its dreamlike idyllic location in the Ulstertal on the slope of the Ehrenberg. Exploring the surrounding area by bike is just incredibly beautiful. …

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13.5 km

Kernzone des NSG Schafstein bei Wüstensachsen

Nature Reserve

16.5 km

Radome on the Wasserkuppe

Highlight • Summit

Instead of a summit cross, there is a summit stone, almost inconspicuous next to the towering radome and significant landmark of the Wasserkuppe.

If the weather is right, the view from up here is simply fantastic.

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16.7 km

Wasserkuppe

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At 950 meters, the Wasserkuppe is the highest mountain in Hesse and the symbol of the Rhön Mountains. Up here, you can feel the freedom, as the Wasserkuppe is considered …

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18.0 km

Gliding Airfield Wasserkuppe

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The airport on the Wasserkuppe is located at the place where gliding was - as they say - "invented". As early as 1911, gliding pioneers started their first flight tests …

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18.8 km

Fulda Spring

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Everything has to start small, and that also applies to the Fulda and its remarkable journey to the confluence with the Werra, which comes from Thuringia, and then flows from …

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20.7 km

View of the Wasserkuppe

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Nearby is a bench with a table that invites you to rest while enjoying the best view of the Wasserkuppe.

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23.0 km

Rotes Moor Pond

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In the Hessian part of the UNESCO Rhön Biosphere Reserve lies the Rotes Moor nature reserve (size: 314.7 ha), designated in 1979.

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25.7 km

View of and from Heidelstein Transmitter

Highlight • Viewpoint

Very nice view over the Rhön

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27.3 km

Schornhecke

Forest

29.9 km

Stirnberg bei Wüstensachsen

Nature Reserve

35.9 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.6 km

8.74 km

6.71 km

1.59 km

1.43 km

900 m

Surfaces

17.2 km

7.74 km

7.35 km

3.21 km

348 m

176 m

Elevation

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Highest point (940 m)

Lowest point (510 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

13°C

7°C

76 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Radome on the Wasserkuppe – Wasserkuppe loop from Rhönwald-Grabenberg

Wüstensachsen

Radome on the Wasserkuppe

Wasserkuppe

Gliding Airfield Wasserkuppe

Fulda Spring

View of the Wasserkuppe

Rotes Moor Pond

View of and from Heidelstein Transmitter

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