Lake Edersee – Edersee Dam loop from Bad Wildungen

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Waldeck-Frankenberg

Bad Wildungen

Lake Edersee – Edersee Dam loop from Bad Wildungen

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Lake Edersee – Edersee Dam loop from Bad Wildungen

03:50

55.7km

640m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 9, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 26.2 km for 71 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

10.4 km

Lake Affoldern

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The view of the Affolder See is beautiful. If you want to be a little faster on your bike, you have to brake regularly here so as not to run …

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19.9 km

Seilbachskopf

Forest

20.2 km

Himbeerendelle

Forest

20.7 km

Lakeside Trail at Edersee National Park

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The bike path is very nice to ride, but be careful: in places it goes very steeply downhill next to the bike path.

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21.3 km

Forest trail at Lake Edersee

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The path through the forest is very easy to ride

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23.1 km

Viewpoint

25.7 km

Lake Edersee

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Easy to cycle around

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38.4 km

View of Waldeck Castle and the Edersee

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Very nice to see from the hilltop.

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39.9 km

View of the Edersee

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from here a beautiful view over the Edersee

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40.3 km

Edersee Dam

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A bike ride to the Edersee is always worthwhile. It is particularly beautiful here in summer, because the deciduous forests on the banks are beautifully green. On hot days, the …

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41.8 km

View of the Edersee Dam

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A highlight in every season

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55.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.7 km

11.9 km

7.06 km

6.82 km

1.46 km

828 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

44.2 km

7.42 km

2.75 km

640 m

607 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (370 m)

Lowest point (190 m)

Weather

Saturday 31 October

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Comments

June 6, 2023,Radweg am Edersee mit Fährfahrt

Actually, I wanted to circle the dam completely. But dark clouds were gathering. That's why I took the shortcut with the ferry. It also rained a few drops and it got chilly. I forgot to rotate the original route direction. I think it's nicer to drive over the dam wall to the north bank first. The cycle path leads directly …

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August 30, 2022,2022-08-30_Fahrradtour Wega-Hemfurt-Scheid-Basdorf-AselSüd-Rehbach-Wega

Unfortunately, the last 11 km are not recorded. Battery empty. But the goal was achieved. The route was 66.7 km long.

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October 3, 2022,Atlantis durch den Edersee

Crazy impressions! Worth seeing and an experience to cycle over the old bridge near Asel.

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August 25, 2024,😃Edersee...landschaftlich wunderschön ...🌳🌲🌳....

Very beautiful route, always with the Edersee in view, lots of forest, rugged rock faces and idyllic bays 😃🌳
But the section from approx. 34.5 km to 37.5 km is very demanding, more suitable for mountain biking or hiking.😃

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