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Lone Valley – Bockstein Cave loop from Vogelherdhöhle

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Lone Valley – Bockstein Cave loop from Vogelherdhöhle

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Lone Valley – Bockstein Cave loop from Vogelherdhöhle

02:37

9.94km

80m

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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: April 29, 2026

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Mittleres Lonetal

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1.05 km

Lone Valley

Highlight • Gorge

Before the Danube and Rhine existed, the Lone River was the sole drainage of the entire region and a raging torrent that created this valley. When the first humans arrived …

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4.23 km

The Bockstein Cave registered in the World Heritage List is freely accessible. Finds from it can be dated back to 50,000 to 70,000 years ago, making the Bockstein Cave the oldest Neanderthal settlement complex in southern Germany.

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4.32 km

Cave Hyena Sculpture in the Mittleres Lonetal

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Subspecies of the spotted hyena that lived in Europe until the Late Pleistocene.
Cave hyenas were not true cave dwellers, as the name might suggest. They only visited the caves …

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4.78 km

Tree and Shrub Species Trail Mittleres Lonetal

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

On this route, most of the trees are provided with name tags so that you can immediately tell which tree species it is.

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6.70 km

At the Little Castle Lindenau

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Whether hiking or cycling, the Schlössle is easily accessible from the Lonetal. Uphill a bit and you can eat well or just linger and have a drink.

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7.76 km

Bear Cave and Hohlenstein-Stadel

Highlight • Cave

The Stadel Cave in Hohlenstein is often referred to as St. Peter's Basilica of the Stone Age, since important cult finds from the Palaeolithic were made here, such as the lion man and a skull burial.

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