Rabenfels – Vogelherd Grotto loop from Kaiser Bräu

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Rabenfels – Vogelherd Grotto loop from Kaiser Bräu

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Rabenfels – Vogelherd Grotto loop from Kaiser Bräu

05:45

20.1km

410m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

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Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.99 km

Narrow Rock Passage – Steinerne Stadt

Highlight • Gorge

Don't worry, you can still get through here after a snack..😜

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2.15 km

Weissingkuppe Rock Labyrinth

Highlight • Natural Monument

Very nice hike over the meandering path. After the stairs go up the rock right side. It is a so-called mushroom rock: The heavy boulder sits on a base of small circumference. Fascinating.

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6.84 km

Rock Passage in Felsenlabyrinth Sackdilling

Highlight • Gorge

Here every rock is a great freak of nature. The whole area is a single highlight!

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8.32 km

Sackdilling Rock Labyrinth

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Sackdillinger rock labyrinth is opened up by a 2.6 km long circular walk (marking: "rock tour"). But actually it's better to go back and forth from Sackdilling to the …

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8.40 km

So-called crevasse cave with halls "Kleines Bauernloch" with finds from the late Hallstatt / early La Tène period and human skeletal remains.
Ground monument number D-3-6335-0036, cave register number A …

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16.0 km

Brunnstein Rocks

Highlight • Natural Monument

Imposing rock formation on the Erzweg.

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16.4 km

Rabenfels

Highlight • Natural Monument

You can take the best photos from below, directly above it is only for wine makers, one of the few rest huts is there.

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17.9 km

Vogelherd Grotto

Highlight • Cave

The Vogelherdgrotte is an impressive karst cave near Krottensee. It consists of Franconian dolomite (Malm). The cave experiences heavy recreational use.

But you can also enjoy this place wonderfully if …

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20.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.56 km

7.77 km

1.40 km

822 m

501 m

Surfaces

7.57 km

5.16 km

4.42 km

1.40 km

941 m

400 m

164 m

Elevation

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (410 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

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Comments

March 30, 2024,Hersbrucker Alb 🌲 Neuhaus - Maximiliansgrotte, Felsenlabyrinth Sackdilling, Parasolfelsen, Brunnsteinfelsen,Rabenfels, Steinernes Stadt, Vogelherdgrotte 🌳👀🌼🧗‍♀️

Today with light and shadow. In the truest sense of the word. 🙈

The sun didn't manage to come through and the hoverester destroyed a few forest roads. At the Rabenstein I thought I wasn't seeing the right ones. The forest roads are developed like highways. 😡

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October 3, 2024,38 Felsenlabyrinth Sackdilling - RWF Fränkische Schweiz 🐕🍂

We met up on site at 9.30 sharp with a good friend and our favorite dog.

It was supposed to stay rain-free all day, although it was very cloudy and slightly cold. But there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes, and we go out into nature whatever the weather. The route really wasn't bad. Mainly through …

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April 21, 2023,Wandern in der Oberpfalz: Felsen⛰️, Felsen ⛰️und... Felsen⛰️ 😃

Today was an absolutely ⛰️ rocky day! Rock formations, rock gates, mushroom rocks, climbing rocks....
I walked for hours through the forest, past rocks and caves. It didn't end and until the end I ran up enthusiastically to take a closer look at the rocks. 🤩 I've never had so many great rocks in one day. 😄 But there were …

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July 23, 2024,Vogelherdgrotte Runde von Krottensee 🤗🪻

So. I wanted to go for a really long run again. After my operation 3 weeks ago and 4 days of strenuous work, it was a challenge. It took me about 17 km, to be more precise, to the Rehfelsen, until I had warmed up again. Nice round, all the types of path there, not much tar and gravel, which …

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