Rabenlay dream loop

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Rabenlay dream loop

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Rabenlay dream loop

04:29

16.2km

280m

Hiking

On the 16 kilometer long Rabenlay dream loop you will discover the varied landscapes around Gondershausen. From the hiking car park north of the town you hike in the forest to the tranquil Schoenstatt Chapel. After a short stop, we continue to the Eifelblick rest area. The following section takes…

by Tourist-Info Hunsrück-Mittelrhein

Last updated: June 3, 2024

Waypoints

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461 m

Schönstatt Chapel Gondershausen

Highlight • Religious Site

The design of Schoenstatt chapels is always based on the original, as is the case here in the Hunsrück Forest near Gondershausen.

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1.84 km

View of the Eifel (Rest Area)

Highlight • Viewpoint

Refuge with relaxation lounger and two panels with names of the visible places and elevations in the direction of the Eifel. Great view!

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8.48 km

View of the Mühlenbach and Baybach Valleys

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On an exposed corner of the Rabenlay plateau, a relaxation lounger offers a great view of the valleys of Mühlenbach and Baybach.

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11.2 km

Erzgrube Petrus Rest Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Refuge with lounger and information boards. Iron ore was mined here in opencast mines until 1920. The pit with embankments, which is a few meters deep, can be walked through, …

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13.9 km

Gondershausen Forest Lake

Highlight • Lake

The area consists of half a meadow with a picnic bench and half of a lake that can be walked around. One part is secured with a wooden railing. A …

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16.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

3.56 km

1.80 km

444 m

Surfaces

7.19 km

6.10 km

1.55 km

881 m

446 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (410 m)

Lowest point (260 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

14°C

6°C

27 %

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Comments

March 21, 2025,Schon wieder Wandertag 😊, Traumschleife Rabenlay

The relatively short section along the Baybach stream and the exit from the Baybach valley are truly beautiful, but only make up a good 2km of the total route. The rest of the trail is quite pleasant, but not particularly exciting.

The tour website:
hunsruecktouristik.de/reisethemen/wandern/traumschleifen-saar-hunsrueck/traumschleife-rabenlay

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June 19, 2022,Traumschleife Rabenlay

The tour leads around the village of Gondershausen in the Hunsrück.

At first it is promising, mostly on dirt roads. From about km 5 you descend into the beautiful Baybachtal. 🤗
Unfortunately, after far too short a time, you leave the valley again and climb a short climb to the Rabenlay viewing rock. A short time later you leave the …

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December 30, 2021,Traumschleife Rabenlay

The distance is given as 15.5 km. Today we had 17.5 km including the access from the parking lot on the Garmin. The paths are very varied and the path is very entertaining overall. There is always something new to discover or to marvel at. The way is well signposted, only right after the chapel we got lost somewhere / …

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July 13, 2024,Traumschleife Rabenlay

Unfortunately, I can't find anything dreamy among them today. It was a 70% field and meadow path, 30% through forest where you had to fight your way through waist-high nettles and thorny branches that made you sweat on the sometimes slippery tree roots and I still didn't have any views or things worth seeing even after 17km.

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February 14, 2023,TS Rabenlay

Unfortunately, a good 75% only field/meadow paths...quite boring 😒
If the tour went counterclockwise, this means the largest proportion of meadows at the beginning of the route. It would have been even more frustrating the other way around.

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March 30, 2024,Traumschleife Rabenlay (Gondershausen)

After the very successful first dream loop of the day (komoot.com/de-de/tour/1488828527) we went to nearby Gondershausen to the (Alb)Traumschleife Rabenlay.

The freshly changed socks quickly got wet again here too thanks to wet meadow paths - well, you just have to expect that in this weather. But somehow we also expected that the dream loop would be the nicer one …

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April 18, 2025,(102) Traumschleife Rabenlay

And today we headed back to the Hunsrück for another dream loop. The Rabenlay Trail is about 16 km long, has around 300 meters of elevation gain, and is certified with 75 experience points.
Fantastic views, the impressive Baybach Valley, the Rabenlay, and consistently great trails. I really enjoyed the tour – okay, after 5 km, my shoes were soaking …

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October 4, 2023,Die RABENLAY Traumschleife

I've had it on my watch for a while, today I walked it: the RABENLAY dream loop.
It's quite a bit, this dream loop. Although it is never really difficult, you should have good shoes and reasonably resilient joints. A little bit of fitness certainly doesn't hurt so that you can enjoy the 15.5 km and almost 400 meters of …

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December 6, 2023

On the 16 kilometer long Rabenlay dream loop you will discover the varied landscapes around Gondershausen. From the hiking car park north of the town you hike in the forest to the tranquil Schoenstatt Chapel. After a short stop, we continue to the Eifelblick rest area. The following section takes you

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March 26, 2024

The Rabenlay dream loop is beautiful, but it also has its lengths, i.e. sections where there isn't a sight lurking around every corner. However, you can easily avoid this because the entire route revolves around the town of Gondershausen, which is always easy to "target".

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