Rantum Basin Nature Reserve – Hörnum Lighthouse loop from Keitum

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Rantum Basin Nature Reserve – Hörnum Lighthouse loop from Keitum

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Rantum Basin Nature Reserve – Hörnum Lighthouse loop from Keitum

04:48

81.3km

180m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 16, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 35.4 km for 301 m

After 56.6 km for 69 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

5.38 km

Rantum Basin Nature Reserve

Highlight • Lake

The Rantum basin is a nature reserve in the middle of the island of Sylt, south of the towns of Westerland and Tinnum. It is named after the place Rantum. This protected area is looked after by the Jordsand association.

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8.60 km

Baakdeel-Rantum/Sylt

Nature Reserve

14.3 km

Rantumer Dünen/Sylt

Nature Reserve

16.7 km

Sylt Coastal Cycling and Hiking Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Beautifully located cycling and hiking path in harmony with nature! 😍

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19.8 km

Hörnum Lighthouse

Highlight • Monument

already visible from afar from the north and at the same time a beautiful beach

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35.5 km

Südwäldchen

Forest

42.1 km

View of Langer Christian Lighthouse

Highlight • Monument

The 'Lange Christian' is one of the many lighthouses that always belong on the coast.

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54.6 km

Listland Wandering Dune

Highlight • Natural Monument

Most of the dunes are planted today so they can not move. An exception is Listland, where today is the only and last moving dune in Germany. Due to the …

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56.6 km

Ellenbogenberg

Peak

62.9 km

The Wandering Dunes at List, Sylt

Highlight • Natural Monument

A very beautiful dune landscape with designated paths. Here are signs that please stay on the paths or paths and not the whole beautiful nature breaks.
Please stay tuned and help preserve this beautiful nature.

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64.4 km

Lister shifting dunes

Highlight • Natural Monument

A well-developed bike path, so you can get ahead quickly.

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70.8 km

View of the dunes and heath in Nord-Sylt

Highlight • Viewpoint

Very nice view over the dunes of Sylt

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81.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

48.4 km

13.0 km

12.2 km

6.96 km

580 m

323 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

61.1 km

8.27 km

5.11 km

4.50 km

2.16 km

206 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 13 October

15°C

13°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 32.0 km/h

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Comments

September 6, 2026,Sylt

Arrival from Klanxbüll by train. The ticket per person and bike cost approx. €23 as a day ticket, i.e. for the round trip. In approx. 20 minutes you are on the island and the trains run regularly over the causeway.
It is really worth exploring the island.

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July 15, 2025,Fahrradtour

Yesterday calm and blue, today wildly windy, wet and grey.

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July 21, 2022,Sylt-Umrundung (von List aus)

Started in dry weather, continued in the rain, came back in the dry :)
This tour takes you around the entire island. At one point we lost our way by 20 meters and turned around. But the navigation system didn't like that at all and simply deleted the entire piece from Rantum to Hörnum. Since Hörnum is not difficult to …

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August 25, 2024,Fahrradtour um Sylt ........

This morning I woke up and suddenly had the idea of driving around Sylt again😊But when I got there I said to myself what am I doing to myself in this wind without a motor, but now there is no turning back🤣😂
Close your eyes and go for it......but I don't regret it.....even though I was really up against the …

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September 24, 2025,Tour Sylt 2025

A wonderful tour in beautiful island weather. 🚴🚴‍♂️🌞

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April 1, 2025,Sylt- von Süd nach Nord

Long tour today, all the way from the south all the way up north to the elbow of Sylt.
A lot of beautiful nature along the way; the path through the dune landscape from Wenningstedt to List was incredibly beautiful.
In List, of course, we stopped at Gosch; it was a must. 🤣 An incredible empire at List harbor.
On …

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