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View of Hambach Castle – Schwendenstein loop from Maikammer-Kirrweiler

View of Hambach Castle – Schwendenstein loop from Maikammer-Kirrweiler

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4.7

(16)

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View of Hambach Castle – Schwendenstein loop from Maikammer-Kirrweiler

04:47

68.3km

970m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 25, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 51.6 km for 26 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.79 km

View of Hambach Castle

Highlight • Viewpoint

don't look. Driving there is the better alternative. Right in the middle instead of just on the edge!

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28.3 km

Forest Inn Hornesselwiese Restaurant & Café

Highlight • Restaurant

The Waldschänke Hornesselwiese also offers animal hikes with alpacas and donkeys.

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29.9 km

Biosphere Experience Camp Geiswiese

Highlight • Rest Area

Beautiful lake / Woog in the Helmbachtal

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41.8 km

Taubensuhl Forest House

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The Forsthaus Taubensuhl is currently closed until further notice (gasthaus.taubensuhl.de).

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51.6 km

Heldenstein Forester's Lodge

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Very nice forester's house with good Palatine kitchen

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53.1 km

Schwendenstein

Highlight • Monument

5 minutes from the Schänzelturm. Nice highlight during the Kanonenweg descent ⛰🌳

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54.4 km

Lolosruhe

Mountain Pass

58.3 km

Totenkopfhütte (PWV Maikammer)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Good place for a quick rest on a busy tour

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63.6 km

Haardtrand - Am Wingertsberg

Nature Reserve

65.0 km

Picnic spot with a view of the vineyards and Hambach Castle

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful path through the vineyards with a view of Hambach Castle a must for hikers, walkers and mountain bikers. Best in autumn when the leaves of the vines are colored.

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68.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

42.8 km

13.8 km

8.42 km

2.17 km

634 m

559 m

Surfaces

26.7 km

25.6 km

10.6 km

4.28 km

818 m

330 m

Elevation

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Highest point (580 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Wednesday 1 July

28°C

14°C

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

June 12, 2022,⭐Pfälzer-Wald-Gravel - NW-Taubensuhl-NW 😁

Tackled a long-planned gravel tour through the Palatinate Forest today.

Route:
NW / Elmsteiner Tal / Helmbachweiher / Hornesselwiesen / big detour to Taubensuhl / Hochstrasse / Heldenstein / Totenkopf / St. Martin / NW
➡ Alternative from Totenkopf towards NW: via the Kaltenbrunner Tal

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October 8, 2023,⭐⭐⭐-Gravel - NW/Stilles Tal/Taubensuhl/Forsthaus Heldenstein/Totenkopf/Kalmit/NW

Great gravel tour on a lot of gravel (approx. 50%).
Please note the highlight: komoot.de/highlight/6202380
Be sure to follow suit! 👍😃

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November 11, 2023,Neustadt, Stilles Tal, Totenkopfhütte, Kalmit. GRVL

I copied the tour from the Pfalz Gravel and optimized it for myself (start and finish at the Fest Wiese car park in Neustadt). Nice round. Once you get through Lambrecht you have the forest to yourself. There's nothing going on back there, wonderful. At km 21 I got a little lost, in the end I had 4 km more …

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August 4, 2024,NW/Stilles Tal/Taubensuhl/Höhenstraße/Heldenstein/Lolosruhe/St. Martiner Schutzhütte/St. Martin/NW 🌲🌳

Today, in very pleasant temperatures, I did a nice tour of the Palatinate Forest. 😁
On my favorite climb from the Stilles Tal to Taubensuhl (komoot.com/de-de/highlight/6202380) I was practically chased by horseflies and mosquitoes. The result: at least 10 painful bites on my thigh and back. 😕
The creatures easily pierce through the thin cycling clothes. 🤔
I guess I'm …

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View of Hambach Castle – Schwendenstein loop from Maikammer-Kirrweiler

View of Hambach Castle

Forest Inn Hornesselwiese Restaurant & Café

Biosphere Experience Camp Geiswiese

Taubensuhl Forest House

Heldenstein Forester's Lodge

Schwendenstein

Totenkopfhütte (PWV Maikammer)

Picnic spot with a view of the vineyards and Hambach Castle

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