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Schwerte Forest – Blue Lake 🌊🌳 loop from Hörde

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Schwerte Forest – Blue Lake 🌊🌳 loop from Hörde

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Schwerte Forest – Blue Lake 🌊🌳 loop from Hörde

00:35

5.47km

40m

Running

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

Last updated: May 24, 2026

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Start point

Bus stop

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1.78 km

Ascent to Fernmeldeturm Schwerte

Highlight • Climb

Nice, steady climb to the Schwerte telecommunications tower on good asphalt. Quite a lot of traffic during the week, so it's best not at peak times.

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1.83 km

Hiking Car Park Witten-Lennas

Highlight • Parking

Very centrally located in the forest and from there you can easily access the forest paths.

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3.02 km

Schwerte Forest

Highlight • Forest

Searching for the right path deep in the Swords Forest...

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3.13 km

Blue Lake 🌊🌳

Highlight • Lake

Despite its name, the 'Blue Lake' in the Schwerte Forest just north of the Freischuetz restaurant is mostly green from algae and reflections of beech trees densely surrounding this remnant …

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3.19 km

shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Wooden weather shelter and lounge sofas constructed in 2009 next to the small pond in the Schwerte forest north of the Freischuetz restaurant.
schwerte.de/fileadmin/kultur/bilder/wandern/download/KonzeptNaturerlebnispfad.pdf

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5.47 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.24 km

1.18 km

1.06 km

582 m

406 m

Surfaces

3.24 km

1.51 km

582 m

133 m

Elevation

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Tuesday 14 July

28°C

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Schwerte Forest – Blue Lake 🌊🌳 loop from Hörde

Ascent to Fernmeldeturm Schwerte

Hiking Car Park Witten-Lennas

Schwerte Forest

Blue Lake 🌊🌳

shelter

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