Old Quarry Nature Reserve – Eschweiler Valley Quarry loop from Kalkkuppenlandschaft zwischen Wachendorf und Pesch

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Old Quarry Nature Reserve – Eschweiler Valley Quarry loop from Kalkkuppenlandschaft zwischen Wachendorf und Pesch

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Old Quarry Nature Reserve – Eschweiler Valley Quarry loop from Kalkkuppenlandschaft zwischen Wachendorf und Pesch

03:30

12.3km

280m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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149 m

Astropeiler on the Stockert information board

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⛰️The first freely movable radio telescope in Germany is located on the Stockert, a mountain near Bad Münstereifel🧭:
📡The Astro Directional Camera📡.
The facility was built in 1956. Today it …

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1.53 km

View of the Solitary Tree in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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Very typical for the Eifel.

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3.42 km

Eschweiler Valley Nature Reserve

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🎨 Below the Astropeiler Stockert 📡
💚Magnificent nature...soothing splashing of the stream 🌊💙
Great photo/landscape motifs 📸
Very nice area - always recommended 🥾🥾🎒👌🏼

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9.67 km

View of the Quarry on the Kräuterpfad

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beautiful, partly untouched landscape

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9.89 km

Eschweiler Valley Quarry

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I join the others. Imposing and worthwhile.

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11.7 km

View of the Eifel Hills near Eschweiler

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Beautiful Eifel panorama 🎨📸
Great photo point
Heavenly peace 🤗💚

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12.3 km

Astropeiler Stockert Radio Telescope

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As already described, the astropeiler can be visited on Sundays at 2 pm in the summer months (May to October). It is a guided tour with lectures costing 5 € …

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12.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

1.91 km

Surfaces

5.13 km

3.43 km

1.64 km

1.61 km

404 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

14°C

4°C

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Comments

September 29, 2024,Hirnberg-Trail, Teufelsloch, von Sternen und Römer

from the car park Nöthener Straße BAM 11 to Hähnchen and Hirnberg, over the Hirnberg Trail to the Teufelsloch, past the quarry via Eschweiler up to the Astropeiler on the Stockert. over the Eifel loop from Sternen and Römer back to the Teufelsloch and back up to the car park.

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March 16, 2023,Im NSG Kalkkuppen rund um Eschweiler

Back to the Eifel for a long time; yesterday made a 12 km round with the route planner. Maybe a little huddling...
I parked at the cemetery, there are usually suitable parking spaces at cemeteries. It is sometimes difficult to find something suitable in these small towns with narrow residential streets.
The tour leads largely through the NSG Eschweiler valley …

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July 30, 2024,Photohike NSG Eschweiler Tal • Nordeifel • Sommer

We stole this round from @Gerda. We hadn't been in the area for a long time and thought the idea of seeing how the forest had recovered was interesting. A few years ago it was frightening to see how the bark beetle had wreaked havoc in the spruce stands. It was worth hiking here again.

What makes hiking here recommendable?

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