Circular route "Grüntal" (HWN 49)

7.07 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Hikes
  • 1:48 h
  • 7.07 km
  • 73 m
  • 73 m
  • 508 m
  • 547 m
  • 39 m
  • Start: Haus des Gastes/Spa Park
  • Destination: Haus des Gastes/Spa Park
An easy forest route, which can also be cycled.

On the short circular route, you can relax your soul at insignificant inclines and listen to the silence of nature. Many resting benches invite you to linger.

Tourismusbetrieb der Stadt Oberharz am Brocken
Tourismusbetrieb der Stadt Oberharz am Brocken

Good to know

Pavements

Gravel
Asphalt
Trail

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

From the Haus des Gastes, we head towards the school, passing the Wilhelm-Schmidt monument on the right, and continue above the music pavilion to the left past the playground and the garage complex until we turn left onto Zollhäuser Straße and then immediately pass the industrial area on the right.

After crossing the railway tracks, the hike leads us left along the industrial area over the Lehmkuhlen to the Breiten Linie.

Here you go right at the shelter to Grüntaler Straße and then immediately right again to the former Grüntal forest house.

At the forest house, take a sharp right back until we cross the Schieferbach stream, continue to L 97, then right onto the path along the Ruxbach (boundary with old border stones HB/KP) back to the Lehmkuhlen.

We hike left towards the industrial areas back to our start and finish point at Haus des Gastes.

Equipment

Sturdy footwear and rain gear are recommended. Don’t forget your Harzer Wandernadel stamp booklet and camera.

Directions & Parking facilities

You can reach Benneckenstein by car

- from Wernigerode via the B244, turn-off Elbingerode B27 continuing to turn-off Königshütte B242 and in Tanne onto L98

- from Braunlage via the B242, turn-off Tanne onto L98

- from Nordhausen via the B4 to the L98 turn-off Benneckenstein

Parking is available at Haus des Gastes/Wilhelm-Schmidt-Park.

You can reach the Harz town of Benneckenstein by bus of the Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe

from the direction of Wernigerode

from the direction of Blankenburg

from the direction of Braunlage

from the direction of Nordhausen

or

by the Harzer Schmalspurbahn narrow-gauge railway from Wernigerode or Nordhausen.

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TIP: 

With the Harz Holiday Ticket you have free mobility throughout the entire Harz district.

HATIX - the free use of public bus lines of the Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe, the Q-Bus local transport company, the Halberstadt transport company, as well as the Verkehrsgesellschaft Südharz in the Harz district.

More information at: www.hatix.info

Additional information

Tourist Information Benneckenstein/Trautenstein

Bahnhofstraße 21b

38877 City Oberharz am Brocken/OT Benneckenstein

www.oberharzinfo.de

benneckenstein@oberharzinfo.de

Tel.: 039457/2612

Literature

Unfortunately, no literature is known.

Author

Sandra Marquardt

Organization

Tourismusbetrieb der Stadt Oberharz am Brocken

License (master data)

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

On this circular route, you have the opportunity to collect a sought-after stamp of the Harzer Wandernadel.

No. 49 - Forest house "Grüntal".

Safety guidelines

No safety instructions are known to us.

Map

Hiking map - City Oberharz am Brocken 1:25000 ; ISBN 978-3-86973-065-3

Nearby

Address

Circular route "Grüntal" (HWN 49)
Oberharz am Brocken