Dreiborn Plateau – View of the Dreiborn Plateau loop from Erkensruhrtal mit Nebenbächen und Felsen am Oberseeufer

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Städteregion Aachen

Simmerath

Dreiborn Plateau – View of the Dreiborn Plateau loop from Erkensruhrtal mit Nebenbächen und Felsen am Oberseeufer

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Dreiborn Plateau – View of the Dreiborn Plateau loop from Erkensruhrtal mit Nebenbächen und Felsen am Oberseeufer

03:57

13.9km

310m

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: July 31, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Nationalpark Eifel

Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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Parking

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Schöpfungspfad Alpine Section and Bat Cave

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The surroundings are constantly changing on this great hiking trail. Simply great!

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Dreiborn Plateau

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The Dreiborn plateau in the Eifel National Park is a unique ecosystem with a mixture of open land, heathland, forests and species-rich meadows. Due to decades of military use, the …

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Meadow Trails on the Dreiborn Plateau

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A very important "rule of the game" when hiking across the Dreiborn plateau (and of course also for the other parts of the Eifel National Park and other protected areas): …

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View over the Dreiborn Plateau and stream valleys

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Anyone familiar with the often large forest areas or agricultural land from their hikes in the Eifel will be surprised and certainly overwhelmed by the Dreiborn plateau. From personal experience, …

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View of the Dreiborn Plateau

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The Dreiborn Plateau is an open upland landscape and part of the national park. It lies at an altitude of approximately 500 meters between the valleys of the Rur, Urft, …

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View of the Dreiborn Plateau

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A Tuscan world that awaits you up here. Here you can simply listen to the silence and let your mind wander at the views

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Dreiborner Plateau

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The Dreiborn plateau is certainly one of the most rewarding hiking areas in the Eifel National Park.

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Gierberg – Dreiborn Plateau, Eifel National Park

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Here, too, there are great views over the Dreiborn plateau and the valleys of the Eifel National Park.

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13.1 km

Erkensruhrtal mit Nebenbächen und Felsen am Oberseeufer

Nature Reserve

13.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.62 km

3.46 km

1.50 km

1.34 km

Surfaces

3.91 km

3.63 km

3.34 km

2.04 km

1.01 km

Elevation

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Highest point (580 m)

Lowest point (330 m)

Weather

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Thursday 8 October

11°C

6°C

98 %

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Comments

January 19, 2025,Die Huch-Tour, nicht zum Nachmachen geeignet, 19.01.25

The tour is called that because, especially in the last third, all you could hear from the forest was 'whoa' and 'oh' and 'ohh'. We had a hard time not slipping on the icy paths. It's a miracle that we got back to the car in one piece.
Other than that, it was a lovely tour with alpaca feeding in …

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August 16, 2025,Dreiborner Hochfläche – Blick auf die Dreiborner Hochfläche Runde von Hammer

The tour began with a lot of variety. It led uphill along a narrow path through the forest. After about 4 km, we reached the high plateau. The next 6 km were a wide gravel path through the plateau. We didn't like this section at all, as it was very monotonous and lacked variety. Overall, we can't recommend the tour, …

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October 30, 2022,Wunderschöne Dreiborner Hochfläche 🌳🍀🌿⛰️🌳

We took advantage of the nice weather again this week. The Dreibornerhöhe is super nice, with great views. Pure nature, that's how we love it. We also visited a very beautiful forest chapel. It couldn't have been nicer.
Warm greetings
🐕🤗👍🌲🍀🌿

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May 29, 2023,Wanderung auf der "Dreiborner Höhe"

This tour in the Eifel National Park leads through the grandiose expanse of the Dreiborn Heights.
In this open landscape you experience a completely different kind of environment: the plateau presents itself as heathland, overgrown with broom and bushes, only rarely interrupted by forest.
A hike here when the gorse is in bloom is a special experience.
The broom - …

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November 9, 2024,Dreiborner Hochfläche und Schöpfungspfad - - Runde von Dreiborn 🥾🥾

Varied tour with alpine section (Creation Trail)

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June 2, 2024,Dreiborner Hochfläche, mit nicht so schönen Trail durch Wald

Despite the fog, it was quite interesting to go hiking between the gorse bushes on the plateau. Unfortunately, I wasn't careful when planning and part of the hike went through the forest. On very muddy hollow paths dug up by wild boars and then steeply uphill again on narrow hiking trails, you had to watch where you were stepping the …

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June 4, 2025,Dreiborner Hochfläche

A beautiful hike on the Dreiborn Plateau on Wednesday! With ideal temperatures, we set off from the hiking car park in Dreiborn and were able to enjoy the landscape and view after just a few minutes. The broom blossoms were still in full bloom and accompanied us for a long stretch. We returned to the starting point via the Creation …

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