View from Rocher du Coucou – Frankenbourg Castle loop from Breitenau

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View from Rocher du Coucou – Frankenbourg Castle loop from Breitenau

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View from Rocher du Coucou – Frankenbourg Castle loop from Breitenau

04:35

14.1km

610m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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504 m

Forest Chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

Nice little chapel, an example of local piety.

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2.25 km

Rocher du Cheval Tombé

Highlight • Natural Monument

Quaintly beautiful section of the path with the rock from the fallen horse.

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2.36 km

Rocher de la Salière

Highlight • Natural Monument

The viewing platform at the top is already impressive, but the rocks with the stairs further down are even more so.

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3.61 km

Col du Petit Haut

Mountain Pass

6.94 km

View from Rocher du Coucou

Highlight • Viewpoint

The view of the Rhine plain and the Hochkönigsburg is very nice. There is also a bench to sit on. There are shadows too.

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8.80 km

Frankenbourg Castle

Highlight • Castle

A wonderfully situated castle with magnificent views in all directions. In front of the castle is a flat meadow with a picnic table.

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9.10 km

Col du Frankenbourg

Mountain Pass

11.4 km

Rondes Roches

Highlight • Natural Monument

And a few more beautiful rock formations with an adjacent meadow.
I liked the fish with the eye and the mouth open the best.

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11.9 km

Fairy Rock

Highlight • Natural Monument

Very large rocks with fascinating shapes and a long cave. At the top of the rocks is a beautiful view and a picnic table.

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13.5 km

Rondes Roches

Highlight • Natural Monument

Well, it's not "the" unbelievable rock formation, but it's nice to look at in the forest.

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14.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.0 km

2.82 km

806 m

473 m

Surfaces

10.6 km

3.07 km

445 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 7 November

9°C

2°C

0 %

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Comments

October 5, 2026,Burg Frankenbourg und jede Menge Felsen und Aussichtspunkte

Highly recommended, sandstone cliffs and rock castle, almost like home. Here you notice again the togetherness of Alsace and Palatinate, at least with some of the rock formations it seems that the same structural engineer was at work

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September 7, 2022,Elsass; Breitenau zu den Feen 🧚‍♀️ Felsen und der Ruine Château du Frankenbourg

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The weather is still good 😌 so let the 🚌 stand and go straight away. First of all, apart from the local rooster 🐓, you can only hear the church or a dog 🐕 Otherwise, nothing is going on. The pine forest and the 🪨en are the special. Fern, blueberries 🫐 …

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