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Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis

Donaueschingen

Riedsee – Riedsee Lakeside Trail loop from Pfohren

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Freiburg District

Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis

Donaueschingen

Riedsee – Riedsee Lakeside Trail loop from Pfohren

Easy

4.4

(113)

433

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Riedsee – Riedsee Lakeside Trail loop from Pfohren

01:53

7.46km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 23, 2026

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652 m

Riedsee (near Pfohren)

Highlight • Lake

At the Riedseeparkplatz parking tickets are compulsory from May 1st to the end of September from 8 am-10pm.

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1.50 km

Riedsee

Highlight • Lake

On February 25th, 2021, in bright weather, an icy Riedsee

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3.02 km

Ried Lake

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Always worth a trip, even without sunshine. A very expansive area. You can walk close to the water or along paved roads around it.

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4.06 km

Riedsee

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Very nice swimming lake

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5.27 km

Riedsee Lakeside Trail

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Nice narrow path right along the lake.

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5.76 km

Small Bannwald

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If you are very lucky you can even see squirrels 😁

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5.79 km

Reichelt Biotope Information Board

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An information board about the Reichelt biotope

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7.46 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.42 km

2.25 km

585 m

200 m

Surfaces

2.29 km

2.06 km

1.43 km

1.38 km

290 m

Elevation

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Tuesday 11 August

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Comments

December 28, 2024,Riedsee bei Pfohren

Once is enough. It was only nice because the winter weather was beautiful.

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September 17, 2025,Riedsee bei Pfohren – Riedsee-Uferweg Runde von Pfohren

A beautiful start along the lake. Unfortunately, you can hear the noise from the gravel pit for a long time, accompanied by the diesel stench of the trucks. From the gravel pit, the route continues on paved roads, or rather, on paved paths, which you share with the trucks. The route partly follows these paths, although there are some designated …

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December 31, 2024,Schöner Uferweg am Riedsee bei Donaueschingen

With today's weather, with the frozen lake and the winter feeling, the walk gave me some wonderful pictures and impressions.
It was a wonderful winter walk.❄️☃️🌞

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March 27, 2022,Auf der Suche nach den Schildkröten 🐢 am Riedsee 🦆🦢🪶🦤🐦🐸

Inspired by Christian, I made my way around the Riedsee today. A wonderful biotope with ducks, geese, swans, birds, beavers, butterflies and all kinds of insects🦆🦢🦤🐦🦋🐝🦫!
A few sun worshipers 😎 naturally took advantage of the wonderful weather ☀️, but all in all there wasn't much hustle and bustle!

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August 5, 2023,Riedsee - Wanderung

Today it was all around the Riedsee. There weren't any meters of altitude. But the flora and fauna was totally beautiful. Always happy 😊

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October 15, 2022,Wanderung am Riedsee

Today, kilometers were just a minor matter. The autumnal impressions were at the top today. Beautiful animal observations made this hike something very special.

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September 3, 2021,Runde um die Riedseeen

Better to start at the campsite or at Pfohren. At the lake there is a parking fee of € 4.

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September 10, 2021,Spontane Wanderung rund um die Riedseen. 10.09.2021

Today there was a very spontaneous hike around both Riedseen. Thanks to the cloudy weather, we were almost all alone on the beautiful paths around the lakes. 👍🤗🍀

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Riedsee – Riedsee Lakeside Trail loop from Pfohren

Riedsee (near Pfohren)

Riedsee

Ried Lake

Cliffs

Riedsee

Riedsee Lakeside Trail

Small Bannwald

Reichelt Biotope Information Board

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