Bad Urach Old Town – Trailfinger Gorge loop from Dettingen Erms Lehen

Bike touring routes & trails

Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Landkreis Reutlingen

Dettingen an der Erms

Bad Urach Old Town – Trailfinger Gorge loop from Dettingen Erms Lehen

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Bad Urach Old Town – Trailfinger Gorge loop from Dettingen Erms Lehen

03:57

56.8km

630m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 4, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 52 m for 6 m

After 56.8 km for 6 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.25 km

Bad Urach Old Town

Highlight • Settlement

Old town is really great. Here modern and old buildings were paired super harmoniously

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7.30 km

Bad Urach Market Square

Highlight • Settlement

The center of the historic city center is the spacious market square, which is characterized by half-timbered houses from the 15th and 16th centuries. Its unusual trapezoidal shape is due …

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16.2 km

Trailfinger Gorge

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

The Ermsursprung is in the Trailfinger Gorge. There are also numerous interesting rock formations here. At the end of the gorge there is a nice barbecue area.

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17.8 km

Trailfinger Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

Very nice bike path from Bad Urach through the romantic gorge to Trailfingen. Especially in hot temperatures. You almost always drive in the shade.

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21.5 km

Eckenlauh-Weißgerberberg

Nature Reserve

22.9 km

Former Münsingen Military Training Area

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

It's wonderful when you can visit such a large area free from towns and traffic. Here the Alb plateau shows itself as calm terrain, interspersed with small forests, hills and …

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38.1 km

Heidengraben

Archaeological Site

45.3 km

Kaltental Lake

Highlight • Lake

If it has freshly snowed in winter and you are looking for a little peace and quiet, this is the right place.

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56.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.5 km

13.0 km

7.92 km

5.95 km

302 m

213 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

37.0 km

10.1 km

4.95 km

4.44 km

284 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (810 m)

Lowest point (390 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

13°C

2°C

55 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Comments

August 11, 2023,Kaltentalsee – Trailfinger Schlucht Runde von Münsingen

A varied and beautiful round trip from Münsingen train station via the former military training area. We continued to Zainingen, Böhringen, here you can eat well in the sports home near the campsite. Through the Kaltenbach Gorge
(amazingly beautiful!) and always downhill it went directly to Urach. Here you can have a nice coffee at Cafe Beck or refresh yourself …

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August 31, 2023,Alb #2 , Gruorn⛪️, Bad Urach🤩, Trailfinger Schlucht🏞

Today we have planned tour suggestion number 3. We have added Bad Urach to this. What can we say: another great, eventful tour.
First we went through the military training area again, this time with a detour to Gruorn. The residents of Gruorn were relocated during World War II to expand the military training area. Incomprehensible. All that remains is …

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May 31, 2025,2025 Bad Urach Tour - Kaltentalsträßchen - Burg Hohenneuffen - Truppenübungsplatz Münsingen mit Aussichtsturm Hursch - Trailfinger Schlucht

The area around Bad Urach has so many great highlights. To experience them all, you either have to go on a loooong vacation or, if you're lucky, live here ;-)

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August 11, 2024,Trailfingen - Hülben -zum Aussicht Turm

May 6, 2026,Alb: Münsingen - Hülbener Brille - Bad Urach - Trailfinger Schlucht 🚴🏻‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚴🏻‍♀️🚴‍♂️

Our guests from Franconia want to get to know the Swabian Jura 😊 Unfortunately, unfortunately, the weather god doesn't want to cooperate - of all weeks, the weather isn't playing along this week. But, what can you do, we're heading out anyway, initially at a fresh 14°, but in the tentatively appearing sun it quickly becomes quite pleasant. We cross …

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