Dinosaur Rock – Werkerbrunnen loop from Lauksburg

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Germany

Hesse

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Lorch

Dinosaur Rock – Werkerbrunnen loop from Lauksburg

Moderate

4.8

(12)

hikers

Dinosaur Rock – Werkerbrunnen loop from Lauksburg

03:21

10.6km

420m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

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108 m

Stone Archway of the Former Reich Labour Service Camp

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Hopefully, the RAD won't be reinvented again:
RAD Camp 5/257, "Gottfried Keller" Detachment, was located in the Wisper Valley between Lorch and Bad Schwalbach.
The Reich Labor Service (RAD) was …

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283 m

Shaded Stream on the Wispertalsteig

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...if it was a bit "wet", the stream is a real oasis of (restless) calm...

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4.22 km

View of the Valley

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4.25 km

Open Meadows in the Taunus

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5.27 km

Forest Trail in the Taunus

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5.66 km

Dinosaur Rock

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Nice vantage point. If you stand at the very front and look down (no head for heights) you will see a few rocks that rise up like the bone plates of a Stegosaurus.

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6.80 km

Werkerbrunnen

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In the Werkerbrunnen in Sauerbornbachtal the iron-containing water was sold in clay bottles as early as the 18th century.
Small signs everywhere warn of CO2 emissions in the well system. …

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7.88 km

View of the Taunus Hills

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10.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.44 km

1.25 km

726 m

205 m

Surfaces

3.98 km

3.87 km

1.61 km

706 m

306 m

154 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 13 October

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Comments

September 30, 2022,Espenschied - Saurierfelsen - Werkerbrunnen

Really nice route through the forest and across meadows. Slight modification of the Wispertalsteig. Otherwise identical routing.

Perhaps one of the most beautiful Wispertrails.

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