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Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Damscheid

Chapel with Bench – Hohenstein loop from Damscheid

Moderate

4.9

(139)

431

hikers

Chapel with Bench – Hohenstein loop from Damscheid

02:08

7.22km

190m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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UNESCO Welterbe Kulturlandschaft Oberes Mittelrheintal

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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442 m

Sommerresidenz Rest Area with Swing

Highlight • Rest Area

To the west of Damscheid, at the end of the town, there is a rest area at the waterworks with two covered picnic benches and a swing-relax lounger that makes you want to scratch your head.

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553 m

Chapel with Bench

Highlight • Religious Site

Small chapel with a bench

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1.17 km

Above the quarry, which has been converted into a forest classroom, a picnic bench on the secured edge offers a view over Damscheid, the valley of the Oberbach leading to the Rhine and Dellhofen.

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1.38 km

Forest nature trail

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beautiful, well-groomed. for big and small....TOP

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3.49 km

Wonderful dream path

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3.82 km

Hohenstein

Highlight • Natural Monument

A beautiful single trail leads over the 505m high Hohenstein. In addition to an imposing, towering quartzite rock, 3 resting benches (partly weathered) along the way offer a resting place.

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4.99 km

Kuckucksnack Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

The quartzite rocks protruding from the forest floor do not offer any views, but they show a bizarre beauty with almost geometric shapes. Be careful, access is via loose ground with numerous potential for tripping.

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5.48 km

This view of the Middle Rhine Valley and Niederburg was created by clear-cutting a monoculture and provided with a relaxation lounger called “Des Kuckucks Ruh”.

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7.22 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.00 km

2.75 km

1.04 km

425 m

Surfaces

3.12 km

1.49 km

1.44 km

1.09 km

< 100 m

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Tuesday 26 May

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