Giants' Rock – Reptile Rock loop from Thannenkirch

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Giants' Rock – Reptile Rock loop from Thannenkirch

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Giants' Rock – Reptile Rock loop from Thannenkirch

06:24

19.5km

860m

Hiking

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

Last updated: August 20, 2026

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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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3.60 km

Giants' Rock

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Rocher des Géants is an exposed rock slab with countless bowls that were filled with rainwater when we visited. Long ago, the bowls could have been used for various medicinal purposes, for preparing herbal extracts, intoxicating and healing potions.

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4.21 km

Reptile Rock

Highlight • Natural Monument

Excellent vantage point over the Vosges.
In the middle of the Rocher des Reptiles there are two large, individual rocks that, depending on the direction you look at them, look like a reptile, or at least the head of one.

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5.38 km

Reinoldstein Rock

Highlight • Natural Monument

The rocks are ideal for a rest with some views.
There is no bench, but there are various rocks to sit on.

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11.2 km

Forest Trail in Parc Naturel Régional des Ballons des Vosges

Highlight • Trail

Fantastically beautiful, natural hiking trail between 🫐 blueberries

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12.5 km

Three Little Tables Rock

Highlight • Natural Monument

Interesting rock formation that looks like 3 tables next to each other.

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14.7 km

Titans' Rock

Highlight • Natural Monument

Rocks on the ridge of the Taennchel near Thannenkirch.

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14.9 km

The Pointed Rock

Highlight • Other

The pointed rock looks like the snout of an animal.

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16.0 km

Rocher de la Paix d'Udine

Highlight • Natural Monument

After climbing a beautiful path, you reach the height here, a place for a break with a view over the Rhine Valley to the Black Forest.
Information from the French Wikipedia: The rock is located slightly off the ridge path that runs along the pagan wall and has the shape of a natural altar measuring 4.70 meters and a height of 1.70 meters. This rock has the peculiarity that on its right flank, on the side of the hiking trail, it has an inscription engraved in the rock that commemorates a historical fact of the revolutionary period. This inscription thus formulated A LA PAIX D'UDINE MG. DK. L.S. JB. THIS. 22 Br.VI recalls that the treaty between France and Austria was signed in Udine in 1797, recording the conquests of the revolution. fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taennchel#Le_rocher_de_la_Paix_d'Udine

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19.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.3 km

6.95 km

1.21 km

679 m

325 m

Surfaces

10.8 km

4.75 km

1.42 km

848 m

703 m

572 m

419 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 8 October

14°C

4°C

44 %

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Comments

April 30, 2026,🇫🇷 Taennchel- Felsentour 🤩

Thanks to @Sandra 🥾 for the template.
I had already hiked the rocks before, back then from Thannenkirch. It's always a feast for the eyes there 🤩 !!!
On the way back there was a, but not to be underestimated, detour 🥵, due to an animal resting zone..... what one doesn't do for the animals 😁.
It was nice !!!

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April 29, 2026,Durch das Taennchel 29.04.2026

Start/Finish Hiking parking Col Haut de Ribeauvillé - Croix de Ribeauvillé - Reinoldstein - Le Ramelstein/Taennchel Summit - Roche des anneaux - Les Trois Grandes Tables - Les Trois Petit Tables - Abri Kutzig Buech - Roches des Reptiles (Echsenfelsen) - Galerie Voulot - Rocher des Géants (Riesenfelsen) - Mur dit Paien (Heidenmauer) - Rocher des Titans (Titanenfelsen) - Rocher …

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