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Waldnaab Valley – Butter Barrel (Waldnaab Valley) loop from Friedenfels

Waldnaab Valley – Butter Barrel (Waldnaab Valley) loop from Friedenfels

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Waldnaab Valley – Butter Barrel (Waldnaab Valley) loop from Friedenfels

02:19

39.8km

440m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 24, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 21.0 km for 72 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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11.2 km

Berg Chapel Above Windischeschenbach

Highlight • Religious Site

Mountain chapel above Windischeschenback, short rest. built in 1928.

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22.1 km

Tischstein Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Tischstein is located in the idyllic Waldnaab Valley near the log cabin and is a single granite rock. Even if it looks as if the “table top” could fall into the water at any moment, the stone is heavy on its base. There are also several whirlpool holes on the table stone.

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23.1 km

Waldnaab Valley

Highlight • Gorge

A real adventure for young and old. Even the little ones will enjoy the walk. There's no chance of getting bored here. :)

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23.5 km

Wooden bridge over the Waldnaab River

Highlight • Bridge

Here you can move on a narrow bridge to the riverside path.

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24.6 km

Butter Barrel (Waldnaab Valley)

Highlight • Natural Monument

Geologists say that the granite lumps in the river bed come from a rock fall. A completely different explanation is given by the Falkenberg knight Kuno, who once again stalked an innocent girl. After all, there was no other way to save herself from the pursuers than with a quick prayer and a courageous leap into the Waldnaab. Suddenly it became very quiet behind her - Knight Kuno, his entourage and horses remained in the river bed, transformed into boulders.

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24.7 km

The (Devil’s) Butter Barrel

Highlight • Natural Monument

Between Sauerbrunnen and the cabin there is a narrow passage with a steep slope. Whirlpools (stand rollers) have ground here with millstones swirl holes and through sand and gravel so-called pseudo-mud holes in the granite. The hydropower necessary for the swirl hole formation comes from the comparatively large gradient at the bottleneck at the churn. Here we have a level difference of approx. 4 meters on a course of approx. 40 meters, between Falkenberg and Windischeschenbach it is only 40 meters in total on 15 km.

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24.7 km

Rock Face

Highlight • Natural Monument

The board next to it gives a little help for the less creative 😉.

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25.6 km

Sour Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

The carbonic acid, iron and sulfur leading source on the right bank of the Waldnaab directly on the trail between Kammerwagen and Butterfaß is called Sauerbrunnen. It concerns a Säuerling (constriction source) presumably the Nachhall of the tertiary volcanism in northeast Bavaria is to be assigned. The water of the sour well is in the majority not as "savory" felt. The cause lies mainly in the iron content.

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28.1 km

Langwiesenteich

Lake

31.7 km

Scharloheteiche

Lake

39.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.1 km

7.38 km

3.80 km

2.99 km

513 m

Surfaces

15.5 km

13.3 km

9.87 km

1.20 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (430 m)

Weather

Sunday 24 May

29°C

11°C

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Waldnaab Valley – Butter Barrel (Waldnaab Valley) loop from Friedenfels

Berg Chapel Above Windischeschenbach

Tischstein Rock Formation

Waldnaab Valley

Wooden bridge over the Waldnaab River

Butter Barrel (Waldnaab Valley)

The (Devil’s) Butter Barrel

Rock Face

Sour Spring

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