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Mackenröder Cliffs – Harz View Tower loop from Mackenrode

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Göttingen

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Mackenröder Cliffs – Harz View Tower loop from Mackenrode

Moderate

4.7

(15)

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Mackenröder Cliffs – Harz View Tower loop from Mackenrode

02:11

7.55km

180m

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: March 26, 2026

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Stadtwald Göttingen und Kerstlingeröder Feld

Waypoints

Start point

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1.85 km

Bench at Groß Lengden Trail Junction

Highlight • Rest Area

This is where the north-eastern hiking trails in Göttingen, the path towards Groß Lengden and the European long-distance hiking trail E6 cross. For all those who come from the Harzblick Tower and didn't find a rest there and who found it a bit too dark at the shelter at the forestry office but still need a break.

The side of the path is lined with wild garlic, so anyone who takes all precautions against fox tapeworm can help themselves here in the spring months.

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2.37 km

Mackenröder Cliffs

Highlight • Gorge

It's geologically very interesting here. The terrain is in motion. Over the years, material breaks off the steep face here and there, so that fortunately it shifts very slowly towards the west. Under the layer of lime is the red, that is the layer of the upper red sandstone. Red becomes slightly mushy with moisture. The weight of the limestone layer results in redness (earth glaciers), which can be guessed below the steep edge.
The path along the cliffs is just fun. It is interspersed with roots and small slopes. There is still a safety distance to the edge of the steep face.
I once received a cross-sectional sketch of the geological situation from Professor Dieter Meischner (†) privately. This is inserted under photos.

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3.08 km

Mackenröder Spitze Shelter and Historic Monument

Highlight • Monument

There used to be an observation tower here, similar to the Harz view tower to the north, which did not exist at the time. The tower had to give way to the small Bundeswehr base, whose buildings and fences with parts of a light barrier cannot be overlooked here. A small mobile radar system was stationed here near the border. The Göttingen Forestry Office later took over this property. A city forest office manager devoted himself to his vintage car handicrafts. A few meters to the north is a small refuge that is interesting for hikers or groups of hikers. Several photos reflect this well.

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3.08 km

Langendorff Memorial Stone

Highlight • Monument

Near the Mackenröder Spitze, at 427 m the highest point of the Göttingen Forest, there is a beautiful shelter and a memorial stone.

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3.44 km

View of Seeburger See

Highlight • Viewpoint

View over the Harz foothills and Seeburger See.

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3.71 km

Harz View Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is, so to speak, the new Mackenröder Spitze. The tower used to stand a little further south and had to make way for the Bundeswehr's small radar post on the fenced-in property that is now used by the city's forestry office.
The panorama over the Goldene Mark to the Brocken and to the Ohm Mountains east of Duderstadt is always different depending on the time of day and year and is usually very beautiful.

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3.73 km

Observation Tower, Göttingen City Forest

Highlight • Viewpoint

It's a great walk, there are 52 wooden steps and at the top you have a great view

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6.72 km

View of the Harz Mountains

Highlight • Viewpoint

The edge of the forest between Waake and Mackenrode has several good vantage points. At this point, the view stretches from the Hengstberg on the right over Mackenrode and the Langenberg region to the Ohm Mountains and the Eichsfelder Tor. To the left of this, the Harz Mountains can be seen.

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7.55 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.56 km

3.12 km

675 m

197 m

Surfaces

3.87 km

1.66 km

1.14 km

617 m

255 m

Elevation

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Sunday 7 June

23°C

8°C

18 %

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Mackenröder Cliffs – Harz View Tower loop from Mackenrode

Bench at Groß Lengden Trail Junction

Mackenröder Cliffs

Mackenröder Spitze Shelter and Historic Monument

Langendorff Memorial Stone

View of Seeburger See

Harz View Tower

Observation Tower, Göttingen City Forest

View of the Harz Mountains

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