Nature Friends House Hardt – View of Bensberg Palace loop from Hardt

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Bergisches Land

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

Bergisch Gladbach

Nature Friends House Hardt – View of Bensberg Palace loop from Hardt

Moderate

4.6

(40)

243

runners

Nature Friends House Hardt – View of Bensberg Palace loop from Hardt

01:04

9.59km

160m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 14, 2026

Tips

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Naturpark Bergisches Land

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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991 m

Milchborn Valley Pond

Highlight • Lake

The Milchborntalweiher is, next to the waters of the Cox mine, the largest lake in the Hardt forest area. Below it lies the Kadettenweiher, which is currently silted up and …

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3.03 km

Nature Friends House Hardt

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Great place in the forest for a short stay with coffee and cake or a real meal ... You can also rent a room / terrace and a beer tent …

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3.44 km

Uphill to the Naturfreundehaus

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Unfortunately the mountain is stretching, but the incline is moderate. At the top there is still a few meters straight to the Naturfreundehaus before the asphalt slope increases again

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6.73 km

View of Bensberg Palace

Highlight • Viewpoint

A really great castle.

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7.10 km

Milchborntal Outdoor Swimming Pool

Highlight • Rest Area

idyllic in winter, but rather with a bleak outlook for summer 2021 in the pandemic.

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7.13 km

Oma Gretel's Bench

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Thank you for the bank.

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8.05 km

Kadettenweiher

Highlight (Segment) • Lake

The pond was originally a swimming lake for the cadets of the cadet institute, which was housed in the nearby Bensberg Castle from 1840 to 1918. Today it is a …

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9.59 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.90 km

730 m

627 m

256 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.79 km

2.49 km

1.39 km

631 m

228 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (210 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Today

Thursday 8 October

13°C

8°C

98 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

December 10, 2022,🏃🏻‍♀️WK: 2. Lauf Winterlaufserie 💠 der SG Bockenberg

😂😂

Performance from the 1st run confirmed 🤩

I am very happy about my time 🥰

🥉 Place overall women
🥇Place AK

@Gerhard : nice that we met 👍😊😀

Today the timekeeping coincided with my watch (only 1 second deviation)

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November 26, 2022,🏃🏻‍♀️WK: 1. Lauf Winterlaufserie 💠 der SG Bockenberg mit ...

😂😂

🥉 Place overall women
🥇Place AK

how I did it..... 🤷🏻‍♀️

the official time is 00:41:52
Where the 9 seconds are longer than my watch (00:41:43) is a mystery to me, but never mind 😉

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December 9, 2023,Winterlaufserie Bockenberg Teil2

Nice fast lap with crisp gradients. Weather was once again modest 😕

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May 12, 2022,GL Hardt

Only a little uphill and then another 10 increases on the track.

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November 25, 2023,Winterlaufserie Bockenberg Teil1

Nice muddy racing style trail. Ice-cold rain didn't make it any easier and didn't dampen Ber's good mood. 🌧️😎

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January 11, 2025,🏃🏻‍♀️WK: 3. Lauf Winterlaufserie 💠 der SG Bockenberg

Not really a brilliant performance 🤪, but overall it was enough for the AK place🥉 of the entire series 😉

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January 14, 2023,🏃🏻‍♀️WK: 3. Lauf Winterlaufserie 💠 der SG Bockenberg

That was it for the 2022/2023 winter running series

I'm very happy about my time today 🥰 - really banging out again 😂
(4th wife / 🥇AK)

Overall series results: 🥈Women / 🥇AK

The medal for this year's SG Bockenberg winter running series commemorates Helmut Urbach Traditionally, the SG Bockenberg commemorates former athletes from the running area as part of …

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January 15, 2022,🏃🏻‍♀️3. Lauf Winterlaufserie 💠 der SG Bockenberg

Also 💪 got the 2. AK 🥈 place today 😂😊
Didn't think so, with the training deficit after the 💩 cold

Thus also secured 2nd place 🥈 in the overall ranking of the series in my AK

Now it's time again: recover your feet 😔

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