Eschweiler Valley Quarry – Through the Eschweiler Valley loop from Eschweiler Tal und Kalkkuppen

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Euskirchen

Bad Münstereifel

Eschweiler Valley Quarry – Through the Eschweiler Valley loop from Eschweiler Tal und Kalkkuppen

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Eschweiler Valley Quarry – Through the Eschweiler Valley loop from Eschweiler Tal und Kalkkuppen

02:02

7.24km

150m

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: October 8, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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145 m

St. Margaret's Church in Eschweiler

Highlight • Religious Site

The church is still completely scaffolded, so unfortunately it was not possible to visit the interior today.

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685 m

View of Eschweiler and St. Margareta Church

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Magnificent view of Eschweiler and the former golf course grounds

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1.21 km

View of the Eifel Hills near Eschweiler

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful Eifel panorama 🎨📸
Great photo point
Heavenly peace 🤗💚

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1.35 km

View of the Village and Church near Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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2.24 km

View of the Solitary Tree in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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Very typical for the Eifel.

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4.36 km

Eschweiler Valley Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

🎨 Below the Astropeiler Stockert 📡
💚Magnificent nature...soothing splashing of the stream 🌊💙
Great photo/landscape motifs 📸
Very nice area - always recommended 🥾🥾🎒👌🏼

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6.13 km

Eschweiler Valley Quarry

Highlight • Natural Monument

I join the others. Imposing and worthwhile.

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6.28 km

Through the Eschweiler Valley

Highlight • Gorge

The valley is beautiful. With the stream, the old quarry, the wide meadows and the shady trees, the valley is simply gorgeous.

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7.24 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.64 km

1.15 km

448 m

Surfaces

3.18 km

1.61 km

1.48 km

536 m

303 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (420 m)

Lowest point (280 m)

Weather

Wednesday 14 October

18°C

7°C

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Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Comments

February 17, 2024,Teufelsloch – Kalkkuppen und Astropeiler - Runde von Eschweiler bis auf den Stockert

the video of the round

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October 31, 2021,Teufelsloch... – Teufelsloch Runde von Eschweiler

Nice, at times a bit monotonous tour with a spectacular highlight at the end: the rock formation from the Devonian era. However, it is worth seeing.

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November 24, 2024,Fernblick – Astropeiler Stockert Runde von Eschweiler

A nice round
Past the golf course, plus a radio telescope.

A very nice Sunday round.

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June 16, 2024,2024-06-16 Hunderunde zum Astropeiler Stockert und zum Steinbruch "Große Leie" von Eschweiler aus

We have been to the Eschweiler valley several times, but south of the L165. This time we travelled north of the L165 from the small town of Eschweiler. First we had to cross the Bad Münstereifel golf club on a public road that leads up to a small mountain called Stockert. There is the facility of the first radio telescope …

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February 5, 2022,Vorsicht Golfbälle – Zum Astropeiler Stockert und ins Teufelsloch

Finally a bit of sun, so out: to Germany's first radio telescope near Bad Münstereifel. Passing many golfers, we went down into the devil's hole with the quarry. The rock is 320 million years old.

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September 18, 2024,🇩🇪 Astropeiler Stockert – Fernblick Runde von Gilsdorf. Gilsdorf ist ein Stadtteil von Bad Münstereifel im Kreis Euskirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Hike in the Escheiler Tal and Kalkkuppen nature reserve. A beautiful landscape with unique views into the distance.

In the 1950s, Germany's first freely movable radio telescope was built on the Stockert, a mountain near Bad Münstereifel. At the time, it was the most expensive research project in Germany.

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June 1, 2023,📡Astropeiler Stockert📡

After a total of 13 tours of our holiday in Pellingen & Odesheim (Kremer holiday apartment),
169.29 km hiked, 391 photos enriched📸-
we end our adventure with this tour today⬇️
As in the "Pellinger Abendrunde" we would like to say thank you from the Eifel for your interest in us 🐐🐐
It was a great experience for us, we saw …

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