Melibokus Observation Tower – View from Melibokus loop from Orbishöhe von Auerbach und Zwingenberg

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Hesse

Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg

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Melibokus Observation Tower – View from Melibokus loop from Orbishöhe von Auerbach und Zwingenberg

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Melibokus Observation Tower – View from Melibokus loop from Orbishöhe von Auerbach und Zwingenberg

02:24

7.69km

310m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald

Waypoints

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Parking

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Old Quarry

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Is a great place.
There are many, many details to see

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2.38 km

View of the Rhine plain

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Simply great and numerous views on these paths.

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3.76 km

View over the Rhine Plain from Melibokus

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In misty or foggy weather you can actually save the summit, but the rather dense forest around it is very mystical.

In clear weather, the view in the west to …

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Hang-glider launch ramp on Melibokus

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It is a launch pad for hang gliders (hang gliders). The launch site is not permitted for paragliders.
More information about the flight area on the Melibokus at: ersterodc.de/fluggelaende/melibokus-w

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3.86 km

Melibokusturm Hut

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Like the tower itself, the outside has a barely bearable 60's concrete chic, the "Hütt'n" doesn't look like much on the outside, but inside it is a really rustic gem …

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3.89 km

Melibokus Observation Tower

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Even without climbing the tower, you can't complain about the view here

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Melibokus Tower

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Great view of the Rhine-Main plain, small kiosk on the summit, homemade cake highly recommended

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3.92 km

View from Melibokus

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In good weather you have a good vision

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7.69 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.62 km

1.86 km

218 m

Surfaces

3.63 km

1.93 km

1.31 km

676 m

152 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 14 October

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Comments

December 5, 2021,Spaziergang: Parkplatz Alsbacher Schloss - Melibokus

Exact distance: 5.7 km
Walking time: 75 '
Average speed: 4.55 km / h

Temp: 3-1 ° C; very cloudy, initially a short shower

Link to the Kuralpe-Kreuzhof (Lautertal): maps.app.goo.gl/H5vyxCN8kvK23VSe7

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October 17, 2024,Wanderung auf den Melibocus Sota DM/HE-314

We walked around was poorly described, we made it 🤭

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March 27, 2025,Afterwork Hiking 2x den steilen Meli Weg hinauf

October 4, 2021,🅱️Zwingenberg: Melibokusrunde⭐

A varied round to the Melibokus, this time not up steeply, but on pleasant paths, known to me except for the beautiful ravine down to Alsbacher Schloss, very nicely combined by Steffen K., thank you for the template!

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October 17, 2021,Spaziergang: Parkplatz Alsbacher Schloss - Melibokus - Herrenweg

Exact distance: 5.8 km
Walking time: 92 '
Average speed: 3.8 km / h

Temp: 10-7.5 ° C; hazy

Link to Hagenbräu Worms:
maps.app.goo.gl/Y5LsN3B6yHnF63h26

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