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Moorauge Pond – Dwarf Pines in the Black Moor loop from Naturwaldreservat Schloßberg

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Moorauge Pond – Dwarf Pines in the Black Moor loop from Naturwaldreservat Schloßberg

Moderate

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Moorauge Pond – Dwarf Pines in the Black Moor loop from Naturwaldreservat Schloßberg

03:49

14.2km

180m

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: July 22, 2026

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Kernzonen im bayerischen Teil des Biosphärenreservats Rhön

Naturpark Bayerische Rhön

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6.82 km

Dwarf Pines and Birches in the Moor

Highlight • Natural

the trees grow only stunted in the moor

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7.23 km

Great Moor Eye (Black Moor)

Highlight • Natural

The "Moorauge" is a station on the nature trail. This is about the formation of the smaller lakes in the bog. Along the footbridge, 23 information boards provide interesting information about the formation of the high moor and its flora and fauna.

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7.24 km

Moorauge Pond

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The "Moor Eye" is a stop on the nature trail. It focuses on the formation of the small lakes in the moor. Along the walkway, 23 information panels provide fascinating insights into the formation of the raised bog and its flora and fauna.

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7.32 km

Dwarf Pines in the Black Moor

Highlight • Natural

How long such a tender little plant needs to establish itself here

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7.35 km

Boardwalk Through the Black Moor

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Beautiful hiking trail through the moor... cyclists push here... so neither the landscape nor anything else is affected

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7.85 km

Moor Birches in the Black Moor

Highlight • Forest

Habitat:
The downy birch is a pioneer tree species whose seeds are spread by the wind. It quickly colonizes new open spaces and can therefore be found throughout Europe.

Occurrence:
As a pioneer tree, the downy birch occurs on bare soil areas, clearings and forest edges. It lives permanently mainly in damp locations where other tree species have problems. In the Rhön, the downy birch therefore occurs in large numbers in moorland areas.

Interesting facts
This type of birch can tolerate "wet feet" for long periods of time without suffering damage. Individual trees can live up to 120 years. In the Rhön, the birches often show "witch's brooms" - bushy growths caused by a sac fungus.

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11.7 km

Eisgraben Waterfall

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Small waterfall in the middle of the Hochrhön plain

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11.9 km

Boardwalk to the Eisgraben Waterfall

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The "Rhön Rundweg 1 Schwarzes Moor" runs here along a narrow, picturesque boardwalk.

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14.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.70 km

4.78 km

1.66 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.28 km

5.01 km

2.22 km

1.66 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (790 m)

Lowest point (650 m)

Weather

Wednesday 5 August

26°C

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

May 11, 2025,Großer Moorsee – Eisgraben Wasserfall Runde von Roth

Today we wanted to go hiking in the Rhön Mountains. I usually plan my own hikes, but this time we chose a pre-planned hike. The destination was the "Black Moor." From the parking lot, we walked through the forest in the Eisgraben. Accompanied by the babbling brook, butterflies danced around us, and the path was lined with masses of blooming …

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September 20, 2024,Tour des schwarzen Moor in Verbindung mit der Tour des Eisgrabens

When you're up there at the Black Moor, I always like to combine it with two tours. The nature trail in the Black Moor and today the Ice Ditch was added. I've already walked this route in winter and found it rather dangerous in some places. There was so much snow that you couldn't see the boardwalks and it was …

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October 6, 2024,Rhön Rundweg 5 Schwarzes Moor

Very nice round started in the fog and finished in sunshine

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December 30, 2022,🥾Rhön: Schwarzes Moor / Frauenhöhle / Eisgraben Wasserfall🎒

Was it your last tour of the year? 🤔 Let's see.... in any case, it was nice again.

We've been planning the black moor for 2 years 🥾

Today it worked out and so we headed towards Birx in the Rhön.

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April 19, 2025,Mystischer 🧌 💦 KarsamstagVormittag 😍

When I arrived at the 🅿️ Black Moor this morning, there were only two RVs there. Great, everything was empty 🤩. Let's go. First a walk through the moor; there were such interesting motifs with 💦 this morning, and everything was so untouched... A polyphonic bird concert 🐦‍⬛🎶 accompanied me, so beautiful! 😍 After the moor, towards 💦💦💦, which I …

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April 29, 2024,Schwarzes Moor + Wasserfall Eisgraben 🌾🌳💧 | Rhön

Today we went to the "Black Moor".
We walked through the raised moor on beautiful planked walkways. 🤩
From the observation tower we had a great view of the large moor area.
We were then surprised by a black woodpecker who was busy hammering on a tree trunk lying on the ground 🪵 and didn't let it bother him at …

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May 3, 2024,Rhön Schwarzes Moor und Umgebung nahe Hausen

In the Black Moor: Hike on excellently constructed wooden planks. Lots of panels explaining the moor. Brief and well explained and summarized. At an altitude of about 800 m, it was very windy (cold) today, very foggy and there was a little drizzle. On the following hike: no wind, no rain. Just peace and quiet...

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March 28, 2024,Großer Moorsee – Eisgraben Wasserfall Runde von Birx

A very nice round one, unfortunately my cell phone battery gave up the ghost. That's why the whole round isn't recorded...

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Moorauge Pond – Dwarf Pines in the Black Moor loop from Naturwaldreservat Schloßberg

Dwarf Pines and Birches in the Moor

Great Moor Eye (Black Moor)

Moorauge Pond

Dwarf Pines in the Black Moor

Boardwalk Through the Black Moor

Moor Birches in the Black Moor

Eisgraben Waterfall

Boardwalk to the Eisgraben Waterfall

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