View of the Dreiborn Plateau – Dreiborn Plateau loop from Erkensruhrtal mit Nebenbächen und Felsen am Oberseeufer

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Städteregion Aachen

Simmerath

View of the Dreiborn Plateau – Dreiborn Plateau loop from Erkensruhrtal mit Nebenbächen und Felsen am Oberseeufer

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View of the Dreiborn Plateau – Dreiborn Plateau loop from Erkensruhrtal mit Nebenbächen und Felsen am Oberseeufer

04:34

16.0km

350m

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 9, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Nationalpark Eifel

Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Waypoints

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Parking

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2.42 km

Gierberg – Dreiborn Plateau, Eifel National Park

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Here, too, there are great views over the Dreiborn plateau and the valleys of the Eifel National Park.

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3.41 km

View of the Dreiborn Plateau

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A Tuscan world that awaits you up here. Here you can simply listen to the silence and let your mind wander at the views

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5.70 km

Dreiborn Plateau

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The Dreiborn plateau in the Eifel National Park is a unique ecosystem with a mixture of open land, heathland, forests and species-rich meadows. Due to decades of military use, the …

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6.18 km

Meadow Trails on the Dreiborn Plateau

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A very important "rule of the game" when hiking across the Dreiborn plateau (and of course also for the other parts of the Eifel National Park and other protected areas): …

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6.56 km

View over the Dreiborn Plateau and stream valleys

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Anyone familiar with the often large forest areas or agricultural land from their hikes in the Eifel will be surprised and certainly overwhelmed by the Dreiborn plateau. From personal experience, …

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7.75 km

Bachtäler im Truppenübungsplatz Vogelsang

Nature Reserve

10.2 km

Stream Crossing in Eifel National Park

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Stay on the stones... otherwise you'll get wet feet

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11.6 km

Wüstebach Crossing

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Transition from the Wüstebachtal to the Creation Path on the Wildnistrail, one of the few “wild” creek crossings. Very nice and rustic.

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12.2 km

Fledermaushöhle

Cave Entrance

14.6 km

Erkensruhr Forest Chapel and Fountain

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Beautiful, well-kept forest chapel. A place where many people have already expressed their gratitude in the form of votive tablets, which fortunately has so far been spared from blemishes such …

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16.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.5 km

4.58 km

933 m

Surfaces

5.78 km

4.97 km

3.62 km

1.01 km

444 m

195 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

13°C

6°C

47 %

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Max wind speed: 25.0 km/h

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Comments

May 7, 2022,Erkensruhr Panorama und Bachtäler

9:30 in the morning in Erkensruhr... Great, challenging round with a sensational Eifel panorama 🔆 on the Dreiborn plateau and rushing water 🌊 in the brook valleys....not to forget a short pause in the little chapel 🕊...

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May 15, 2022,Dreiborner Hochfläche

Great weather, great company made a great hike. Beautiful and varied, sometimes forest paths sometimes far-reaching views
I can only recommend 😀

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April 18, 2024,Ginsterblüte u. andere Schönheiten ab Erkensruhr

A varied tour with some ups and downs. Unfortunately, the broom was only blooming here and there. Our walking time was a good 4 hours and the speed was by no means 9.6 km/h. Komoot once again took on a life of its own.

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May 21, 2025,Von Erkensruhr über die Dreiborner Hochebene

Today we walked from Erkensruhr (good parking) along the Creation Trail and the Wilderness Trail to the Dreiborn Plateau. While the broom is already blooming in some places here, some of the flowers are still in bloom here. It was a beautiful hike with many ups and downs. Thank you @Maria Matysiak, it was very beautiful again.

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January 8, 2022,Auf der Suche nach Schnee .......

The search for snow brought Lui and me to the Dreiborn plateau, which is very beautiful regardless of the season.
I had never seen snow there before.
I wanted a snowy wonderland so much and actually got it 🤗
A dream. The snow cover was powdery and must be six inches thick. With a degree below zero, gusty wind, it …

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July 17, 2024,SW-Eifel-Dreiborn Über die Hochfläche, den Wildnistrail/Schöpfungspfad und durch Bachtäler-2024-07-17*

Sun with clouds and quite warm. Today we finally want to have a look around the Dreiborn plateau and drive to Dreiborn. The starting path is not particularly inviting, it is very wide and straight and stretches across the plain. But to the right and left of the path there are all sorts of flowers. Thousands of butterflies are out …

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October 9, 2021,Backhaus – Bachübergang Runde von Erkensruhr

A great tour with a charming company, fantastic views, especially over the Dreiborn plateau, wonderful streams and beautiful flora, above all, pleasantly lonely!

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