Mountain pond – Schafsteg Bridge loop from Steinau (Straße)

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

Hesse

Main-Kinzig-Kreis

Steinau an der Straße

Mountain pond – Schafsteg Bridge loop from Steinau (Straße)

Moderate

4.4

(16)

hikers

Mountain pond – Schafsteg Bridge loop from Steinau (Straße)

03:38

13.0km

250m

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: August 6, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Hessischer Spessart

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.67 km

Mountain pond

Highlight • Lake

Cooling in the summer. Just keep your feet clean ...

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4.31 km

Stairway to Teufelshöhle

Highlight • Cave

Caution is advised here... Damp wooden steps with wet leaves... makes you walk fast

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5.70 km

Schafsteg Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Nice wooden footbridge over the stream, but it will soon need expert hands for renovation

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11.3 km

Historic Old Town of Steinau

Highlight • Historical Site

For a cold beer in Steinaus Mitte well ... eat somewhere else.

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11.5 km

Fairy Tale Fountain at the Kumpen

Highlight • Monument

The city of fairy tales.
With a puppet theater, an amusement park, climbing forest and a beautiful old town.

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11.6 km

Steinau an der Straße Town Hall

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Beautiful old town hall with fountain square in front

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11.6 km

Brothers Grimm House Museum, Steinau

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The Brothers Grimm House, where the Grimms spent their childhood. The nearby Steinau Castle, which served as a fortification for safe passage on the Via Regia, is also well worth seeing.

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11.6 km

Original road surface of the Frankfurt–Leipzig trade route

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Original pavement of the trade route Frankfurt - Leipzig, between Bad Soden Salmünster and Steinau an der Strasse, recovered in 2002, installed here in 2006.

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13.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.25 km

3.93 km

2.96 km

724 m

159 m

Surfaces

7.47 km

3.49 km

971 m

667 m

417 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (320 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

12°C

4°C

96 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 23.0 km/h

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Comments

August 17, 2025,20250817 Steinau an der Straße Bhf - Teufelshöhle - Steinau Altstadt

When we heard the recommendation on Hessischer Rundfunk this week for the Teufelshöhle cave as a way to cool off in the heat, we remembered that we had already planned a trip there three years ago...
Okay, it wasn't hot today, but we did the tour anyway. The route isn't really recommendable; first, it goes through the large industrial area, …

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August 4, 2024,Zur Teufelshöhle - Steinau an der Straße

Today we made a spontaneous decision to go for a run again. We've let ourselves go a bit over the last four weeks. 😅

So we got in the car and headed to Steinau an der Straße and fell straight into a fairytale festival there.
Forget about that for now and go on the tour.

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May 1, 2022,1.Mai Wanderung

Today we are going directly from home in Steinau to the industrial area west over the vineyard to the mountain pond, stalactite cave, sheep bridge over the Ohl, back along the Kinzig back home.

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August 28, 2022,Vom Bahnhof Steinau über den Bergweiher zur Teufelshöhle und über den Schafsteg zurück ☀️😎👺

At the end of the holiday, I used the 9€ ticket again and went back to the Teufelshöhle for decades. 😊

At about kilometer 5.5 komoot somehow spun 🙈🙃

On the advice of my doctor, I walked a little slower today... 😅

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