Stone Compass Rest Area – Höller Horn Observation Tower loop from Buir

Mountain biking trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Erft-Kreis

Kerpen

Stone Compass Rest Area – Höller Horn Observation Tower loop from Buir

Moderate

4.6

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Stone Compass Rest Area – Höller Horn Observation Tower loop from Buir

04:19

53.4km

710m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 31, 2026

Tips

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Naturpark Rheinland

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.27 km

Die Bürge

Forest

19.3 km

Viewpoint

21.0 km

Stone Compass Rest Area

Highlight • Mountain Hut

In the case that the GPS hangs at Komoot, one can orient oneself here again ;-)

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22.1 km

Findlingsdüne Viewpoint with Long Bench

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Here's another little highlight on the Sophienhöhen. Year of construction 2020/21
With a beautiful view and a long bench to rest on.
Children can run around on the sand hill.

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24.7 km

View of Sophienhöhe and the Inden open‑pit mine

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Fixed the Hambacher First: aktion.campact.de/kohleaus/hambach-appell/teilnehmen?utm_campaign=%2Fkohleaus%2F&utm_medium=recommendation&utm_source=rec-lc&utm_term=inside_flow

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26.3 km

The tower bears a weather vane inscribed with "Monte Sophia" and, together with the Roman Tower, is one of the prominent viewpoints on the reclaimed Sophienhöhe, which was once used as a spoil heap for the Hambach open-cast mine.

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27.5 km

Krummerweg Lupine Trail, Sophienhöhe

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Great area 💪 highly recommended, I'll be back again, no question

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28.5 km

View of Jülicher Land and wind turbines

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View into the Rheinische Windradrevier

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29.5 km

Rest area by the pond

Highlight • Lake

I sit and take a rest by a still, wide lake.

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42.8 km

Forum :terra nova – View of the Hambach open‑pit mine

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The Forum :terra nova is located directly at the Hambach opencast mine and offers a breathtaking view of the largest lignite mine in Europe. The facade represents the colors and …

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47.7 km

Bürgewald Steinheide

Forest

48.1 km

Bürgewald Steinheide

Nature Reserve

53.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

36.5 km

9.19 km

5.01 km

2.23 km

426 m

125 m

Surfaces

20.0 km

15.1 km

9.90 km

4.14 km

4.12 km

181 m

Elevation

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Highest point (280 m)

Lowest point (-10 m)

Weather

Sunday 8 November

9°C

2°C

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Comments

December 20, 2023,Mountainbike-Tour

At 4 degrees and strong winds, hardly anyone was on the Sophienhöhe. The paths were very easy to drive on despite heavy rain the day before...

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June 20, 2024,Wildpferde anschauen

A highlight are the wild horses on Sophienhöhe. I will be there more often in the future. Just watching the horses.

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March 28, 2024,Schnell mal mitten über die Sophienhöhe

Today there was a strong wind and a very varied sky. The paths on Sophienhöhe were already perfectly prepared for Easter...

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January 28, 2025,Rauf auf die Sophie zu den Pferden

Tour to see the wild horses on Sophienhöhe. With mud and a lost mudguard. So all in all a great trip.

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June 1, 2022,Lupinen-Blüte Sophienhöhe

MTB round with cycling colleagues from Kerpen and Cologne. Currently very beautiful lupine flowers and the gorse still looks great at high altitudes...

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November 22, 2023,Einmal über die Sophienhöhe gebügelt...

Finally sun again and hardly any wind, but with temperatures just above freezing on the Sophienhöhe, warm cycling clothing was required today. A short trip to the high-altitude "new development area" offered a great view over the left Lower Rhine towards Grevenbroich, lots of standing wind turbines and lignite-fired power plants firing on all cylinders to generate the necessary electricity...

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December 15, 2021,Über die Sophienhöhe

The mild weather motivated me to go on a MTB tour again. Grippy paths on the Sophienhöhe made driving fun ...

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June 6, 2022,round the big hole / Aktivistenland

Jaaaaa, so: a basically worthwhile tour. Plenty of paved paths, apart from a piece of about 500m before Morschenich, we were really happy that we were on the MTB. Otherwise quite to ride with a good Gravel. The ascent to the Römerturm on the Sophienhöhe is quite challenging. The planners of the Sophienhöhe have kindly installed a "recreational plateau" every …

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