Rhine floodplain adventure path

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Rhine floodplain adventure path

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Rhine floodplain adventure path

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8.42km

10m

Hiking

On this eight-kilometer-long hike through the Rhine floodplains, you'll experience nature in all its beauty. The stillwater areas and the former Rhine branch, Sandlach, provide a home for many birds and insects, while the wet meadows and the dry zone of the dike crest create the ideal conditions for this.…

by Rheinhessen

Last updated: September 10, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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NSG Sandlache

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.17 km

Sandlache Nature Reserve Observation Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

For a change, this platform is actually designed to make sense. A wonderful view is made possible here.

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3.12 km

Through the Rhine meadows

Highlight • Forest

The path leads you through the romantic Rhine meadows. On the way you pass several information boards with interesting facts about ecological and historical topics.

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6.39 km

Along the banks of the Rhine

Highlight • River

A wonderful walk along the banks of the Rhine - wonderful at any time of the day.

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8.42 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.36 km

1.67 km

407 m

Surfaces

2.52 km

2.42 km

1.69 km

1.54 km

259 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 8 November

8°C

5°C

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Comments

April 25, 2026,Erlebnis Jungaue Rheinauen bei Frei-Weinhein

Forgot a few little birds. List updated. 😃

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July 8, 2025,🚶🏼‍♀️Rheinauenerlebnispfad - Vogelbrutschutzgebiet und Naherholung für Zweibeiner

Today's circular walk took me through an impressive floodplain landscape on the Inselrhein near Ingelheim. I didn't see any hobbits, but I did see hundreds of chirping birds. It was truly a dream come true. Stillwater areas and the former Rhine tributary, the "Sandlache," are playgrounds for birds, numerous insects, and plants. Many areas are cordoned off for us two-legged …

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September 26, 2025,Frei-Weinheim: Die Einkreisung der Jungaue 🌊 🦆

🌳 This tour around the Sandlache Nature Reserve near Ingelheim has been waiting for a long time, as it's flat, partly along the Rhine, and also contains the mouth of the Selz River; a must-do for anyone who's already been to the source!

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April 20, 2025,🏞️ Ingelheim * Rheinauen Erlebnispfad 🐰💐 * ab Oestrich-Winkel

We took the ferry from Oestrich-Winkel to Ingelheim and Frei-Weinheim.

We had a picnic at the ferry dock. 😊

Well-fortified, we then walked the long loop of the Rheinauen Adventure Trail.

Oh well.
The short loop (4km = from the "tower" back) would have been more than enough: the path was already quite long and boringly straight, even though the …

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February 27, 2025,Frei-Weinheim (RP) - Rheinauen-Erlebnispfad

Unfortunately, the initially nice weather did not last and in the last part of the tour the paths were more like a small river landscape. Despite today's adversities, it is a very beautiful tour in terms of scenery. There are 13 stations on the Jungaue nature trail that provide information on ecological and historical topics as well as on the …

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September 4, 2022,Wanderung

The hike in den@ Rheinauen is very beautiful in the middle of nature. But don't go back over the dam.

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April 1, 2025,Zum Abschluss - Rheinauenerlebnispfad🥾👍

To round off our short vacation on the Rhine, we walked the Rhine Meadows Adventure Trail in Frei-Weinheim before heading home. Until the turnaround, we walked along the Rhine under a blue sky. Returning under a gray sky, but through a diverse nature reserve. It was wonderful on the Rhine.

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September 19, 2023,Naturschutzgebiet Sandlache

I parked on a side street in small Weinheim, but there is also the option to park at the ferry pier.
Nice, leisurely walk to the Rhine floodplains and then later back along the Dammweg.

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June 21, 2021

On this eight-kilometer-long hike through the Rhine floodplains, you'll experience nature in all its beauty. The stillwater areas and the former Rhine branch, Sandlach, provide a home for many birds and insects, while the wet meadows and the dry zone of the dike crest create the ideal conditions for

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