Gateway to the Orketal circular route 3 - Through valleys to magnificent views

6,91 km long
Flatly
Difficulty: easy
Hike
  • 2: 00 pm
  • 6,91 km
  • 107 m
  • 107 m
  • 254 m
  • 361 m
  • 107 m
  • Start: Hiking car park Gate to Orketal, (Ederbringhausen, Vöhl)
  • Destination: Hiking car park Gate to Orketal, (Ederbringhausen, Vöhl)

Route 3 leads through the Orketal to Oberorke and then leads around the Kurzer Berg. Anyone who uses the well-marked hiking trails around Ederbringhausen can, in addition to the beautiful landscape, also admire red deer, wild boar and mouflon in their natural surroundings.

Good to know

Path surfaces

Unknown
Street
Asphalt
gravel
Path

Best Season

suitable
depending on the weather

Tour features

  • Accessibility

  • Flatly

Equipment

You are well equipped with sturdy shoes, rain protection, food and a map.

Arrival & Parking

Vöhl and its districts can be easily reached via the following roads: 

  • A 44 (exit no. 64, Diemelstadt)
  • A 49 (exit no. 15, Wabern)
  • and the federal highways B 252 and B 485

Hiking car park gate to the Orketal.

The hiking parking spaces in the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park are generally free of charge.

Nearest bus stop/s: Vöhl-Ederbringhausen train station

Line/s: 501, 501.1, AST584.3, RB97

All connections including AST-Taxi connections can be found on the NVV timetable information www.nvv.de/fahrplanauskunft or found out via the NVV mobile app.

More information / links

This circular route is completely marked.

author

Edersee | Your region: wild, colourful, healthy.

Organization

Edersee | Your region: wild, colourful, healthy.

safety instructions

Attention, the path is affected by a long-term path closure. A diversion has been set up and is described accordingly at the starting point at the hiking car park.

  • The circular hiking trail leads, among other things, through forests and open terrain. There may occasionally be trees and branches on the path.
  • Use of the hiking trail is at your own risk. You should not attempt this hiking trail in strong winds, heavy rain or snowfall.
  • Your cell phone may not have reception everywhere.

Map

Kellerwald-Edersee cycling and hiking map, 5th edition (1:33.000)

Publisher: Kartografie Kommunale Verlagsgesellschaft mbH

ISBN 978-3-86973-189-6

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