The European Cultural Trail, the Huguenot and Waldensian Trail, follows the actual escape routes of the Huguenots and Waldensians from Italy and France to Bad Karlshafen in northern Hesse and crosses our hiking region. It is marked with a blue circle over a green line on a white background. 

Several regional long-distance hiking trails traverse the Edersee region and are maintained by regional hiking clubs, such as the Hessian-Waldeck Mountain and Heritage Association and the Sauerland Mountain Club. The trails are marked with white letters on a black background, for example, Diemel-Eder-Weg, X6, X8, etc.

Three long-distance hiking trails run through the nature park and national park: Kellerwaldsteig, Urwaldsteig and Lichtenfelser Panoramaweg. 

Additionally, the final stage of the Habichtswaldsteig trail is located at Lake Edersee. The long-distance hiking trails are marked with individual trail markers. 

Circular hiking trails in the nature park and national park start at the hiking parking lots or national park entrances. These are equipped with a hiking map and information about the trails. 

The national park circular trails have individual symbols (black and yellow motifs on a black background) and names. 

In the nature park, the trails are named according to the hiking parking areas and are supplemented by a number, which they also use to mark them (yellow 1, 2, or 3 in a circle on a black background). There are also a few trails in the nature park with individual trail markers.