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Hiking trails in Denmark

Denmark has 90 hiking routes in our directory. Together they cover 1.8k kilometres of walking, with an average route length of 20.3 km and 186 m (610 ft) of climbing.

90
Trails
1.8k
Kilometres
1
Regions
0
National parks

The spread is genuinely broad: 45 routes rated easy, 24 moderate and 21 hard or harder. The terrain that comes up most often is mountain, forest. Around 49 percent are circular routes, so parking once is usually an option.

Coverage spans 1 regions and 0 protected areas, and every one has its own page below. The most reliable season overall is may to september. If you are only here for a weekend, European long distance path E6: Kastrup - Roskilde - Korsør, European long distance path E6: Helsingør - Roskilde, Fjordstien Vandresti are the routes people return to.

Most popular hikes in Denmark

Kyndby Værket (Kyndby Huse)
Expert

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
302 km
/ 187 mi
Elevation gain
421 m
Typical duration
72 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path
View at the church in the town "Frederiksværk". The town is located in North Zealand, east Denmark.
Expert

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
48.5 km
/ 30.2 mi
Elevation gain
145 m
Typical duration
11 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Allerød Biograf
Expert

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
99.7 km
/ 61.9 mi
Elevation gain
282 m
Typical duration
23 hr
  • Mountain
  • Long-distance path
Danmark Sjælland Gammel Lejre:Hestebjerggaard
Expert

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
63.8 km
/ 39.6 mi
Elevation gain
228 m
Typical duration
15 hr
  • Mountain
  • Long-distance path
Corvus cornix (Linnaeus, 1758), Hooded Crow, Klydesø reserve, Amager, Copenhagen, Denmark, 26 March 2017
Hard

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
26.6 km
/ 16.5 mi
Typical duration
5 hr 54 min
  • Waymarked route
Fra Almindingsvej følger denne sti tracéet
Moderate

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
11.0 km
/ 6.8 mi
Elevation gain
148 m
Typical duration
2 hr 31 min
  • Waymarked route
Gartnerboligen at Næsseslottet in Holte, Denmark
Hard

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
32.8 km
/ 20.4 mi
Elevation gain
67 m
Typical duration
7 hr 28 min
  • Waymarked route
Fronten af en t-shirt for de frivillige til Wonderfestiwall 2010.
Moderate

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
11.6 km
/ 7.2 mi
Elevation gain
115 m
Typical duration
2 hr 36 min
  • Waymarked route

Hiking by region

Every region in Denmark with mapped routes.

Hiking near cities in Denmark

Routes within a short drive of where people actually stay.

Browse by terrain

Recently added in Denmark

Easy

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
4.7 km
/ 2.9 mi
Elevation gain
103 m
Typical duration
1 hr 8 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
1.9 km
/ 1.2 mi
Elevation gain
42 m
Typical duration
28 min
Easy

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
4.3 km
/ 2.7 mi
Elevation gain
94 m
Typical duration
1 hr 2 min
  • Waymarked route
Fra Almindingsvej følger denne sti tracéet
Moderate

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
11.0 km
/ 6.8 mi
Elevation gain
148 m
Typical duration
2 hr 31 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
9.9 km
/ 6.2 mi
Elevation gain
219 m
Typical duration
2 hr 24 min
  • Waymarked route

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