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North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Hiking trails near Essen

There are 149 mapped hiking routes within 60 km of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Together they cover 7.2k kilometres of walking, with an average route length of 48.1 km and 1,058 m (3,471 ft) of climbing.

149
Trails
60 km
Search radius
33
Easy routes
3.5 km
Closest

The spread is genuinely broad: 33 routes rated easy, 36 moderate and 80 hard or harder. The terrain that comes up most often is mountain, lake, castle and ruins.

The most reliable season overall is april to october. Start with Maas-Niederrheinpad etappe 02 or European long distance path E8, North Rhine-Westphalia if you want the highlights without a lot of research.

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