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North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Hiking trails near Essen

There are 151 mapped hiking routes within 60 km of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Together they cover 8.1k kilometres of walking, with an average route length of 53.4 km and 1,170 m (3,839 ft) of climbing.

151
Trails
60 km
Search radius
29
Easy routes
0.6 km
Closest

The spread is genuinely broad: 29 routes rated easy, 25 moderate and 97 hard or harder. The terrain that comes up most often is mountain, lake, forest.

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

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