How many over 20 km hikes are listed near Konstanz?

17 routes currently meet both this guide’s filter and the directory quality gate. Each submitted route has a traceable source, mapped geometry and sampled elevation data.

What is the average distance and ascent?

The average mapped distance is 47.4 km with 665 m (2,182 ft) of recorded ascent. The longest route in this set is 162 km.

How are the routes ordered?

Hochrhein Jakobsweg (1) currently ranks first. Ordering uses the directory score and route-data completeness; it is not a claim that editors have field-tested every route.

Does an easy rating mean beginner-safe?

No route in this set is currently rated easy. In every category, verify surface, exposure, access and current conditions independently.

Hiking Trails Over 20 km near Konstanz

The directory currently contains 17 quality-checked routes matching this guide near Konstanz. Their average mapped distance is 47.4 km and average recorded ascent is 665 m (2,182 ft); the longest route in the set is 162 km.

This subset represents 18% of the 94 quality-checked routes near Konstanz. Its average distance is 47.4 km, compared with 13.2 km across the full local set. Average recorded ascent is 665 m (2,182 ft), versus 270 m (886 ft) for all quality-checked routes in the same area.

Every route in this set is at least 20 km long. Whether it is normally completed in one day or in stages is not inferred from distance alone. Within this set, 0 routes (0%) are rated easy, 17 (100%) are rated hard or expert, and 0 (0%) are recorded as loops. Ratings are computed from available distance and elevation data and do not establish current terrain or access.

Data refreshed September 2026

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How do these routes differ?

A closer look at the first 6 routes in this page’s default ordering. These comparisons describe this sample, not the entire destination or a field-tested recommendation.

Shortest mapped distance in this sample

37.4 km

Thurgauer Panoramaweg

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Lowest recorded ascent in this sample

286 m

Bodensee- Rundwanderweg (Abschnitt Lindau - Kreuzlingen)

6 of 6 have ascent data. Missing measurements are excluded.

Return logistics

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Expert

Hochrhein Jakobsweg (1)

Schaffhausen · Switzerland

Distance: 74.5 km
Elevation gain: 610 m
Typical duration: 18 hr

Mountain
Pilgrimage route
Waymarked route

Expert

Bodensee- Rundwanderweg (Abschnitt Lindau - Kreuzlingen)

St. Gallen · Switzerland

Distance: 87.3 km
Elevation gain: 286 m
Typical duration: 20 hr

Mountain
Waymarked route
Long-distance path

Expert

Bodensee-Rundwanderweg (Stein a. R. - Lindau)

Schaffhausen · Switzerland

Distance: 162 km
Elevation gain: 707 m
Typical duration: 39 hr

Mountain
Waymarked route
Long-distance path

Expert

Thurgauer Panoramaweg

St. Gallen · Switzerland

Distance: 37.4 km
Elevation gain: 703 m
Typical duration: 9 hr 32 min

Mountain
Panoramic viewpoint
Waymarked route

Expert

Züri Oberland-Höhenweg

St. Gallen · Switzerland

Distance: 74.2 km
Elevation gain: 1,497 m
Typical duration: 19 hr

Mountain
Waymarked route
Long-distance path

Expert

Kulturspur Appenzellerland

Appenzell Ausserrhoden · Switzerland

Distance: 70.3 km
Elevation gain: 2,100 m
Typical duration: 19 hr

Mountain
Waymarked route
Long-distance path

Hard

ViaJacobi

Appenzell Ausserrhoden · Switzerland

Distance: 24.0 km
Elevation gain: 811 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 30 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaJacobi

Appenzell Ausserrhoden · Switzerland

Distance: 25.7 km
Elevation gain: 264 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 4 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaJacobi

Thurgau · Switzerland

Distance: 27.3 km
Elevation gain: 229 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 24 min

Waymarked route

Expert

Neckerweg

Appenzell Ausserrhoden · Switzerland

Distance: 37.6 km
Elevation gain: 1,330 m
Typical duration: 10 hr

Mountain
Waymarked route

Hard

Huguenot and Waldensian Trail

Schaffhausen · Switzerland

Distance: 25.1 km
Elevation gain: 483 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 15 min

Waymarked route

Hard

Huguenot and Waldensian Trail

Schaffhausen · Switzerland

Distance: 21.1 km
Elevation gain: 103 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 44 min

Waymarked route

Hard

Thurweg

St. Gallen · Switzerland

Distance: 25.8 km
Elevation gain: 381 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 16 min

Waymarked route

Hard

Thurweg

Thurgau · Switzerland

Distance: 23.6 km
Elevation gain: 62 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 16 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaRhenana

Schaffhausen · Switzerland

Distance: 21.9 km
Elevation gain: 103 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 55 min

Waymarked route

Expert

Divisionsweg

Appenzell Ausserrhoden · Switzerland

Distance: 46.5 km
Elevation gain: 1,007 m
Typical duration: 12 hr

Mountain
Waymarked route

Hard

Jakob-Stutz-Weg

Zurich · Switzerland

Distance: 21.9 km
Elevation gain: 635 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 43 min

Waymarked route

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The ten highest scoring routes on this page, so you can compare effort before opening any of them.

Distance, ascent, walking time and difficulty for the top routes
Route	Distance	Ascent	Time	Difficulty	Best season
Hochrhein Jakobsweg (1)Schaffhausen	74.5 km	610 m	18 hr	Expert	April to October
Bodensee- Rundwanderweg (Abschnitt Lindau - Kreuzlingen)St. Gallen	87.3 km	286 m	20 hr	Expert	April to October
Bodensee-Rundwanderweg (Stein a. R. - Lindau)Schaffhausen	162 km	707 m	39 hr	Expert	April to October
Thurgauer PanoramawegSt. Gallen	37.4 km	703 m	9 hr 32 min	Expert	April to October
Züri Oberland-HöhenwegSt. Gallen	74.2 km	1,497 m	19 hr	Expert	April to October
Kulturspur AppenzellerlandAppenzell Ausserrhoden	70.3 km	2,100 m	19 hr	Expert	April to October
ViaJacobiAppenzell Ausserrhoden	24.0 km	811 m	6 hr 30 min	Hard	April to October
ViaJacobiAppenzell Ausserrhoden	25.7 km	264 m	6 hr 4 min	Hard	April to October
ViaJacobiThurgau	27.3 km	229 m	6 hr 24 min	Hard	April to October
NeckerwegAppenzell Ausserrhoden	37.6 km	1,330 m	10 hr	Expert	April to October

Hochrhein Jakobsweg (1), Bodensee-Rundwanderweg (Stein a. R. - Lindau), Bodensee- Rundwanderweg (Abschnitt Lindau - Kreuzlingen) currently rank highest in this filtered set according to the directory score. Open an individual route to inspect its mapped line, elevation profile, data source and planning caveats. Check live access, conditions and local rules with an official source before travelling.

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