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Loop Trails in Lower Saxony

We track 980 routes that match this search in Lower Saxony. They average 8.6 km and 188 m (617 ft) of ascent, with the longest running to 262 km.

That is 49 percent of the 2,011 routes we map in Lower Saxony. They are shorter than the local average, 8.6 km against 13.6 km, which is what makes this a practical shortlist for a half day. They also climb less than the area average, 188 m (617 ft) against 297 m (974 ft), so they suit a recovery day or a group with mixed fitness.

Circular routes: park once, finish where you started, and never walk the same section twice. The mix is broad: 531 are rated easy and 75 are hard or harder, so there is something here whether you have two hours or a full day. A good share of them are loops, so you can park once and finish where you started.

Trails

Moderate

Rundwanderweg Dreibrodesteine

Nationalpark Harz · Lower Saxony

Distance
12.0 km
/ 7.4 mi
Elevation gain
263 m
Typical duration
2 hr 53 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Rundwanderweg Sonnenberg

Nationalpark Harz · Lower Saxony

Distance
7.5 km
/ 4.7 mi
Elevation gain
165 m
Typical duration
1 hr 48 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Eckertalsperren-Rundweg

Nationalpark Harz · Lower Saxony

Distance
8.5 km
/ 5.3 mi
Elevation gain
187 m
Typical duration
2 hr 3 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Langwarder Groden

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park · Lower Saxony

Distance
5.4 km
/ 3.3 mi
Elevation gain
118 m
Typical duration
1 hr 18 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Luchstour

Nationalpark Harz · Lower Saxony

Distance
15.5 km
/ 9.6 mi
Elevation gain
341 m
Typical duration
3 hr 45 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

NW Route 2

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park · Lower Saxony

Distance
10.6 km
/ 6.6 mi
Elevation gain
234 m
Typical duration
2 hr 34 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

NW Route 3

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park · Lower Saxony

Distance
3.6 km
/ 2.3 mi
Elevation gain
80 m
Typical duration
53 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

NW Route 5

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park · Lower Saxony

Distance
9.6 km
/ 6.0 mi
Elevation gain
212 m
Typical duration
2 hr 19 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

NW Route 6

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park · Lower Saxony

Distance
6.3 km
/ 3.9 mi
Elevation gain
138 m
Typical duration
1 hr 31 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

NW Route 7

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park · Lower Saxony

Distance
6.2 km
/ 3.9 mi
Elevation gain
136 m
Typical duration
1 hr 30 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

WasserWanderWeg Oderteich

Nationalpark Harz · Lower Saxony

Distance
0.9 km
/ 0.5 mi
Elevation gain
19 m
Typical duration
13 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Waldweg

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park · Lower Saxony

Distance
4.2 km
/ 2.6 mi
Elevation gain
91 m
Typical duration
1 hr
  • Forest
Expert

Pilgern in Lippe (Ostschleife)

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
81.4 km
/ 50.6 mi
Elevation gain
1,791 m
Typical duration
21 hr
  • Mountain
  • Forest
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Leuchtturmrundweg

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park · Lower Saxony

Distance
9.5 km
/ 5.9 mi
Elevation gain
210 m
Typical duration
2 hr 18 min
Easy

Naturmythenpfad

Nationalpark Harz · Lower Saxony

Distance
3.5 km
/ 2.1 mi
Elevation gain
76 m
Typical duration
50 min
Hard

Naturparklauf

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park · Lower Saxony

Distance
16.2 km
/ 10.1 mi
Elevation gain
356 m
Typical duration
3 hr 57 min
Easy

Rundwanderweg Torfhaus

Nationalpark Harz · Lower Saxony

Distance
2.9 km
/ 1.8 mi
Elevation gain
65 m
Typical duration
43 min
Moderate

Thalasso-Plattform-Dünenweg

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park · Lower Saxony

Distance
6.6 km
/ 4.1 mi
Elevation gain
145 m
Typical duration
1 hr 35 min
Expert

Eichsfeld-Wanderweg

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
262 km
/ 163 mi
Elevation gain
5,766 m
Typical duration
70 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path
Expert

Grimmsteig

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
81.3 km
/ 50.5 mi
Elevation gain
1,789 m
Typical duration
21 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path
Expert

Mühlenweg am Wiehengebirge

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
99.6 km
/ 61.9 mi
Elevation gain
2,191 m
Typical duration
26 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path
Expert

Weg der Blicke

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
135 km
/ 83.6 mi
Elevation gain
2,961 m
Typical duration
36 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path
Expert

Ahornweg - Große Schleife

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
66.0 km
/ 41.0 mi
Elevation gain
1,452 m
Typical duration
17 hr
  • Mountain
  • Forest
  • Waymarked route
Easy

TERRA.track "Zwickenbachtal"

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
3.4 km
/ 2.1 mi
Elevation gain
74 m
Typical duration
49 min
  • River
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Rundwanderweg Oderteich

Nationalpark Harz · Lower Saxony

Distance
4.2 km
/ 2.6 mi
Elevation gain
92 m
Typical duration
1 hr 1 min
Easy

Rundweg Hammersee

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park · Lower Saxony

Distance
3.4 km
/ 2.1 mi
Elevation gain
75 m
Typical duration
49 min
Easy

Südstrandpolderrunde

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park · Lower Saxony

Distance
5.3 km
/ 3.3 mi
Elevation gain
117 m
Typical duration
1 hr 17 min
Moderate

TERRA.track "Meller Balkon"

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
9.2 km
/ 5.7 mi
Elevation gain
203 m
Typical duration
2 hr 14 min
  • Mountain
  • Forest
  • Waymarked route
Expert

Elmkreisel

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
69.3 km
/ 43.1 mi
Elevation gain
1,525 m
Typical duration
18 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path
Expert

Ith-Hils-Wanderweg

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
80.8 km
/ 50.2 mi
Elevation gain
1,778 m
Typical duration
21 hr
  • Mountain
  • Long-distance path
Expert

AE10 Der Zehner

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
44.1 km
/ 27.4 mi
Elevation gain
970 m
Typical duration
11 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Expert

Ahornweg - Kleine Schleife

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
38.7 km
/ 24.1 mi
Elevation gain
852 m
Typical duration
10 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Expert

Duderstadt-Worbis-Duderstadt

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
38.9 km
/ 24.2 mi
Elevation gain
856 m
Typical duration
10 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Expert

Gaußrunde

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
36.7 km
/ 22.8 mi
Elevation gain
807 m
Typical duration
9 hr 30 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Easy

HO14 - Hemeringer Berg Route

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
6.2 km
/ 3.8 mi
Elevation gain
136 m
Typical duration
1 hr 29 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Heideschleife Wilseder Berg

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
14.9 km
/ 9.3 mi
Elevation gain
328 m
Typical duration
3 hr 36 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Lila Route - Stemweder Berg

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
7.0 km
/ 4.3 mi
Elevation gain
153 m
Typical duration
1 hr 41 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Lintorf Rundweg 4

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
2.4 km
/ 1.5 mi
Elevation gain
52 m
Typical duration
34 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Pyrmonter Berg-Runde

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
14.5 km
/ 9.0 mi
Elevation gain
320 m
Typical duration
3 hr 31 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Easy

RI14 Rumbecker Berg Route

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
3.5 km
/ 2.2 mi
Elevation gain
77 m
Typical duration
50 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Rund um den Bullen-Berg

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
3.1 km
/ 1.9 mi
Elevation gain
67 m
Typical duration
44 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Rund um den Truers-Berg

Lower Saxony · Germany

Distance
4.6 km
/ 2.8 mi
Elevation gain
101 m
Typical duration
1 hr 6 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route

The shortlist, side by side

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
RouteDistanceAscentTimeDifficultyBest season
Rundwanderweg DreibrodesteineNationalpark Harz12.0 km263 m2 hr 53 minModerateApril to October
Rundwanderweg SonnenbergNationalpark Harz7.5 km165 m1 hr 48 minModerateApril to October
Eckertalsperren-RundwegNationalpark Harz8.5 km187 m2 hr 3 minModerateApril to October
Langwarder GrodenLower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park5.4 km118 m1 hr 18 minEasyApril to October
LuchstourNationalpark Harz15.5 km341 m3 hr 45 minModerateApril to October
NW Route 2Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park10.6 km234 m2 hr 34 minModerateApril to October
NW Route 3Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park3.6 km80 m53 minEasyApril to October
NW Route 5Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park9.6 km212 m2 hr 19 minModerateApril to October
NW Route 6Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park6.3 km138 m1 hr 31 minEasyApril to October
NW Route 7Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park6.2 km136 m1 hr 30 minEasyApril to October

If you only have time for one, start with Rundwanderweg Dreibrodesteine, Rundwanderweg Sonnenberg, Luchstour. Those are the routes people come back to. Every route on this page links through to a full guide with the map, elevation profile, seasonal advice and what to bring.

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