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Moderate Hiking Trails in Denmark

We track 219 routes that match this search in Denmark. They average 10.3 km and 195 m (640 ft) of ascent.

That is 25 percent of the 885 routes we map in Denmark. They are shorter than the local average, 10.3 km against 14.0 km, which is what makes this a practical shortlist for a half day.

Moderate routes are the sweet spot for most regular walkers: enough climbing to feel like a proper day out, never enough to turn into an ordeal. These lean toward the demanding end, so plan for a full day and check the forecast before you commit. A good share of them are loops, so you can park once and finish where you started.

Trails

Asserbo Castle ruins
Moderate

Tisvilde Hegn - Gul rute

Nationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland · Capital Region of Denmark

Distance
16.9 km
/ 10.5 mi
Elevation gain
113 m
Typical duration
3 hr 44 min
  • Waymarked route
Gurre Slot - Ruine de l'ancien château de Valdemar à Gurre-Danemark
Moderate

Gurre Sø rundt

Nationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland · Capital Region of Denmark

Distance
8.8 km
/ 5.5 mi
Elevation gain
35 m
Typical duration
1 hr 54 min
  • Waymarked route
Esrum Monastery in Denmark.
Moderate

Søskoven og Esrum Møllegård og Kanal

Nationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland · Capital Region of Denmark

Distance
10.4 km
/ 6.5 mi
Elevation gain
38 m
Typical duration
2 hr 14 min
  • Waymarked route
Lake Arresø near Dronningholm - in Region Hovedstaden just north of Ølsted and east of Frederiksværk in Denmark.
Moderate

Rød historisk vandring

Nationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland · Capital Region of Denmark

Distance
9.0 km
/ 5.6 mi
Elevation gain
106 m
Typical duration
2 hr 2 min
  • Waymarked route
Anes Hus in Hellebæk Kohave in Hellebæk, Denmark
Moderate

Feel & Taste 1

Nationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland · Capital Region of Denmark

Distance
17.0 km
/ 10.6 mi
Elevation gain
72 m
Typical duration
3 hr 43 min
Port of Sølager near Hundested, Denmark. Photo taken from the small ferry M/F Columbus (1947) on its 10-minute route from Kulhuse
Moderate

Frederiksværk - Hundested

Nationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland · Capital Region of Denmark

Distance
16.3 km
/ 10.1 mi
Elevation gain
26 m
Typical duration
3 hr 28 min
The danish church, Nødebo Kirke
Moderate

Fønstrup Damme

Nationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland · Capital Region of Denmark

Distance
8.5 km
/ 5.3 mi
Elevation gain
32 m
Typical duration
1 hr 49 min
Bank Vole sitting on the forest floor
Moderate

Havreholm-turen

Nationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland · Capital Region of Denmark

Distance
13.1 km
/ 8.1 mi
Elevation gain
46 m
Typical duration
2 hr 48 min
Fra Almindingsvej følger denne sti tracéet
Moderate

Almidingen Nord - Bastemose

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
11.0 km
/ 6.8 mi
Elevation gain
148 m
Typical duration
2 hr 31 min
  • Waymarked route
Fronten af en t-shirt for de frivillige til Wonderfestiwall 2010.
Moderate

Sandvig - Olsker

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

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

Grænsestien Rundtur Vester Vedsted

Wadden Sea National Park · Region of Southern Denmark

Distance
10.6 km
/ 6.6 mi
Elevation gain
233 m
Typical duration
2 hr 33 min
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path
Coleophora sp., larval case on Crataegus monogyna Jacq., Rude Skov, Birkerød, Denmark,14 June 2014
Moderate

Rude Skov

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
9.0 km
/ 5.6 mi
Elevation gain
77 m
Typical duration
2 hr
  • Forest
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Bidstrupskovene Avnstrup

Nationalpark Skjoldungernes Land · Region Zealand

Distance
10.2 km
/ 6.3 mi
Elevation gain
224 m
Typical duration
2 hr 28 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Flade Sø Rundtur

Nationalpark Thy · North Denmark Region

Distance
10.2 km
/ 6.4 mi
Elevation gain
225 m
Typical duration
2 hr 28 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Fussing Sø Rundtur

Nature National Park Fussingø · Central Denmark Region

Distance
13.7 km
/ 8.5 mi
Elevation gain
301 m
Typical duration
3 hr 18 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Kløverstier-Naturruten

Nationalpark Mols Bjerge · Central Denmark Region

Distance
12.0 km
/ 7.5 mi
Elevation gain
264 m
Typical duration
2 hr 54 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Landskabsgang

Wadden Sea National Park · Region of Southern Denmark

Distance
12.3 km
/ 7.7 mi
Elevation gain
271 m
Typical duration
2 hr 59 min
  • Waymarked route
Rø Kirke on Bornholm, Denmark. From southwest
Moderate

Døndal

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
8.6 km
/ 5.3 mi
Elevation gain
102 m
Typical duration
1 hr 56 min
  • Waymarked route
widok z kamieniołomu
Moderate

Ringebakkerne

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
5.7 km
/ 3.5 mi
Elevation gain
142 m
Typical duration
1 hr 24 min
  • Waymarked route
Finsensvej - Frederiksberg - Denmark
Moderate

10'eren

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
9.9 km
/ 6.2 mi
Typical duration
2 hr 4 min
  • Waymarked route
Almindingen Station, sporside
Moderate

Bisonstien

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
11.0 km
/ 6.8 mi
Elevation gain
53 m
Typical duration
2 hr 22 min
  • Waymarked route
Farumgaard, Seeland, Denmark
Moderate

Farum Søsti

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
10.1 km
/ 6.3 mi
Elevation gain
80 m
Typical duration
2 hr 14 min
  • Waymarked route
Hundested. Spodsbjerg fyr.
Moderate

Halsnæs Sundhedskorridor

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
10.8 km
/ 6.7 mi
Elevation gain
38 m
Typical duration
2 hr 18 min
  • Waymarked route
20190621_CPH-KEF_7132
Moderate

Kulhuse Nordskoven

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
14.5 km
/ 9.0 mi
Elevation gain
49 m
Typical duration
3 hr 5 min
  • Waymarked route
Læsøgård på Frilandsmuseet
Moderate

Mølleådalen v/Lyngby og Brede

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
8.0 km
/ 5.0 mi
Elevation gain
22 m
Typical duration
1 hr 42 min
  • Waymarked route
Hørsholm. Ved Sjælsø.
Moderate

Sjælsø Rundtur

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
11.1 km
/ 6.9 mi
Elevation gain
55 m
Typical duration
2 hr 24 min
  • Waymarked route
Brøndby Stadion 2005-03
Moderate

Sort Kløversti, Brøndby

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
14.4 km
/ 8.9 mi
Elevation gain
20 m
Typical duration
3 hr 2 min
  • Waymarked route
A communist pro-Palestine graffiti in Høje Taastrup reading, "Long live Palestine!"
Moderate

Sort Kløversti, Tåstrup

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
11.7 km
/ 7.3 mi
Elevation gain
24 m
Typical duration
2 hr 29 min
  • Waymarked route
Søborg church in Gribskov Kommune, Denmark
Moderate

Søborg Sø

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
14.0 km
/ 8.7 mi
Elevation gain
12 m
Typical duration
2 hr 56 min
  • Waymarked route
Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Great Crested Grebe, Utterslev Mose, Søborg, Denmark, 23 July 2014
Moderate

Utterslev Mose rundt

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
8.9 km
/ 5.6 mi
Elevation gain
6 m
Typical duration
1 hr 52 min
  • Waymarked route
Nygårdskirken i Brøndby
Moderate

Vestvolden

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
16.4 km
/ 10.2 mi
Elevation gain
25 m
Typical duration
3 hr 30 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Lohals - Snøde Strand

Region of Southern Denmark · Denmark

Distance
13.4 km
/ 8.3 mi
Elevation gain
295 m
Typical duration
3 hr 14 min
  • Coastal
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Snøde Strand - Botofte

Region of Southern Denmark · Denmark

Distance
10.6 km
/ 6.6 mi
Elevation gain
233 m
Typical duration
2 hr 33 min
  • Coastal
  • Waymarked route
Høsterkøb Kirke, Birkerød Sogn, Rudersdal Kommune
Moderate

Forskerruten

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
12.9 km
/ 8.0 mi
Elevation gain
85 m
Typical duration
2 hr 49 min
A trail in Almindingen, between Gamleborg and Ekkodalen, on the island of Bornholm, Denmark
Moderate

Klippestien

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
4.2 km
/ 2.6 mi
Elevation gain
102 m
Typical duration
1 hr 2 min
The harbor in the city Allinge on the Danish island Bornholm.
Moderate

The Folkemøde Trail

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
4.1 km
/ 2.6 mi
Elevation gain
112 m
Typical duration
1 hr 1 min
The chapel at Hørsholm Cemetary, Kirkegårdsvej 1, Hørsholm, Denmark
Moderate

Blixenruten

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
15.0 km
/ 9.3 mi
Elevation gain
97 m
Typical duration
3 hr 16 min
Zeppelinerhallen på Islands Brygge i aftensol
Moderate

Havneringen

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
13.3 km
/ 8.3 mi
Typical duration
2 hr 47 min
Klemenskervej støder til Klemensker-Rø stien
Moderate

Rutsker Højlyng - Rø Plantage

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
10.7 km
/ 6.7 mi
Elevation gain
81 m
Typical duration
2 hr 22 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Hærvejen

North Denmark Region · Denmark

Distance
14.6 km
/ 9.1 mi
Elevation gain
321 m
Typical duration
3 hr 32 min
Moderate

Hærvejen

Region of Southern Denmark · Denmark

Distance
12.4 km
/ 7.7 mi
Elevation gain
273 m
Typical duration
3 hr
Moderate

Hærvejen

Region of Southern Denmark · Denmark

Distance
10.2 km
/ 6.4 mi
Elevation gain
225 m
Typical duration
2 hr 28 min
Moderate

Hærvejen

Region of Southern Denmark · Denmark

Distance
14.9 km
/ 9.2 mi
Elevation gain
327 m
Typical duration
3 hr 35 min
Moderate

Hærvejen

North Denmark Region · Denmark

Distance
13.3 km
/ 8.3 mi
Elevation gain
293 m
Typical duration
3 hr 13 min

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
Tisvilde Hegn - Gul ruteNationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland16.9 km113 m3 hr 44 minModerateApril to October
Gurre Sø rundtNationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland8.8 km35 m1 hr 54 minModerateApril to October
Søskoven og Esrum Møllegård og KanalNationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland10.4 km38 m2 hr 14 minModerateApril to October
Rød historisk vandringNationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland9.0 km106 m2 hr 2 minModerateApril to October
Feel & Taste 1Nationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland17.0 km72 m3 hr 43 minModerateApril to October
Frederiksværk - HundestedNationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland16.3 km26 m3 hr 28 minModerateApril to October
Fønstrup DammeNationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland8.5 km32 m1 hr 49 minModerateApril to October
Havreholm-turenNationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland13.1 km46 m2 hr 48 minModerateApril to October
Almidingen Nord - BastemoseCapital Region of Denmark11.0 km148 m2 hr 31 minModerateApril to October
Sandvig - OlskerCapital Region of Denmark11.6 km115 m2 hr 36 minModerateApril to October

If you only have time for one, start with Tisvilde Hegn - Gul rute, Gurre Sø rundt, Søskoven og Esrum Møllegård og Kanal. 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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