Hiking trails in the Eifel

Easy circular hike (7.1 km) - dream path around Polch with great views of the Maifeld.

The third and longest leg of the route leads high into the hills and is 18.7 km long, the highest point being the Aremberg.

The circular route leads through the Perlenbach valley near Monschau-Höfen to the "Unterer Steg" footbridge, which crosses the stream, and back downstream to Höfener Mühle.

The watercourses and their floodplains are a typical and ecologically valuable part of the Rureifel with a great wealth of flora and fauna. This diversity is thanks to the farmers who have mowed the meadows for centuries. When modern forms of farming close to villages made haymaking in the valleys no longer worthwhile, spruce trees were planted there. Efforts are currently being made in many places to restore the original floodplain vegetation. The characteristic terracing can be seen in many places along the hiking trail. This occurs when a river is no longer able to transport its debris load and deposits it in the floodplain. If a river deepens again due to a change in climate, it cuts through the previously formed terrace. The formerly swampy valleys of the Eifel only acquired their function as traffic routes after the river regulation at the beginning of the 20th century.

Circular trail - 5.9 km - from the Rothe Kreuz parking lot in Höfen

Experience the highest elevation in the Eifel up close: the circular trail around the Hohe Acht offers impressive nature, sweeping views from the Kaiser Wilhelm Tower and varied hiking trails through forests and over heights."

In the course of open-cast lignite mining, the Inde was relocated along a length of 12 kilometers around the open-cast mine and is now a vivid example of a near-natural river landscape and habitat for many plants and animals.

The Volcano Trail (13) connects the eastern and central parts of the Volcanic Eifel in a series of wide loops; it is a hiking trail that winds through the Eifel’s recent and most recent volcanic activity.

11.4 km long circular hiking trail through Mützenich into the romantic Rur valley Starting point: Mützenich village square

Hiking in the footsteps of St. Jodokus: The Jodokus Trail starts and ends in Langenfeld at the neo-Gothic parish church "St. Quirinus", which is also popularly known as the "Eifel Cathedral" due to its importance as a pilgrimage church and its considerable size. On the route, which is around 11 kilometers long and marked with a "J", hikers reach the pilgrimage chapel of St. Jost along an old pilgrimage path.