Themed trail "Trail of Stones" in Wolfshagen im Harz

Short facts

  • start: Parking lot at the sports ground, Streittorstraße, Wolfshagen im Harz
  • destination: Parking lot at the sports ground, Streittorstraße, Wolfshagen im Harz
  • easy
  • 3,75 km
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
  • 71 m
  • 342 m
  • 280 m
  • 60 / 100
  • 20 / 100

best season

Around the diabase quarry. 7 information boards explain all the highlights!

Wolfshagen im Harz offers ideal conditions for hiking: several kilometers of well-developed and signposted hiking trails invite you to discover the northern Harz forest, explore the surroundings, and enjoy nature.

The highlight among the circular hiking trails is the themed trail "Trail of Stones".

General information

Directions

The path leads you around the renatured, former diabase quarry and explains to you with signs, descriptions, and photos the development of the quarry, which was closed in 1986. Today, the quarry is a large biotope for rare plants and animals. For example, the eagle owl and the midwife toad are visible and audible, and a variety of rare dragonfly species make the quarry a special place.

To show how small the contrasts between forest and quarry are and that a new nature has arisen, the Lower Saxony Forestry Office Seesen created this circular hiking path. At viewpoints and exposed locations, sculptures and reliefs made from local diabase blocks have been installed – one more reason for small and large hiking enthusiasts to get to know the "Trail of Stones" – and to enjoy the panoramic view of the former quarry at the created viewpoint.

The themed trail "Trail of Stones" has already been awarded as a "geopoint in the Harz-Brunswick Land-Eastphalia Geopark".

Safety Guidelines

Partly stairs, otherwise forest roads. Passable only with forestry permission.

Equipment

Sturdy footwear

Getting there

K35 to Wolfshagen, town center turnoff “Die Meine” turnoff Streittorstraße to sports ground

Parking

Start and end at the public parking lot of the sports ground, Streittorstraße, Wolfshagen im Harz

Public transit

Stop - Mitte Wolfshagen- Straße: Die Meine

Maps

Local map from Harzklub ZwgV. Wolfshagen "Hiking between Innerste and Granetalsperre" 1:15000. 10 hiking trails are described in detail. Many infos on the back of the map

Additional Information

Tourist Information
Im Tölletal 21
38685 Wolfshagen im Harz
Tel. 05326 4088
info@wolfshagen.de
www.wolfshagen.de
www.harzklub-wolfshagen.de
www.spur-der-steine.info

Pavings

  • Asphalt Coating (16%)
  • Crushed Rock (47%)
  • Hiking Trail (12%)
  • Path (25%)

Weather

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