Gateway to the Orketal circular route 2 - Through valleys to magnificent views

  • 8,90 km long
  • Flatly
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Condition: very light
  • Hike
  • 2: 30 pm
  • 8,90 km
  • 146 m
  • 146 m
  • 253 m
  • 349 m
  • 96 m
  • Start: Hiking car park Gate to Orketal, (Ederbringhausen, Vöhl)
  • Destination: Hiking car park Gate to Orketal, (Ederbringhausen, Vöhl)

Route 2 takes the hiker in the south of Ederbringhausen with a view of the Lower Orketal towards Oberorke, before following the Eder north of Ederbringhausen on the wooded valley slope of the Langer Berg. Through the Ederaue we return to the starting point.

Good to know

Path surfaces

Street (9%)
Asphalt (4%)
gravel (64%)
Way (22%)
Path (1%)

Best Season

suitable
depending on the weather

Tour features

  • Accessibility

  • Flatly

Equipment

You are well equipped with sturdy shoes, rain protection, food and a map.

Arrival & Parking

How to find us

Vöhl and its districts can be easily reached via the following roads: 

  • A 44 (exit no. 64, Diemelstadt)
  • A 49 (exit no. 15, Wabern)
  • and the federal highways B 252 and B 485
Parking

Hiking car park gate to the Orketal.

The hiking parking spaces in the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park are generally free of charge.

Public transportation

Nearest bus stop(s): Vöhl-Ederbringhausen train station

Line(s): 501, 501.1, AST584.3, RB97

All connections, including AST taxi connections, can be found on the NVV timetable information website www.nvv.de/fahrplanauskunft or via the NVV Mobil app.

More information / links

This circular route is completely marked.

safety instructions

  • The circular hiking trail leads, among other things, through forests and open terrain. There may occasionally be trees and branches on the path.
  • Use of the hiking trail is at your own risk. You should not attempt this hiking trail in strong winds, heavy rain or snowfall.
  • Your cell phone may not have reception everywhere.

Map

Kellerwald-Edersee cycling and hiking map, 5th edition (1:33.000)

Publisher: Kartografie Kommunale Verlagsgesellschaft mbH

ISBN 978-3-86973-189-6

author

Edersee | Your region: wild, colourful, healthy.