Fox Circular Trail

5.44 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: medium
Walking / hiking
  • 1:30 h
  • 5.44 km
  • 109 m
  • 103 m
  • 236 m
  • 299 m
  • 63 m
  • Start: Residential area Hellegrund
  • Destination: Residential area Hellegrund
Hellegrund-Hartlah-Riesenberg-Graster Knick-Hellegrund

The starting point is the district of Hellegrund with a parking lot at the end of the road leading to the forest. On a narrow path, we walk slightly to the right in the forest until we reach a forest path on which we walk westward, partly steeply downhill, to the "Graster Knick." Here, one could take a short break and enjoy the view of the Sackwald opposite. Following the existing markings, we continue northward but soon turn at a right angle to the west. At the edge of the forest, with views of the villages of the joint municipality, we proceed on a forest path roughly toward the north until we reach a forest service road above the village of Netze, where there is a bench to rest. We continue at a right angle to the east on the forest gravel path, gently ascending into the "Lower Mountains," until after several switchbacks we see a fox sign ahead.

We follow the indicated direction, almost pathless but well marked, until we come upon a narrow path that we follow according to the directional arrows. Soon we are led southward and walk on a gravel path below the "Riesenberg" through the "Hartlah" back to the district of Hellegrund.

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Pavements

Trail (76%)
Path (10%)
Gravel (14%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

The starting point is the district of Hellegrund with a parking lot at the end of the road leading to the forest. On a narrow path, we walk slightly to the right in the forest until we reach a forest path, a section of the King's Trail, on which we walk westward, partly steeply downhill, to the "Graster Knick." Here, one could take a short break on a bench with a table and enjoy the view of the Sackwald opposite with the Hohe Schanze. Following the existing markings, we continue northward but soon turn at a right angle to the west. At the edge of the forest, with views of the villages of the joint municipality, we proceed on a forest path roughly toward the north until we reach a forest service road above the village of Netze, where there is a bench to rest. We continue at a right angle to the east on the forest gravel path, gently ascending into the "Lower Mountains," until after several switchbacks we see a fox sign ahead.
We follow the indicated direction, almost pathless but well marked, until we come upon a narrow path we follow, and then reach the so-called Vierländereck. Here, we turn slightly downward to the east according to the signage until we reach a gravel path, then south, that is to the right, and below the "Riesenberg" through the "Hartlah" back to the district of Hellegrund.

Directions & Parking facilities

Parking lot in Hellegrund

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