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title: "Wilderness Trail Altenau"
url: "https://www.harzinfo.de/en/tour/wilderness-trail-altenau"
description: "In the Harz National Park, we give nature space to develop freely. On the Wilderness Trail near Altenau, you can gain insights into how a commercial forest becomes a natural forest again. Climate change and bark beetles have triggered a massive upheaval here in recent years. Walk through our \"Wilderness Circular Trail\" with only 800 meters in length and experience the various forest habitats of the National Park while observing how nature reclaims its original terrain and deciduous forests return. At nine stations, information boards with further QR codes offer exciting information about forest communities and habitats. At a special stamping station of the Harz Hiking Badge, stamp collectors can press a special stamp for the \"Wilderness Explorer\" badge into the National Park companion booklet."
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Wilderness Trail Altenau
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- 703 m long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: easy
- Condition: very easy
- Theme trail

Welcome to the Altenau Wilderness Trail

Altenau Wilderness Trail

Information board on the Altenau wilderness trail

Station Wurzelteller on the Altenau Wilderness Trail

What will the forest of the future look like?

- 1:00 h
- 703 m
- 18 m
- 19 m
- 580 m
- 598 m
- 18 m
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- Start: Rose Parking Lot near Altenau
- Destination: Rose Parking Lot near Altenau

Through the emerging forest wilderness of the Harz National Park

In the Harz National Park, we give nature space to develop freely. On the Wilderness Trail near Altenau, you can gain insights into how a commercial forest becomes a natural forest again. Climate change and bark beetles have triggered a massive upheaval here in recent years. Walk through our "Wilderness Circular Trail" with only 800 meters in length and experience the various forest habitats of the National Park while observing how nature reclaims its original terrain and deciduous forests return.

At nine stations, information boards with further QR codes offer exciting information about forest communities and habitats. At a special stamping station of the Harz Hiking Badge, stamp collectors can press a  into the National Park companion booklet.

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Good to know
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Pavements

Path (100%)

Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

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Equipment

Sturdy footwear and appropriate clothing

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Directions & Parking facilities

**Getting there**

Drive from Altenau on the B 498 towards Dammhaus. Directly behind the town limit, on the left, behind the large meadow, is the Rose Parking Lot. Follow the signs from the parking lot to the Wilderness Trail (approx. 600 meters).

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**Parking**

Rose Parking Lot

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Additional information

Further information about the Wilderness Trail Altenau can be found .

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Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Extended route tip:

Not far from Altenau is our . Here you will find many interesting information about the National Park.

Visit our exhibition or take a detour on our  at the large Torfhausmoor or the nearby .

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Safety guidelines

Partially narrow wooden steps and fallen trees that must be climbed over.

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Nearby
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    - Christmas
- Place of interest
    
    
    - Traditional craftsmanship
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    - Sauna landscape
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    3.25 km
    
    
    - Theme trail
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    19.20 km
    
    
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    0.70 km
    
    
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Contact

Harz (Landkreis Goslar)

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