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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 13–22 °C (55–72 °F)

  1. J4°-1°90
  2. F5°-1°65
  3. M8°1°83
  4. A13°4°57
  5. M17°8°72
  6. J20°11°84
  7. J22°14°86
  8. A22°13°87
  9. S18°11°80
  10. O13°7°75
  11. N8°3°87
  12. D4°0°91

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

Trail facts

Mapped length
335 km · 208 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Best months
Apr–Oct
Country
Germany
Region
Lower Saxony
Continent
Europe
Route type
National route
Ref
🅴;E
Operator (OSM)
EGV, TWV, WHB, WGV
From / to
Emsquelle (in der Senne, zwischen Stukenbrock und Hövelhof) → Emsmündung in die Nordsee (bei Leer, Ostfriesland)
Route centre
52.5097, 7.9576
Route start
51.8565, 8.6993
OpenStreetMap
relation 15639978
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

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distance from the trail start

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