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GeoRoute Ruhr

National route185 km · 115 miBest Apr–Oct

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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–21 °C (54–70 °F)

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F5°-1°81
M8°1°95
A12°4°61
M17°8°78
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A21°13°90
S17°10°90
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N8°3°99
D4°0°105

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.

About this trail

Auf der Spur des schwarzen Goldes

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Trail facts

Length (signed): 185 km · 115 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length: 131 km · 81 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Best months: Apr–Oct
Country: Germany
Region: North Rhine-Westphalia
Continent: Europe
Route type: National route
Ref: GR
Operator (OSM): Regionalverband Ruhr
From / to: Mülheim, Landesgartenschaugelände → Schwerte "Nord", Freischütz
Route centre: 51.4116, 7.2130
Route start: 51.4006, 7.4052
OpenStreetMap: relation 339070
Official info: geopark.ruhr/standorte/georouten/georoute-ruhr/

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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