7-day forecast
Open-Meteo · trail point · local dates · last updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:10 PM PTThu 12
Light rain
6°C / 0°C
38% · 0.5 mm
Wind 13 km/h
FairFri 13
Fog
6°C / -2°C
35% · 0.0 mm
Wind 19 km/h
FairSat 14
Overcast
7°C / 2°C
8% · 0.0 mm
Wind 10 km/h
GoodSun 15
Light rain
9°C / 2°C
28% · 0.7 mm
Wind 18 km/h
FairMon 16
Rain showers
10°C / 6°C
57% · 4.0 mm
Wind 21 km/h
FairTue 17
Rain showers
13°C / 6°C
73% · 5.4 mm
Wind 24 km/h
PoorWed 18
Rain showers
14°C / 9°C
75% · 2.7 mm
Wind 22 km/h
PoorRoute
Route line © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), simplified. Dot: trail point.
About this trail
The Harz Witches' Trail is a footpath, just under 100 km long, in Germany that runs from Osterode through the Harz mountains and over its highest peak, the Brocken, to Thale. It is a project by the Harz Transport Association and Harz Club and is part of the system of trails known as the Harzer Wandernadel.
From the Wikipedia article “Harzer Hexenstieg”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trail facts
- Length
- 97 km · 60 mi (OpenStreetMap distance tag)
- Countries
- Germany
- Continent
- Europe
- Trail point
- 51.72300, 10.24600 (Wikidata coordinate)
- OSM network
- National walking network
- Operator (OSM)
- Harzklub e.V.
- Wikidata
- Q1588021
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 22603
- Official info
- harzinfo.de/erlebnisse/wandern/harzer-hexen-stie
Hiked it?
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Photo: “Start Harzer Hexenstieg (Thale).jpg” by Migebert, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).
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