7-day forecast
Open-Meteo · trail point · local dates · last updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:10 PM PTThu 12
Light rain
7°C / 0°C
83% · 1.9 mm
Wind 10 km/h
PoorFri 13
Overcast
7°C / 0°C
3% · 0.0 mm
Wind 17 km/h
GoodSat 14
Partly cloudy
7°C / -1°C
0% · 0.0 mm
Wind 9 km/h
GoodSun 15
Light rain
9°C / -1°C
14% · 0.3 mm
Wind 13 km/h
FairMon 16
Rain showers
11°C / 7°C
43% · 2.2 mm
Wind 20 km/h
FairTue 17
Light rain
12°C / 6°C
60% · 1.0 mm
Wind 25 km/h
FairWed 18
Light rain
14°C / 10°C
59% · 0.2 mm
Wind 21 km/h
FairRoute
Route line © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), simplified. Dot: trail point.
About this trail
The Rennsteig is a ridge walk as well as a historical boundary path in the Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Highland and Franconian Forest in Central Germany. The long-distance trail runs for about 170 km from Eisenach and the Werra valley in the northwest to Blankenstein and the Selbitz river in the southeast.
From the Wikipedia article “Rennsteig”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trail facts
- Length
- 169 km · 105 mi (Wikidata)
- Countries
- Germany
- Continent
- Europe
- Trail point
- 51.00788, 10.22758 (OpenStreetMap route (first mapped point))
- OSM network
- Regional walking network
- Wikidata
- Q139056
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 398874
Hiked it?
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Photo: “Rennsteig Wegmarkierung R auf Baumstamm.jpg” by TOMMES-WIKI, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).
