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Rheinsteig

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Germany320 km · 199 mi

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7-day forecast

Open-Meteo · trail point · local dates · last updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:10 PM PT

Thu 12

Light drizzle

9°C / 5°C

44% · 0.4 mm

Wind 14 km/h

Fair

Fri 13

Light drizzle

9°C / 4°C

4% · 0.1 mm

Wind 18 km/h

Fair

Sat 14

Light drizzle

8°C / 0°C

0% · 0.2 mm

Wind 16 km/h

Fair

Sun 15

Light drizzle

13°C / 3°C

65% · 2.5 mm

Wind 19 km/h

Fair

Mon 16

Drizzle

12°C / 7°C

58% · 1.4 mm

Wind 18 km/h

Fair

Tue 17

Drizzle

10°C / 5°C

61% · 3.4 mm

Wind 17 km/h

Fair

Wed 18

Drizzle

12°C / 6°C

61% · 4.8 mm

Wind 20 km/h

Fair

Route

No route line in this build. This is a very long route, so only its start point is used.

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About this trail

The Rheinsteig is a hiking trail following a mainly elevated path along the east bank of the Rhine River in Germany. Its 320 kilometres (200 mi) route stretches from Wiesbaden to Bonn, running parallel to the Rheinhöhenweg Trail and Rheinburgenweg Trail.

From the Wikipedia article “Rheinsteig”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trail facts

Length
320 km · 199 mi (Wikidata)
Countries
Germany
Continent
Europe
Trail point
50.73543, 7.10184 (OpenStreetMap route (first mapped point))
OSM network
National walking network
Operator (OSM)
Romantischer Rhein Tourismus GmbH
Wikidata
Q459036
OpenStreetMap
relation 2685
Official info
rheinsteig.de

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Photo: “Rheinsteig-rm-01.jpg” by Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

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