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Rhön-Rennsteig-Weg
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 13–18 °C (55–64 °F)
- J1°-5°94
- F1°-5°75
- M5°-3°90
- A9°0°67
- M13°4°92
- J16°7°87
- J18°9°102
- A18°9°85
- S14°6°84
- O10°4°87
- N4°0°92
- D1°-3°104
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
Der Fernwanderweg verbindet die Wasserkuppe in der Rhön mit Oberhof im Thüringer Wald.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 98 km · 61 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 97 km · 60 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Rhön Mountains (Hesse Highlands › Central Uplands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 4.9 km E of Poppenhausen (Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Thuringia
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- RR
- Operator (OSM)
- Rhönklub
- From / to
- Wasserkuppe → Oberhof
- Route centre
- 50.5779, 10.3275
- Route start
- 50.4975, 9.9358
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 949547
- Wikidata
- Q2148400
- Official info
- tourenportal-thueringer-wald.de/de/tour/fernwand
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.