Hiking

WestfalenWanderWeg

Rüthen · North Rhine-Westphalia · Germany

WestfalenWanderWeg is a hike from Rüthen in Germany: 215.5 km, 2754 m of climb, 2504 m of descent, high point 435 m.

• 215.5 km
• 2754 m of climb
• 2504 m of descent
• high point 435 m

About this hike

Der Westfalenwanderweg ist ein 210 km langer Wanderweg in Nordrhein-Westfalen, der bereichsweise vom Sauerländischen Gebirgsverein (SGV) betreut wird. Der Wanderweg fällt in die Kategorie der Hauptwanderstrecken des SGV und besitzt wie alle anderen Hauptwanderstrecken als Wegzeichen das weiße Andreaskreuz X, hier um den Buchstaben W erweitert.

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Getting there

This hike starts near Rüthen. Open the destination for travel time from where you are by car, train or plane, and the price of a night.

More hikes around Rüthen

• Sauerland-Waldroute - 244.1 km, +5911 m
• Sintfeld-Höhenweg - 144.8 km, +2121 m
• X26 Sauerländer Rennweg - 101.7 km, +1208 m

Before you go

This route is shown for information only. It is not a recommendation and not a guarantee that the route is safe, open, marked or passable today. The line, the distances, the climb and the grade come from open data sources and may be inaccurate or out of date, and conditions in the mountains change fast.

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Route data from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); elevation from open terrain data. Updated 2026-09-15.