Leisure tips

Leisure activities

  • Barefoot trail
  • Tartan track with floodlights at the Youth Hostel
  • Bathing lakes
  • "Bad-Kap" fun pool, sauna & spa in Albstadt
  • Balingen swimming pool
  • Bowling/billiards in Balingen
  • Geological Museum Dotternhausen
  • Tennis court
  • Sports ground Tieringen (5 km)
  • Ice rink
  • Albaquarium (aquarium) in Albstadt
  • 65 km of sheer biking fun: Albstadt mountain bike trail

Hiking - nothing but nature

  • Lochenstein (964 m) (about 20 minutes)
  • Wenzelstein (951 m) (1 hour)
  • Schafberg, split rocks (999.8 m) (1.5 hours)
  • Steinernes Meer ("sea of stones ") - Hörnle - Schlichemquelle (source of the Schlichem) (2-3 hours round trip)
  • Schinderluke, Hörnle (956 m) Schlichemquelle (2-3 hours)
  • Schafberg (996 m) - Plettenberg (1002 m) (3 hours)
  • Worthwhile circular walk across the wide plateau of Plettenberg mountain (3.5 - 4 hours)

Day hikes:

  • Steinernes Meer ("sea of stones"), Hörnle, Tieringen (barefoot trail), mountain hut with mini golf, Lochen (12 km)
  • Fossil Museum Dotternhausen
    (return by bus) (15 km)
  • Schömberger reservoir
    (return by bus) (12 km)
  • Hausen, ski lift, Tieringen, mountain hut, Lochen (16 km)

Lots to experience

  • Balingen (9 km)
  • Fossil Museum Dotternhausen (15 km)
  • Schömberger Reservoir (12 km)
  • Hohenzollern Castle near Hechingen (20 km)
  • Black Forest (50 km)
  • Hohenzollern Castle & the Danube Valley in Sigmaringen (options: high ropes course, canoeing, rock climbing, hiking) (40 km)
  • Lichtenstein Castle, caves of Bärenhöhle & Nebelhöhle (summer toboggan run) (50 km)
  • Bodensee (lake dwellings, Sea Life, "Monkey Mountain") (60 km)

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