Varied, easy stage, with practically no noticeable gradients. The narrow paths in the Ittertal and the overgrown forests make you forget how close you are to the big city.
Hilden to Dusseldorf-Garath
We start on the Hulsenstraße in Hilden and hike south in the extensive Benrath forest. There we repeatedly come across the “D” marking, this is the Düsseldorfer Weg, which connects the suburbs of the Altbierstadt on the right bank of the Rhine.
We walk briefly on a dam along the Itter, then we return to the city forest, the Garath forest. Not the entire forest belongs to the city, through a barred revolving door we enter a private forest for a while. Don't worry, entry is free!
A few kilometers later we circle the Oerkhaussee with its new bird observation platform. After some time on dirt roads, we dive into a piece of forest and can enjoy beautiful narrow paths and wonderful creek passages. At the end of the stage we walk on the edge of a residential area before we reach our destination at Garath Castle.
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Arrival & Parking
Use the app's arrival navigator or your navigation device
Düsseldorf-Hoxbach car park, hiking car park at Schönenkamp
Goal:
P+R car park at Garath S-Bahn station
P+R car park at Hellerhof S-Bahn station
Parking at the chapel field
Public transportation
S-Bahn: Hilden-Süd S1 and bus lines 784 and O 3
Bus: Hilden-Hülsen line 785
Goal:
S-Bahn Düsseldorf-Garath S 6, S 68 and bus lines 778 and 779
S-Bahn Düsseldorf-Hellerhof S 6, S 68 and bus lines 789 and 795
Bus: Garather Kirchweg line 789
Back to the start: S-Bahn Hellerhof S 6 and S 68 to Düsseldorf Reisholz, then bus line 785 to Hilden Huelsen
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