Leitweg
- 1.4 mi
- round trip
- 329 ft
- climb
- 2,261 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Leitweg is an out-and-back trail, 1.4 miles each way (2.7 miles round trip) in Thuringia, Germany, inside Naturpark Thüringer Wald. It runs between about 2,140 ft and 2,260 ft above sea level, with roughly 130 ft of climbing one way. Most of the way is dirt. The nearest town is Manebach, about 0.7 miles north of the trailhead. Peaks within about 3 miles include Großer Spiegelsberg, Heidelberg and Hangeberg. For camping, Waldcampingplatz Meyersgrund and Oberhof Camping Lütschesee are within about 6 miles. There are 8 other mapped trails within about 3 miles, so you can combine or extend the outing. Distances, elevations and the route shape here come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Trails, access rules and conditions change, so check locally before you go.
- Mittlerer BerggrabenwegHiking · ~1 min drive
- PanoramarundwegHiking · ~2 min drive
- Gutheil-Schoder-WegHiking · ~23 min drive
- HerrensprungHiking · ~43 min drive
- Unterer BerggrabenwegHiking · ~3 min drive
- BringebergsteigHiking · ~5 min drive
- HeinrichswegHiking · ~34 min drive
- Thüringen, Zum HexensteinHiking · ~10 min drive
- Naturlehrpfad "Heinrich Cotta"Hiking · ~23 min drive
- HaingrabenHiking · ~36 min drive
Best time to visit Leitweg
No month here meets our mild-weather rule. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
33° / 23°
17 wet
Feb
35° / 23°
15 wet
Mar
42° / 28°
16 wet
Apr
50° / 34°
14 wet
May
58° / 42°
15 wet
Jun
63° / 48°
14 wet
Jul
67° / 52°
16 wet
Aug
67° / 52°
15 wet
Sep
60° / 46°
14 wet
Oct
51° / 40°
14 wet
Nov
41° / 32°
15 wet
Dec
34° / 26°
18 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 2,208 ft), not measured at a weather station. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at Leitweg for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
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