Waldviertlerbahn cycle path

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Waldviertlerbahn cycle path
overall length 48.2 km
location from Groß Gerungs to Gmünd
Places along the way .
Flooring mostly paved
Height difference 723 m
difficulty light
Traffic volume low traffic

The Waldviertlerbahn cycle path is, depending on the chosen starting point, about 46 or 48 kilometers long cycle path in Lower Austria .

Route

The route is roughly based on the course of the Waldviertel narrow-gauge railways and runs through the following places in Lower Austria:

Groß Gerungs → Bad Großpertholz → St. Martin → Weitra → Gmünd

There is also an alternative route that starts from Langschlag instead of Groß Gerungs . In each of the places mentioned there is a train station where the Waldviertel narrow-gauge railway stops. You can also skip parts of the cycle path and cover the rest of the way with the Waldviertel narrow-gauge railway.

Route profile

Most of the route leads over paved, but low-traffic roads and is therefore also suitable for children. Furthermore, the degree of difficulty is to be classified as "easy" due to the ratio of meters in altitude to the distance covered.

Data

The route, which starts in Groß Gerungs, has a length of 48.2 kilometers and a total of 752 meters in altitude. The alternative route with the starting point Langschlag is 46.3 kilometers long with 723 meters of altitude. Both routes can be covered in around 4 hours at an average speed of 12 km / h.

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