Canopy path
A Baumkronenpfad (. U a well. Baumwipfelpfad , Baumkronenweg , Waldwipfelweg , and the like;. After engl Tree Top Walk [ way ] or Canopy Walk [ way ] called) is a applied on platforms and footbridges trail obtained by the combination of classical trail elements such as boards or tactile elements and experience-oriented sections convey an understanding of the ecological relationships in the crown area of a forest .
The 1635 m long treetop path of the Panarbora nature park in Germany is currently one of the longest facilities of this type in the world .
Treetop trails around the world
The treetop paths available worldwide include - with details of their length, sometimes also with details of the maximum height in meters (m) above the ground and sorted by opening date:
Germany
Baden-Württemberg
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Treetop Path Waldkirch in the Black Forest ( Lage - Baden-Württemberg )
On April 10, 2009, the Treetop Path Waldkirch was opened in the Black Forest near Waldkirch . It is about 200 m long and 23 m high. A tube slide is attached. -
Treetop Walk Black Forest near Bad Wildbad ( Lage - Baden-Württemberg)
On September 26, 2014, the Black Forest Treetop Walk was opened on the Sommerberg near Bad Wildbad in the Black Forest . It is 1250 m long with the ramp in the 38.5 m high observation tower (636 m without the ramp). Outside the tower, the path is a maximum of 20 m high. Due to its barrier-free and step-free structure, it is suitable for wheelchair users and prams.
Bavaria
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Ziegelwies treetop path in the Ziegelwies forest experience center ( Lage - Bavaria)
On June 7, 2013, the Ziegelwies treetop path was opened in the Füssen district of Ziegelwies in the forest experience center. It is 480 m long and up to 21 m high. One of the two endpoints of the path through an alluvial forest is on Tyrolean soil. -
Treetop Walk in the Bavarian Forest near Neuschönau ( Lage - Bavaria)
On September 9, 2009, the Treetop Walk in the Bavarian Forest National Park was opened in the Bavarian Forest National Park near Neuschönau . A special feature of the 1,300 m long path is a 44 m high tower that encloses three tall trees and offers a view of the Alps . -
Baumwipfelpfad Steigerwald in Steigerwald ( Location - Bayern)
On March 19, 2016 was between Ebrach and Breitbach in Steigerwald of Baumwipfelpfad Steigerwald opened. It is 1150 m long. The centerpiece of the path, which runs at an average height of 26 m, is a 42 m high observation tower. -
Skywalk Allgäu near Scheidegg ( Location - Bavaria)
On October 30, 2010, the Skywalk Allgäu treetop path was opened in the Westallgäu near Scheidegg at Hof Oberschendung . It is about 540 m long and offers views of the Alps and Lake Constance, among other things . -
Waldwipfelweg Sankt Englmar – Maibrunn in the Bavarian Forest ( Lage - Bavaria )
On April 30, 2008, the Waldwipfelweg Sankt Englmar – Maibrunn was opened near Sankt Englmar - Maibrunn in the Bavarian Forest Nature Park . The path is 370 m long and up to 30 m high. Its smaller part leads along tree tops, its larger part is designed as a viewing platform.
Brandenburg
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Beelitz-Heilstätten treetop path in Beelitz-Heilstätten ( Lage - Brandenburg )
On September 11, 2015, the first treetop path in Brandenburg was opened in Beelitz-Heilstätten on the site of the former women's lung sanatorium . It is 320 m long, up to 23 m high and crosses the tree-covered ruin of a sanatorium building that burned out in 1945. A 40.5 m high observation tower with a built-in elevator enables barrier-free access.
Hesse
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Baumkronenpfad Hoherodskopf in Vogelsberg ( Location - Hessen)
On 13 June 2012, when Schottener district Breungeshain on Hoherodskopf in Vogelsberg the Baumkronenpfad Hoherodskopf opened. With a length of around 500 m, the specialty is that it is a "floating" construction that is only connected to the trees. -
TreeTopWalk - The Tree Top Walk at the Edersee am Kellerwald ( Location - Hessen )
On July 30th 2010 the TreeTopWalk - The Tree Top Walk at the Edersee was opened on the northern edge of the Kellerwald in the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park near Edertal - Rehbach . It connects to the 800 m long squirrel path ( Lage ) , is 250 m long and up to 30 m high and offers, among other things, a view of the Edersee ; The Edersee Wildlife Park is adjacent .
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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Treetop Trail in the Natural Heritage Center Ruegen on Rügen ( Location - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern )
On 15 June 2013, the Heritage Center Rügen in Binz district Prora a treetop path opened. It is 1250 m long and winds up to 17 m height. The focus is a 40 m high observation tower, which is modeled on an eagle's nest.
Lower Saxony
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Treetop Walk Bad Harzburg im Harz ( Lage - Lower Saxony )
The Treetop Walk Bad Harzburg im Harz , which opened on May 8, 2015, is around 1000 m long and over 20 m high thanks to a 300 m long, spiral ramp in the entrance tower, which is also suitable for wheelchair users and prams. The facility is located in the spa gardens of Bad Harzburg and leads across the Cold Valley and a pond. -
Treetop Walk Bad Iburg ( Lage - Lower Saxony )
The 435 m long Treetop Walk Bad Iburg was opened on April 18, 2018 . It is located on the edge of the city's spa forest in the Teutoburg Forest . The reason for the construction was the Lower Saxony State Garden Show Bad Iburg 2018 . The path is accessible by an elevator in the observation tower at its beginning.
North Rhine-Westphalia
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Baumkronenpfad at Schloss Beck ( location - North Rhine-Westphalia )
On June 30, 2012, in Bottrop district Kirchhellen -Feldhausen at the theme park Schloss Beck of Baumkronenpfad Schloss Beck opened. The 200 m long structure made of 14 steel bridges is particularly aimed at families with small children. -
Treetop path of the Panarbora nature adventure park near Waldbröl ( Lage - North Rhine-Westphalia)
On September 12, 2015, the treetop path belonging to the Panarbora nature adventure park was opened near Waldbröl . It is 1635 m long and up to 23 m high. Access is from the 40 m high observation tower at the transition from the park to the path. The latter has several interactive nature learning islands .
Rhineland-Palatinate
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Fischbach Treetop Walkway in the Palatinate Forest ( Lage - Rhineland-Palatinate )
On June 26, 2003, Germany's first treetop walkway was opened in the Palatinate Forest near Fischbach near Dahn with the Fischbach Treetop Walkway in the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve . The 270 m long path is attached to the biosphere house , runs at a maximum height of 18 m and has a viewing platform at 35 m above ground level. With numerous elements such as slides and rope bridges, the nature trail is very adventure-oriented.
Saarland
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Treetop Walk Saarschleife ( Lage - Saarland )
On July 23, 2016, near Orscholz (Mettlach) above the Saarschleife, the Treetop Walk Saarschleife was opened. It is 1250 m long. The end of the path, which is up to 23 m high, is formed by an approximately 42 m high observation tower.
Thuringia
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Baumkronenpfad Hainich in Hainich ( Location - Thüringen )
on 26 August 2005 in Hainich in Bad Langensalza in Hainich National Park of Hainich Baumkronenpfad at the Thiemsburg opened. It is 546 m long (with two loops of 238 and 308 m each) and reaches a maximum height of 44 m with the tree tower observation tower .
Circular access to the Bad Harzburg treetop path
TreeTopWalk - the treetop path on the Edersee
The Ziegelwies treetop path near Füssen (Allgäu)
Treetop path Saarschleife with observation tower
Fischbach treetop path in the Palatinate Forest
Treetop walk of the Lower Saxony State Horticultural Show Bad Iburg 2018
Lookout tower on the treetop path in the Rügen Natural Heritage Center near Prora
Austria
Burgenland
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Treetop Path Althodis in the Geschrittenstein Nature Park ( Lage - Burgenland ) In
2010 the Treetop Path Althodis was opened near Markt Neuhodis -Althodis in the Geschrittenstein Nature Park . It is 500 m long, a maximum of 20 m high and completely barrier-free.
Carinthia
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Treetop path of the forest adventure world Klopeiner See am Klopeiner See ( Lage - Carinthia ) In
2009 a treetop path was opened near the Sankt Kanzianer district Klopein in the forest adventure world Klopeiner See . At a height of 25 m, it leads to an observation tower with a viewing platform at a height of 28 m.
Lower Austria
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Treetop Path in Tulln (The Gardens / The Garden) ( Lage - Lower Austria ) In
2008, the Treetop Path was opened in Tulln on the site of the former Tulln Garden Show . The path is 700 m long, a maximum of 34.95 m high and can be reached with an elevator.
Upper Austria
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Baumkronenweg near Kopfing ( Lage - Upper Austria ) In
2005, the Baumkronenweg Kopfing was opened near Kopfing in Sauwald . The path leads 500 m through a spruce forest and has a 40 m high adventure tower . -
Treetop Walk Salzkammergut (also called Salzkammergut Treetop Walkway ) on Grünberg near Gmunden ( Upper Austria )
The opening of the 1,400 meter long path with a 39 meter high observation tower took place in summer 2018. In 2019 the tower is to be supplemented by a tunnel slide.
Salzburg
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Glemmtaler Baumzipfelweg in Glemmtal ( Location - Salzburg )
in 2010 was close to the Hinterglemmer Weiler Lengau in Glemmtal the Glemmtaler Baumzipfelweg as part of almost 5 km long tree tip trail opened. The actual Baumzipfelweg , which you can reach starting at the Lindlingalm on the 200 m long and 42 m high Golden Gate Bridge ( Golden Gate of the Alps ) over the Saalach , is 1000 m long and within its 600 m long part Wipfelweg up to 30 m high. There is a high ropes course and the valley head train on the circular route .
Styria
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Wipfelwanderweg Rachau on the Gleinalpe ( location - Styria )
was in 2009 Rachau on the Gleinalpe on Gobernitzberg the Wipfelwanderweg Rachau opened. It is a 2.7 km long hiking trail, in the center of which there is a construction of footbridges, platforms and a slide.
Vienna
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Treetop Path Im Wald in Schönbrunn Zoo ( Lage - Vienna ) In
2009, the Treetop Path Im Wald (also known as the Nature Adventure Path) was opened in Vienna's Schönbrunn Zoo . It consists of a 160 m long and 10 m high suspension bridge that ends with a large platform.
Other countries
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Boomkroonpad Drouwen ( Lage - Drenth e )
The Boomkroonpad was built in 1996 by the State Forestry Authority of the Netherlands in what is now Borger-Odoorn in a beech forest on the Hondsrug . -
Tree Top Walk in the Valley of the Giants | ( Location - Western Australia ) In
1997 the Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk was opened between the towns of Walpole and Denmark (southwest of Western Australia) in the Walpole-Nornalup National Park . It runs 600 m in length and with a maximum height of 40 m between the crowns of huge eucalyptus trees . -
Canopy Walk in Kent Ridge Park ( Location - Singapore ) In
2003, the Canopy Walk was opened in Singapore in the east of Kent Ridge Park . The 280 m long path leads from Kent Ridge Park to the Museum Reflections at Bukit Chandu and the adjacent Hort Park. -
TreeTop Walk in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve ( Location - Singapore )
In November 2004 the TreeTop Walk was opened in Singapore in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve . It is a 250 m long suspension bridge between the Bukit Peirce and Bukit Kalang peaks, which runs up to 25 m above the ground. -
Xstrata Treetop Walkway in the Royal Botanic Gardens ( Location - England ) In
2008 the Xstrata Treetop Walkway was opened in the south-west London borough of Kew in the Royal Botanic Gardens . The 200 m long path leads at a maximum height of 18 m through the crowns of old chestnuts , red beeches , oaks , red oaks and English oaks . -
Canopy walkway in the Nyungwe Forest ( Location - Rwanda )
In October 2010 the Canopy Walkway was opened in the Nyungwe Forest National Park (southwest of Rwanda) . It opens up the crowns of up to 50 m high fern trees and epiphytic orchids of the mountain cloud forest. -
The Lipno Treetop Walkway in the Bohemian Forest ( Location - Czech Republic )
The Stezka korunami stromů Lipno , opened in July 2012 in the Bohemian Forest , is located about 1 km north of the core town of Lipno nad Vltavou (Lips) in the Okres Český Krumlov , near the Lipno reservoir and the Přírodní park behind it Vyšebrodsko ( Vyšší Brod 's Natural Park ). It consists of a 372 m long path at a height of 24 m, which leads into a nine-cornered tower, in which it spirals a further 303 m to a height of 40 m. The path crosses the Naučná stezka Lipno (Lipno educational trail ). -
Treetop Walk in Great Otway National Park , Australia ( Location - Victoria, Australia )
The Great Otway National Park , which is about 150 kilometers southwest of Melbourne , was declared a national park in 2004. It has an area of 1032 square kilometers and is at an altitude between sea level and 500 meters. The Treetop Walk opened in September 2003. It has a length of 600 meters and runs up to 30 meters above the ground. The centerpiece is a 47 meter high tower.
High altitude trails
Height trails are of a similar nature . In contrast to treetop paths, these are based on a high-wire course that can only be climbed with appropriate safety devices (usually via ferrata sets ). Various educational boards are installed on the platforms that provide information about the forest, the trees climbed and basic ecological relationships and can be exchanged depending on the visitor group. Height educational trails are at heights between 4 and 15 m and can be installed with comparatively little effort in a way that is gentle on the forest and trees. The first high altitude trail was opened in Enzklösterle (Northern Black Forest) in 2008 .
literature
- Roland Geißler , Harald Rockstuhl : hiking guide - treetop path in the Hainich National Park - with hikes and sights in the area . Verlag Rockstuhl , Bad Langensalza 3rd edition 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-199-3 .
- Harald Rockstuhl: The history of the treetop path in the Hainich National Park in Thuringia . Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza, 4th edition 2011, ISBN 978-3-86777-205-1 .
See also
Web links
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Treetop
path and treetop path directory ,description of treetop paths in Germany and Austria, on baumwipfelpfad-baumkronenpfad.info
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baumkronenweg Waldkirch ( Memento from June 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), in the Black Forest
- ↑ Treetop Walk Black Forest - Technical data (in: Treetop Walk ) and Treetop Walk Black Forest , near Bad Wildbad
- ↑ Baumkronenweg Ziegelwies , near Ziegelwies
- ↑ Treetop path in the Bavarian Forest National Park , near Neuschönau, in the Bavarian Forest
- ↑ Steigerwald treetop path , near Ebrach, in the Steigerwald
- ↑ skywalk allgäu , in Westallgäu
- ↑ Waldwipfelweg Sankt Englmar – Maibrunn , in the Bavarian Forest
- ↑ Beelitz-Heilstätten treetop path. Baum und Zeit, September 11, 2015, accessed September 27, 2015 .
- ↑ Hoherodskopf treetop path , in Vogelsberg
- ↑ TreeTopWalk - the treetop path on the Edersee , in the basement forest
- ↑ Treetop Walk ( Memento from June 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Natural Heritage Center Rügen), on Rügen
- ↑ Treetop Walk Bad Harzburg , in Bad Harzburg
- ↑ Lighthouse project: The Treetop Walk Bad Iburg , in the spa forest of the Lower Saxony State Horticultural Show Bad Iburg 2018, accessed on May 8, 2018
- ↑ Treetop path ( memento from March 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), at Beck Castle
- ↑ Panarbora Nature Adventure Park (including a treetop path ), near Waldbröl, Bergisches Land
- ↑ Fischbach Treetop Walk , in the Palatinate Forest
- ↑ Treetop Walk Saarschleife , above the Saarschleife, accessed on September 14, 2016
- ↑ The treetop path in the Hainich National Park , in the Hainich National Park
- ↑ Treetop Walk Althodis , near Althodis
- ↑ Treetop path in the forest adventure world Klopeiner See ( memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), near Klopein
- ↑ Treetop Walk (The Gardens) , near Tulln
- ↑ Baumkronenweg , near Kopfing
- ^ Upper Austrian news: Now the treetop path on Grünberg has officially opened . Article dated August 9, 2018, accessed August 10, 2018.
- ↑ Grünberg treetop path . Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ↑ Treetop Walk Salzkammergut on the website of the Erlebnis Akademie AG, accessed on November 24, 2018.
- ↑ Glemmtaler Baumzipfelweg , in the Glemmtal
- ↑ Rachau treetop hiking trail , near Rachau
- ↑ Nature experience path ( treetop path in the forest) , near Schönbrunn
- ↑ Tree Top Walk in the Valley of the Giants , near Walpole
- ^ Canopy Walk , in Singapore
- ↑ TreeTop Walk too tough? and TreeTop Walk ; both accessed on February 5, 2017
- ↑ Treetop Walkway (Xstrata Treetop Walkway) , near Kew (London)
- ↑ Canopy walkway , in the Nyungwe Forest National Park
- ↑ Stezka korunami stromů Lipno , in Lipno nad Vltavou
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