Trier

Viewpoints and Peaks

This collection spans the Eifel and Hunsrück ranges, featuring the region's highest elevations and historic observation towers. Highlights include the Erbeskopf, the highest peak in Rhineland-Palatinate at 816 meters, and the volcanic landscapes of the Vulkaneifel. The list features several early 20th-century Bismarck towers and the 25-meter Booser Eifelturm. Strategic viewpoints like the Fünf-Seen-Blick offer unique perspectives of the Moselle River's winding loops, while sites like Fleschfelsen showcase the area's characteristic quartzite rock formations.

Bismarckturm Schoden

8-meter sandstone tower built in 1903 on the Geisberg, overlooking the Saar valley.

Booser Eifelturm

25-meter timber observation tower on the Eifelturm mountain, offering views of the Vulkaneifel’s volcanic cinder cones.

Dronketurm

11-meter stone tower built in 1902 on the Mäuseberg, providing views of the Daun maars and the Vulkaneifel landscape.

Schwarzer Mann

The Schwarzer Mann is a mountain in the western part of the Eifel which is known as Schnee Eifel.

Erbeskopf

The Erbeskopf is a mountain in the Hunsrück range in central Germany. At a height of 816 metres, it is the highest point in the state of…

Hohe Wurzel

Hohe Wurzel, at 669 m, is the second-highest peak in the Osburger Hochwald in the Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Rösterkopf

The Rösterkopf in the Osburger Hochwald is a mountain with a height of 708 m.

Sandkopf

The highest point in the Trier-Saarburg district, standing at 757 meters within the Schwarzwälder Hochwald.

Wollmerather Kopf (Schlackenkegel)

Volcanic cinder cone located in the Vulkaneifel region.

Fleschfelsen

Quartzite rock formation and viewpoint overlooking the Konzer Tälchen valley.

Barbelley

Natural rock formation and viewpoint situated above the Moselle valley near Zeltingen-Rachtig.

Aussichtsturm Grainskopf

12-meter wooden tower on the Grainskopf peak, providing views of the Moselle and the Eifel mountains.

Aussichtsturm Fünf-Seen-Blick

Observation tower near Detzem designed to show the Moselle River appearing as five distinct lakes due to its winding curves.

Bismarckturm Bad Bertrich

Basalt stone tower built between 1908 and 1910 on the Entersburg, overlooking the spa town of Bad Bertrich.

Wehrblick

Elevated viewpoint with a bench overlooking the Saar River and the Schoden weir.

Leien

Cliff viewpoint offering views over the Kyll valley near Bitburg.

Grevenburg

Site of a 14th-century castle ruin overlooking Traben-Trarbach and the Moselle loop.

Belvedere

Viewpoint overlooking the Pulvermaar, a volcanic crater lake near Gillenfeld.