Ultra Marathon Races in Hessen
Browse 82 ultra marathon trail running and hiking routes in Hessen. Distance range: 26.3 mi to 2291.5 mi. Elevation gain: 536 ft to 270,445 ft. Each route includes terrain analysis, elevation profiles, and pacing recommendations.
Key Takeaways
Total Routes
82
Races / Routes
1 / 81
Distance Range
26.3 mi - 2291.5 mi
Elevation Range
536 ft - 270,445 ft
Surface Type
99% Trail
| Route Name | Location | Distance | Elevation Gain | Type | Race Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt Marathon | Frankfurt am Main, Hessen | 26.3 mi | 676 ft | race | — |
| Schwarzer Punkt WI Nerotal nach WI Schierstein | Wiesbaden, Hessen | 26.4 mi | 3,597 ft | route | — |
| Thüringen-Hessen-Rhein-Wanderweg 05, Alsfeld - Homberg (Ohm) | Ober-Gleen, Hessen | 26.5 mi | 1,602 ft | route | — |
| Wiesbaden - Michelbach (roter Balken) | Wingsbach, Hessen | 26.6 mi | 3,104 ft | route | — |
| Stammesbrücke | Gutsbezirk Reinhardswald, Hessen | 27.2 mi | 3,865 ft | route | — |
| Rund um Idstein | Idstein, Hessen | 27.3 mi | 3,623 ft | route | — |
| Wispertaunussteig (Germany) | Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen | 27.4 mi | 4,796 ft | route | — |
| Ortsrundwanderweg Seeheim-Jugenheim 2 | Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald, Hessen | 27.5 mi | 5,226 ft | route | — |
| Ortsrundwanderweg S... 5 | Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald, Hessen | 28.0 mi | 704 ft | route | — |
| Märchenlandweg - Etappe 21 | Sielen, Hessen | 29.0 mi | 1,694 ft | route | — |
| Basaltweg | Michelbach, Hessen | 29.1 mi | 2,862 ft | route | — |
| Entdecker-Runde Kassel (Germany) | Kassel, Hessen | 29.9 mi | 1,310 ft | route | — |
| Herzberg Höhenweg | Naturpark Knüll, Hessen | 30.1 mi | 1,988 ft | route | — |
| Kulturhistorischer Weg Muschenheim | Muschenheim, Hessen | 30.6 mi | 1,418 ft | route | — |
| Burgwaldpfad (Germany) | Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen | 31.1 mi | 4,003 ft | route | — |
| Ebsdorfergrund Rundwanderweg | Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen | 31.3 mi | 3,107 ft | route | — |
| Horloffweg | Villingen, Hessen | 31.8 mi | 2,733 ft | route | — |
| Rheingauer Gebückwanderweg (Germany) | Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen | 32.3 mi | 4,047 ft | route | — |
| Wällertour | Beilstein, Hessen | 32.3 mi | 2,809 ft | route | — |
| Bimbach 3 | Bimbach, Hessen | 32.7 mi | 2,987 ft | route | — |
| Lumdatal-Bergweg | Gießen, Hessen | 33.0 mi | 2,698 ft | route | — |
| Sternweg | Roßdorf, Hessen | 33.5 mi | 3,333 ft | route | — |
| Europäischer Fernwanderweg E3, Rhein - Taunus | Niedergladbach, Hessen | 33.7 mi | 5,584 ft | route | — |
| Taunushöhenweg | Niedergladbach, Hessen | 33.7 mi | 5,480 ft | route | — |
| Reinhardswaldsteig | Landkreis Kassel, Hessen | 34.0 mi | 1,975 ft | route | — |
| Aar-Höhenweg | Michelbach, Hessen | 34.2 mi | 2,972 ft | route | — |
| Wetterweg | Nonnenroth, Hessen | 34.4 mi | 2,489 ft | route | — |
| Wisper-Wanderweg | Dickschied, Hessen | 35.2 mi | 4,258 ft | route | — |
| Rhön Panoramatour (Germany) | Landkreis Fulda, Hessen | 35.2 mi | 6,077 ft | route | — |
| Spessartweg 3 (Germany) | Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen | 37.2 mi | 4,957 ft | route | — |
| Lichtenfelser Panoramaweg | Naturpark Kellerwald-Edersee, Hessen | 38.3 mi | 3,922 ft | route | — |
| Kinzigtalweg Blauer Punkt | Naturpark Hessischer Spessart, Hessen | 38.6 mi | 3,823 ft | route | — |
| Hessenweg 10 (Teilstück Biedenkopf - Stadtallendorf-Niederklein) | Marburg, Hessen | 39.0 mi | 4,832 ft | route | — |
| Diemelsteig (Germany) | Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hessen | 39.6 mi | 6,427 ft | route | — |
| Waldecker Weg | Dehringhausen, Hessen | 39.7 mi | 3,388 ft | route | — |
| Hennethal - Oestrich-Winkel (liegendes U) | Hallgarten, Hessen | 39.8 mi | 4,802 ft | route | — |
| Aar-Höhenweg (Germany) | Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen | 39.9 mi | 5,856 ft | route | — |
| Frankfurter Grüngürtel Radrundweg (Germany) | Frankfurt am Main, Hessen | 40.2 mi | 1,647 ft | route | — |
| Knüllwald Rundweg K1 | Naturpark Knüll, Hessen | 40.2 mi | 4,368 ft | route | — |
| Uplandsteig (Germany) | Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hessen | 40.8 mi | 5,546 ft | route | — |
| N-Weg | Naturpark Knüll, Hessen | 41.4 mi | 5,005 ft | route | — |
| Dillenburg (Teilstück Dillenburg - Gießen) | Naturpark Lahn-Dill-Bergland, Hessen | 41.8 mi | 4,148 ft | route | — |
| Östlicher Kreiswanderweg | Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald, Hessen | 42.6 mi | 1,936 ft | route | — |
| Grüngürtelwanderweg | Frankfurt am Main, Hessen | 42.8 mi | 1,426 ft | route | — |
| Lichtenfelser Panoramaweg | Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hessen | 43.4 mi | 4,439 ft | route | — |
| Rothaarsteig Westerwald variant (Germany) | Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen | 43.8 mi | 5,483 ft | route | — |
| Residenzring | Landkreis Gießen, Hessen | 44.1 mi | 2,675 ft | route | — |
| Fuldaer Rundwanderweg | Fulda, Hessen | 45.0 mi | 2,899 ft | route | — |
| Wildbahn (Abschnitt Lohfelden-Neukirchen) | Naturpark Knüll, Hessen | 45.8 mi | 6,460 ft | route | — |
| Europäischer Fernwanderweg E3, Taunus | Schmitten im Taunus, Hessen | 46.5 mi | 7,128 ft | route | — |
| Lahnhöhenweg [Oberhessen] | Holzhausen, Hessen | 48.0 mi | 4,528 ft | route | — |
| Löwenweg (HWGHV) | Breitenbach, Hessen | 50.7 mi | 6,391 ft | route | — |
| Fuldasteig | Naturpark Knüll, Hessen | 51.0 mi | 5,996 ft | route | — |
| Milseburgweg HWO3 (Germany) | Landkreis Fulda, Hessen | 51.2 mi | 7,362 ft | route | — |
| Limeswanderweg [Wetterau - Main] | Stammheim, Hessen | 51.8 mi | 2,639 ft | route | — |
| Habichtswaldsteig (Germany) | Landkreis Kassel, Hessen | 53.1 mi | — | route | — |
| Brüder Grimm Lauf (Germany) | Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen | 53.7 mi | 3,058 ft | route | — |
| unknown - Rhoenklub | Großenlüder, Hessen | 54.8 mi | 3,598 ft | route | — |
| Europäischer Fernwanderweg E3, Vogelsberg | Breungeshain, Hessen | 55.5 mi | 5,239 ft | route | — |
| Die Hochrhönrunde (Germany) | Landkreis Fulda, Hessen | 56.4 mi | 6,498 ft | route | — |
| Nidda Route (Niddaradweg) (Germany) | Wetteraukreis, Hessen | 58.1 mi | 536 ft | route | — |
| Vulkanradweg (Germany) | Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen | 58.4 mi | 3,848 ft | route | — |
| Nibelungensteig | Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald, Hessen | 60.8 mi | 12,642 ft | route | — |
| Spessartbogen (Germany) | Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen | 61.6 mi | 7,341 ft | route | — |
| Fuldawanderweg KGV | Naturpark Knüll, Hessen | 62.6 mi | 2,194 ft | route | — |
| Lahnhöhenweg [Westerwald] | Elz, Hessen | 67.0 mi | 7,661 ft | route | — |
| Europäischer Fernwanderweg E6, Deutschland, Hessen | Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land, Hessen | 72.4 mi | 10,524 ft | route | — |
| ARS Natura | Vockerode-Dinkelberg, Hessen | 73.8 mi | 7,516 ft | route | — |
| Vulkanring Vogelsberg (Germany) | Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen | 74.0 mi | 8,827 ft | route | — |
| Fuldawanderweg/Rhönklub | Pilgerzell, Hessen | 80.8 mi | 4,791 ft | route | — |
| Rheingauer Rieslingpfad | Oestrich-Winkel, Hessen | 81.0 mi | 7,255 ft | route | — |
| Nibelungensteig (Germany) | Odenwaldkreis, Hessen | 81.5 mi | 13,354 ft | route | — |
| Werra-Burgen-Steig Hessen X5 H (Germany) | Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Hessen | 82.3 mi | 13,054 ft | route | — |
| Main-Werra-Weg HSN | Biosphärenreservat Rhön, Hessen | 82.5 mi | 11,299 ft | route | — |
| Elisabethpfad 1 von Frankfurt nach Marburg | Landkreis Gießen, Hessen | 85.3 mi | 7,751 ft | route | — |
| Wartburgpfad | Naturpark Knüll, Hessen | 96.7 mi | 7,971 ft | route | — |
| Kellerwaldsteig | Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hessen | 104.9 mi | 14,170 ft | route | — |
| Fulda Radweg R1 (Germany) | Landkreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hessen | 156.3 mi | 2,084 ft | route | — |
| Lahnwanderweg | Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen | 181.5 mi | 24,183 ft | route | — |
| Germany - North to South | Landkreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hessen | 630.6 mi | 18,303 ft | route | — |
| E1 - Germany | Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hessen | 1169.0 mi | 113,156 ft | route | — |
| Nordsüdtrail | Hochtaunuskreis, Hessen | 2291.5 mi | 270,445 ft | route | — |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many trail races are in Hessen?
There are 1 organized races and 81 self-supported routes available in Hessen.
What is a Ultra Marathon race?
A Ultra Marathon race is approximately 26.2 to 100+ miles in distance.
What is the average elevation gain in Hessen?
The average elevation gain is 9,832 feet, with routes ranging from 536 to 270,445 feet.
Can these ultra marathon routes in Hessen be used for hiking?
Yes. 99% of these routes are on trail surfaces, making them suitable for both trail running and hiking. The terrain analysis and elevation profiles help hikers plan their adventures just as effectively as runners.
Are Ultra Marathon races beginner-friendly?
Ultra Marathon race difficulty varies widely. Use the elevation gain and terrain analysis to assess each route. Races with lower elevation gain relative to distance and higher runnable percentages tend to be more beginner-accessible.
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