Trail network
Several well-marked trails lead through the nature park.
Apart the popular nature experience trail, our visitors have the opportunity to delve deeper into forest habitats on the less visited parts of the nature park.
Nature experience trail (2 km, 15 hm, 30 min)
The popular nature experience trail, which includes the parallel "Blind-Date" trail, is the most visited trail in the park. We have presented these two trails on a separate page.
Climate-friendly Buchenweg - beech trail (6 km, 240 m elevation gain, 90 min)
The beech trail leads from the Kellerwiese along the Schintergraben with a view of the nature park from the Georgenberg opposite (stopp picture frame) past another small forest pond into a very original part of the forest with old wood cells (= designated stepping stone biotopes) and joins the start of the trail to the Rudolfshöhe lookout point shortly before the Waldtreff account point. From the forest meeting point, the beech path continues to the nature park center and then continues along the nature discovery trail back to the starting point.
Along the trail, recurring steep ascents and descents not only improve your physical fitness, but also reveal the climate-relevant diversity of the tree species composition in the nature park, as well as the importance of old wood cells (= designated stepping stone biotopes), in addition to the main tree species, the copper beech.
Buchenweg - Beech trail section (1.5 km, 20 m elevation gain, 30 min)
The beech trail is an insider tip for those who don't want to just stay on the largely flat nature trail.
It leads just before the 2nd water station between the nature discovery trail and the nature park center, slightly elevated above the valley floor through an old beech stand.
Buchenweg - Beech trail section (2 km, 100 m elevation gain, 30 min)
The beech trail connects the nature park center and the Waldtreff trail junction.
The special feature of this section of the beech trail is that, in addition to the main tree species, the copper beech, a section also leads along an oak stand, where some standing deadwood trunks can be observed as the current habitat of various woodpecker species, as well as an information station on an abandoned woodpecker dwelling, where various butterfly caterpillars have taken up residence.
Salamanderweg (2 km, approx. 125 hm, 30 min)
The "Salamanderweg" leads from the Sängerbrunnen in a winding continuous ascent to the "Waldtreff" rest area.
The first stop on the Salamanderweg is the "Darüber-Blick" platform with the bee hives, where you can take a good rest and watch the hard-working nature park bees. The Salamanderweg continues along a narrow forest path to the less frequented part of the nature park. About 10 min walk from the bee platform, the trail passes the biotope, which was created to secure the endangered spawning grounds for yellow-bellied toads. After another 15 min the climb is over and the Salamanderweg reaches the "Waldtreff", where there are wooden loungers to rest on and a small forest playground to run around in.
Historical Schöffelweg (2.5 km, 180 hm, 50 min)
The historical Schöffelweg is part of an official hiking trail through our nature park with its characteristic red and white markings. As trail 444 it leads between Mödling and Kahlenberg through the Wienerwald, as trail 04 it is part of the Voralpen long distance trail between Vienna and Salzburg.
The Schöffelweg eads between the Sängerbrunnen and the "Waldtreff" over a steep ascent on the northern slope of the Wienfluss valley. It passes through a section of wild natural regeneration that has been growing since 2014. The trail is therefore a good addition to the trails that lead through old-growth stands, such as the Buchenweg.
This trail leads directly to the highest elevation of the nature park, the Schöffelstein at 425 m above sea level with the "Denk-Mal" for Josef Schöffel. Right next to the memorial is the Schöffelsteinwiese, an old meadow that had been almost overgrown with bushes and has been renaturalized in recent years. Seating and resting places invite you to take a long rest. From the Schöffelstein it is then only a few minutes to the "Waldtreff", where there are further trail options back. Since the end of 2019, tree-seated loungers have been set up there, inviting you to restful "forest bathing".
Wild boar trail (30 min)
Take a leisurely 30-minute walk around the wild boar enclosure near the nature park center in search of wild boar. We have presented this themed trail on a separate page.