Neandertal Loop
Neandertal Loop
4.4km
Total Distance
68m
Elevation Gain
Trail description
A 4.4 km loop from the Neanderthal Museum on its circular trail A2 through the Neandertal near Mettmann, the valley of the Düssel, whose limestone cliffs and caves were quarried away within less than a hundred years; the ruin of an old lime kiln still stands by the Düssel bridge.
Route Map
Along the trail
- 1Spring · 0.5kmsprings can run dry
- 2Spring · 2.9kmsprings can run dry
- 3Spring · 3.2kmsprings can run dry
- 4Shelter · 4.3km
- Bus stop
- Neanderthal / Museum · 152m from the start
- Parking
- 41m from the start
- Surface
- gravel 64%, natural ground 30%
- Marked route
- Neanderthal Museum Rundweg A2, X30 Neandertalweg [Mettmann], Entdeckerschleife Evolutionspfad
