Local Recreation
6 places in Cologne
Herkulesberg
The "Mont Klamott" is Cologne's largest rubble hill – a wooded lookout mound and popular local recreation area in Neustadt-Nord.
Höhenfelder See
A 20-hectare gravel pit lake in Cologne's Dellbrücker Wald — swimming is banned year-round, the water is leased to anglers, and the surrounding woodland serves as recreational space.
Kölner Grüngürtel
since 1923Planned green zones that curve in a semicircle around Cologne on both banks of the Rhine, created from the city's former fortress grounds.
Monte Troodelöh
Cologne's highest natural point hides in the Königsforst: a wooded slope with a boulder, a summit plaque and a summit book – a popular hiking destination with a tongue-in-cheek invented name.
Wahner Heide
A vast nature reserve east of Cologne with a rare mosaic of dry dunes and wet moorland, freely accessible on marked trails.
