Iron trail
Theme trail
Time required: 5 hours 10 minutesLength: 18.43 km
Season
All season
Jurapark Aargau - For hundreds of years iron ore was quarried between Herznach and Wölflinswil. Follow the tracks of the miners. But not only iron lay beneath the surface of the picturesque Jura landscape. There are also numerous fossils along the iron trail.
The complete Iron Trail is 14 km long. The stages go from Wölflinswil to Herznach, from Herznach to Zeihen and from Zeihen up to the Homberg. The path is easy for walking and the trail between Wölflinswil and Zeihen is suitable for prams and pushchairs.
Route-information
Route-information
- Length
- 18.43 km
- Altitude difference ascent
- 378 m
- Altitude difference descent
- 590 m
- Time required
- 5 hours 10 minutes
- Level technique
- Easy
- Level condition
- Middle
Height profile view map
Details
- Educational opportunity
Signalization
brown/purple signs "Eisenweg"Safety advices
The Weichle Fossil Site is closed due to security reasons.Infrastructure
- Picnicplace
- Fireplace
- Toilet
Arrival
- Starting point
- Postautohaltestelle Wölflinswil, Post
- Arrival by public transport
- Wölflinswil, Dorfplatz Timetable SBB
- Destination
- Chillholz, möglicher Anschluss an Jurahöhenweg
- Arrival by public transport
- Thalheim AG, Unterdorf Timetable SBB
Suitable for
The offer is suitable for
- Adults
- Children >12 years
- 50+