Grünheide: Forest Park, Raised Bog and Vogtland Lake

Grünheide combines diverse nature experiences with activities for families and active holidays. Around the forest park, raised bog and Vogtland Lake, you will find a range of ways to spend your days: from the climbing park with its special challenges and a family-friendly circular trail to excursions to the bathing lake. When choosing your holiday apartment, you can therefore consider whether you are primarily looking for short distances to a planned activity, a good base for hiking days or a flexible setting for changeable weather.

Adventures in the Climbing Park

The Grünheide Climbing Park offers 85 climbing elements across six courses with increasing levels of difficulty. There are also 700 metres of zip lines through the forest and a 13-metre-high jump into a net. This means you can explore the facilities according to your preferences: you can focus on the courses or put individual special elements such as the zip lines and the jump into the net at the centre of your visit.

There are also dedicated areas for younger children. The climbing park includes a small climbing forest for children aged 3 to 6, a climbing forest for the youngest children added in 2025, the “Peterchens Mondfahrt” playground and a 70-metre-long all-weather tubing track. Families can combine a more active excursion with play opportunities here without restricting the day to just one activity.

Forest Trails and the Grünheide Raised Bog

Those who want to explore Grünheide on foot will find a manageable option in the family circular hiking trail. The trail is approximately 5 km long, starts and ends at the Grünheide Forest Park and runs along both asphalted and well-gravelled forest paths. It is suitable for pushchairs and dogs. This information helps with planning your day if you are intending to take a shared walk with the whole family.

A well-signposted hiking trail also leads from the forest park after approximately 0.5 km to the raised bog near Grünheide. There, narrow boardwalks lead to the edge of the nature reserve bog. The raised bog lies within the extensive network of hiking and cycling trails around the forest park. This allows you to choose between a clearly defined family circuit and additional trails through the landscape without leaving the special bog areas out of your itinerary.

Vogtland Lake and Seasonal Excursions

Vogtland Lake is located in a wooded area between Beerheide, Grünheide Forest Park and Jägersgrün. A circular trail leads to Vogtland Lake and Grünheide Forest Park. The lake is a popular year-round destination for hikers, cyclists, cross-country skiers and horse riders. In summer, it is also popular as a bathing lake. For planning your holiday, this means you can choose between warm days by the water, cycling excursions and winter activities.

The large Beerheide winter hiking trail runs through the wooded area between Beerheide and Grünheide. There is a hiking car park at Grünheide Forest Park for the Vogtland Lake cross-country ski trail. Those who want to combine different seasons or different forms of exercise can take these destinations into account when choosing their travel period.

Getting There and Planning the Right Holiday

Take the Vogtlandbahn VL1 line from Zwickau to Kraslice as far as Auerbach. From there, there is no public bus connection to Grünheide Forest Park. If the forest park, climbing park or trails at the raised bog are among your key destinations, you should take this travel condition into account when planning your holiday apartment before booking. For a stay involving several excursions, it is worth considering your daily destinations and the mobility you require when choosing your holiday location.

Discover More Places

If you would like to extend your travel planning beyond Grünheide, you can also discover Adorf/Vogtland, Mühlental, Reuth, Muldenhammer, Neuensalz, Möschwitz, Schöneck/Vogtland and Heinsdorfergrund.

For the overarching travel overview: Vogtland.