A trip with my dog to Bad Urach (Part II)

This April, I took a trip with my dog to Bad Urach, a small town located in the Swabian Alps which is famous for its waterfall.

Bad Urach is a nice place to take your dog, as there are many different hiking trails that your pup is sure to love! For the humans, there is the plenty to see too: So much in fact, that I broke down this post into two parts. You can find Part I of my trip to Bad Urach with my dog here.

Do you need a place to stay with your dog in Bad Urach? You can find my review of Hotel Buck here, but to be honest, I would recommend you to try a different hotel.

THE ROUTE

This walk starts at the train station in Bad Urach. There is also a parking lot directly there in case that you are coming by car. Multiple walking routes start from here.

One of those routes is the “Hohenurachsteig”. I followed this route in blue to see the Unterer, Mittlerer and Hinterer Hanner Felsen but then followed the path shown in red from Hinterer Hanner Felsen down to the swimming pool and back to the train station.

Of course, you can also take the whole route which is 7.5km in length and will include the castle ruins. Since I had already visited those in combination with the waterfall, I cut the route a bit shorter.

As we are visiting multiple hill points on this walk, you can probably guess that this route is all about the views. However, first we need to get there. The way up leads us across well signposted trails and even a small waterfall. My pup always love to find some water along the route!

Eventually, we made it up to the first of the viewpoints: Unterer Hanner Felsen. We had a nice view from there, but unfortunately there was also a lot of trash lying around. Maybe someone had a bbq there just the night before, or maybe the area is not cleaned regularly. Hard to tell! Quite a shame though.

From there, it was only a short walk to Mittlerer and finally to Hinterer Hanner Felsen. Each of the points offers a slightly different view over Bad Urach and its surroundings. My favorite was probably Hinterer Hanner Felsen as we were able to see the castle ruins in the background.

As mentioned, after Hinterer Hanner Felsen I left “Hohenurachsteig”, so from there, the route was no longer signposted and the trails got a lot smaller. It was still fine to walk it though.

The way down lead us via the outdoor swimming pool of Bad Urach.

One tip: In front of the swimming pool, you can go left or right. If you go right, you will eventually come upon a metal bridge that your dog may be afraid. It took mine some convincing, but then she passed it like a hero!

Should your dog struggle with see-through bridges, consider going left before the swimming pool.

Either way, you will soon be back at the train station.

HOW LONG IT TAKES AND WHO IT’S FOR

This walk took us around two hours at a pretty leisurely pace. As we are visiting some viewpoints, the route is steep in part and also quite rocky during some stretches. So please wear proper footwear.

It is more of a hike than a walk I would say. However, it is not too hard and the trails are mostly nice and wide. Plus, it is excellently signposted while you are on Hohenurachsteig!

Should you fancy a longer route and have not seen the castle ruins yet, feel free to continue following Hohenurachsteig to do the full loop.

THE BOTTOM LINE

This was a nice afternoon walk with my dog with some good views. However, if you are short on time in Bad Urach, I would definitely suggest the route shown in Part I instead.