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Forest Nature Trail

Theme trailHiking trail
Time required: 2 hoursLength: 2.80 km

Season

All season

Contact

Stiftung Wildnispark Zürich
Alte Sihltalstrasse 38
8135 Sihlwald
Tel. +41 (0)44 722 55 22

www.wildnispark.ch

Documents

Sihlwald-Erlebnisplan

Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald - On the Forest Nature Trail you get to learn the secrets of the forest, and in a creative and imaginative way you come into contact from head to toe with the Sihlwald.

Route-information

Route-information

Length
2.80 km
Altitude difference ascent
110 m
Altitude difference descent
110 m
Time required
2 hours
Level technique
Easy
Level condition
Easy
Height profile view map

Details

The trial is steep and narrow in parts and there are also steps. The route is suitable for children from the age of 4 onwards.

Infrastructure

  • Playground
  • Picnicplace
  • Fireplace
  • Toilet

Arrival

Starting point
Besucherzentrum in Sihlwald (Altitude: 481 m)
Arrival by public transport
Sihlwald, Bahnhof Timetable SBB
Destination
Besucherzentrum in Sihlwald (Altitude: 481 m)
Arrival by public transport
Sihlwald, Bahnhof Timetable SBB

Suitable for

The offer is suitable for

  • Families

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Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Visitor centre barbecue area

There are three barbecue area with several benches in front of the Visitor centre in Sihlwald. Firewood is available in wooden crates.

Fireplace
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Feuerstelle Widenboden

Die zwei Feuerstellen auf dem Widenboden sind idyllisch mitten im Wald auf einer kleinen Anhöhe gelegen. Der Walderlebnispfad führt direkt daran vorbei. Zudem steht eine Tisch-Bankgarnitur sowie ein Brunnen zur Verfügung.

Fireplace
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Restaurant Sihlwald

Where wood from the Sihlwald was processed earlier, today the guests of the wilderness park Zurich can enjoy easy meals and refreshments with look on the forest and the Sihl.

RestaurantCafé
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Visitor centre in Sihlwald

There is information, a souvenir and bookshop at the visitor centre in Zurich's wilderness park, and it also has a museum with interactive exhibitions about nature and the wilderness.

Visitor center
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Sihlwald wilderness playground

Branch nests, suspension bridges, an hollow silver fir trunk, a snake made of wood - these are the centrepieces of the wilderness playground at the visitor centre in Sihlwald. The exciting play wilderness offers challenges for young and old.

Playground

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