Stroller-friendly loop in Falkenstein Nature Park

©Naturparke Niederösterreich/Robert Herbst

Distance: 1,20 km
Ascent: 49 m elevation gain
Descent: 49 m elevation gain

Family-friendly hike in the Falkenstein Nature Park with a playground and animal enclosure.

Starting point of the tour: Falkenstein Nature Park Entrance
Tour destination: Falkenstein Nature Park Entrance

Distance: 1,20 km
Ascent: 49 m elevation gain
Descent: 49 m elevation gain

Overall experience:
5/6
Scenery:
5/6

Lowest point606 m
Highest point656 m

Round tour
With refreshment stops
Accessibility by train and bus
Suitable for families and children

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Description

Discover the stroller-friendly tour in the Falkenstein Nature Park in Schwarzau im Gebirge! Start the tour at the entrance, walk past the fish pond, explore exciting information boards and let the children run around in the playground. Encounter goats, deer, mouflons and chamois and enjoy nature. Pure walking time approx. 20 minutes - but plan enough time to marvel, play and discover!

Equipment Good, comfortable footwear, weather-appropriate clothing, water to drink, and a snack.
Route description The start of the route is at the entrance to Falkenstein Nature Park in the town center of Schwarzau im Gebirge. On the left side is a fish pond. Walk past it. Along the path, you will repeatedly find information boards with interesting facts about the animal and plant life in the nature park. Follow the path to the playground, to the rabbit and goat enclosures.Now leave the playground and animal enclosures on the left and walk up the Quellenweg path until you reach the deer, mouflon, and chamois enclosures. The impressive animals and the untouched nature invite you to discover and marvel. After the animal enclosures, the hike leads back downhill along the path to the starting point. The pure walking time for this loop is about 20 minutes. However, plan enough time to explore the various stations, take breaks, and enjoy nature.
Parking Parking is available near the nature park.
Public transport You can travel to the natural paradise in an environmentally friendly way without a private car by train and the RUFbus Semmering-Rax or the line bus 341. It takes about 1 hour from Vienna Main Station to reach Payerbach-Reichenau station. From there, you can take the RUFbus to the nature park in about 30 minutes (register for the RUFbus trip the day before via the hotline +43 660 900 88 22).

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Current weather in Schwarzau im Gebirge

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Today, 12.02.2026

Light rain shower

Wind speed1,8 km/h

-1° to 6°

Tomorrow, 13.02.2026

Light rain shower

Wind speed3,4 km/h

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An overview of all hikes in the region can be found here.