# Things to see in Oberharz am Brocken (Germany): 136 places and when to go

> Oberharz am Brocken is a town in Germany, and this site lists 136 places in and around it, mainly Hiking (110), Nature (12), History (7). The best known are Wernigerode Castle, Wurmberg and Hasselkopf. The best time to come is April to October; also possible: November to March. In June there are 16 h 25 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 35. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/oberharz-am-brocken/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Germany · 51.7241, 10.7686
- **Places:** 136 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/senderismo/) (110) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/naturaleza/) (12) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/historia/) (7) · [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/montana/) (7) · [Architecture](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/arquitectura/) (2) · [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/museos/) (2)
- **Best time:** April to October.
- **Also possible:** November to March.
- **Nearest airport:** BER Berlin, 200 km as the crow flies
- **Highest point:** Wurmberg, at 971 m.

## What to see in Oberharz am Brocken

The places in and around Oberharz am Brocken, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Wernigerode Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wernigerode-castle/): Castle in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany · 12 km
- [Wurmberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wurmberg/): Highest mountain of Lower Saxony in Germany · 11 km
- [Hasselkopf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hasselkopf/): Mountain in the Harz, Germany · 11 km
- [Armeleuteberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/armeleuteberg/): Mountain in Germany · 10 km
- [Hermann's Cave](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hermannshohle/): Show cave in Germany · 6.4 km
- [Volkmarskeller](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/volkmarskeller/): Geographical object · 10 km
- [Austberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/austberg/): Mountain in the Harz, Germany · 14 km
- [Bodfeld](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/pfalz-bodfeld/): Castle · 8.7 km
- [Stapenberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stapenberg/): Mountain in Germany · 13 km
- [Titan RT](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/titanrt/): Pedestrian suspension bridge in Harz mountains, Germany · 8.8 km
- [Ziegenkopf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ziegenkopf/): Mountain in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany · 13 km
- [Sorge Border Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/grenzmuseum-sorge/): Museum in Germany · 7.2 km
- [Harzer Hexenstieg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzer-hexen-stieg/): Hiking trail in the Harz Mountains in Germany · 8.9 km
- [Kaiser Way](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kaiserweg/): Hiking · 7.9 km
- [Königshütte Waterfall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/konigshutter-wasserfall/): Nature · 3.2 km
- [Struvenburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/struvenburg/): Hill in Harz District, Germany · 14 km
- [Eichenberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/eichenberg/): Mountain near Blankenburg in the Harz · 13 km
- [Ostdeutsches Fahrzeugmuseum Benneckenstein](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ostdeutsches-fahrzeugmuseum-mario-tanzer/): Technics museum in Germany · 6.5 km
- [Königsburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ruine-konigsburg/): Ruined medieval castle · 1.6 km
- [Wilhelm Raabe Tower](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wilhelm-raabe-warte/): Observation tower near Blankenburg in Harz · 13 km
- [Ziegenberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ziegenberg-bei-heimburg/): Nature reserve in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany · 14 km
- [Protestant church in Elend](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/holzkirche-elend/): Church building in Oberharz am Brocken, Germany · 6.2 km
- [Zwölfmorgentalschanze](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sprungschanzen-zwolfmorgental/): Ski resort · 11 km
- [Pullman City Harz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/westernstadt-pullman-city-harz/): Theme park with western city in Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany · 7.3 km

And the other 112, by what you come to do:

- **Hiking**: [Harzer-Hexen-Stieg - Nordroute über Königsburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzer-hexen-stieg-nordroute-uber-konigsburg/), [Harzer-Hexen-Stieg - Südroute über Königsburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzer-hexen-stieg-sudroute-uber-konigsburg/), [Harzer Hexenstieg Brockenumgehung](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzer-hexenstieg-brockenumgehung/), [Harzer Klosterwanderweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzer-klosterwanderweg/), [Harzklub-Weg 10A](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-10a/), [Harzklub-Weg 10D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-10d/), [Harzklub-Weg 11E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-11e/), [Harzklub-Weg 12E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-12e/), [Harzklub-Weg 17B](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-17b/), [Harzklub-Weg 17D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-17d/), [Harzklub-Weg 17E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-17e/), [Harzklub-Weg 17F](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-17f/), [Harzklub-Weg 17G](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-17g/), [Harzklub-Weg 17H](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-17h/), [Harzklub-Weg 22D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-22d/), [Harzklub Weg 24A](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-24a/), [Harzklub-Weg 24B](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-24b/), [Harzklub-Weg 24C](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-24c/), [Harzklub-Weg 24D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-24d/), [Harzklub-Weg 24E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-24e/), [Harzklub-Weg 24F](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-24f/), [Harzklub-Weg 24G](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-24g/), [Harzklub-Weg 24H](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-24h/), [Harzklub-Weg 25B](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-25b/), [Harzklub-Weg 25C](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-25c/), [Harzklub-Weg 25D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-25d/), [Harzklub Weg 26A](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-26a/), [Harzklub-Weg 26B](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-26b/), [Harzklub-Weg 26C](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-26c/), [Harzklub-Weg 27A](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-27a/), [Harzklub-Weg 27B](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-27b/), [Harzklub-Weg 27C](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-27c/), [Harzklub-Weg 27E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-27e/), [Harzklub-Weg 28C](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-28c/), [Harzklub-Weg 28D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-28d/), [Harzklub-Weg 28E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-28e/), [Harzklub-Weg 28F](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-28f/), [Harzklub-Weg 28G](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-28g/), [Harzklub-Weg 29E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-29e/), [Harzklub-Weg 29F](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-29f/), [Harzklub-Weg 29G](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-29g/), [Harzklub-Weg 29H](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-29h/), [Harzklub-Weg 29J](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-29j/), [Harzklub-Weg 30A](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-30a/), [Harzklub-Weg 30B](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-30b/), [Harzklub-Weg 30C](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-30c/), [Harzklub-Weg 30D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-30d/), [Harzklub-Weg 30D-old](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-30d-old/), [Harzklub-Weg 30E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-30e/), [Harzklub-Weg 31D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-31d/), [Harzklub-Weg 31E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-31e/), [Harzklub-Weg 31F](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-31f/), [Harzklub-Weg 31G](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-31g/), [Harzklub-Weg 31O](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-31o/), [Harzklub-Weg 32D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-32d/), [Harzklub-Weg 32E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-32e/), [Harzklub-Weg 32F](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-32f/), [Harzklub-Weg 32G](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-32g/), [Harzklub Weg 33C](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-33c/), [Harzklub Weg 33D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-33d/), [Harzklub-Weg 35B](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-35b/), [Harzklub-Weg 35C](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-35c/), [Harzklub-Weg 35D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-35d/), [Harzklub-Weg 35H](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-35h/), [Harzklub-Weg 35J](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-35j/), [Harzklub-Weg 35K](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-35k/), [Harzklub Weg 36A](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-36a/), [Harzklub Weg 36B](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-36b/), [Harzklub-Weg 36C](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-36c/), [Harzklub Weg 37D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-37d/), [Harzklub-Weg 37E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-37e/), [Harzklub-Weg 37F](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-37f/), [Harzklub-Weg 39D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-39d/), [Harzklub-Weg 39E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-39e/), [Harzklub-Weg 39F](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-39f/), [Harzklub-Weg 39G](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-39g/), [Harzklub-Weg 43F](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-43f/), [Harzklub Weg 43G](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-43g/), [Harzklub-Weg 47F](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-47f/), [Harzklub-Weg 47H](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-47h/), [Harzklub-Weg 47J](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-47j/), [Harzklub Weg 47L](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-47l/), [Harzklub Weg 47M](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-47m/), [Harzklub-Weg 48B](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-48b/), [Harzklub-Weg 48C](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-48c/), [Harzklub-Weg 48D](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-48d/), [Harzklub-Weg 48E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-48e/), [Harzklub-Weg 48F](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-48f/), [Harzklub-Weg 48H](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-48h/), [Harzklub-Weg 48J](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-48j/), [Harzklub-Weg 48K](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-48k/), [Harzklub-Weg 48L](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-48l/), [Harzklub-Weg 50G](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-50g/), [Harzklub-Weg 50H](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-50h/), [Harzklub-Weg 50J](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-50j/), [Harzklub-Weg 55E](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harzklub-weg-55e/), [HK 26: Kloster Michaelstein - Derenburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hk-26-kloster-michaelstein-derenburg/), [HK 32: Thale - Zorge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hk-32-thale-zorge/), [HK 34: Gernrode - Bad Sachsa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hk-34-gernrode-bad-sachsa/), [HK 37: Ilfeld - Harzgerode - Derenburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hk-37-ilfeld-harzgerode-derenburg/), [HK 46: Bhf. Netzkater - Thale - Wienrode](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hk-46-bhf-netzkater-thale-wienrode/), [HK 48: Stolberg - Elend](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hk-48-stolberg-elend/), [HK 50: Goslar - Wernigerode - Straßberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hk-50-goslar-wernigerode-strassberg/), [Karst Trail](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/karstwanderweg/), [TA 3](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ta-3/), [Roman way](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/via-romea-deutschland-sachsen-anhalt/), [WdKuK - Von der Pfalz Bodfeld zur Erichsburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wdkuk-von-der-pfalz-bodfeld-zur-erichsburg/), [WdKuK - Von der Pfalz Derenburg in den Harz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wdkuk-von-der-pfalz-derenburg-in-den-harz/)
- **History**: [Mandelholz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/mandelholz/)
- **Food and drink**: [Valhalla](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/valhalla/)
- **Nature**: [Wild Park Wernigerode Christianental](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wild-park-wernigerode-christianental/)
- **Snow**: [Wintersportgebiet Wurmberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wintersportgebiet-wurmberg/)

## When to go to Oberharz am Brocken

The best time to visit Oberharz am Brocken is **April to October**; also possible: November to March. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 8 h 04 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 41 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 31 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 37 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 24 |
| June | Best time | 16 h 25 |
| July | Best time | 16 h |
| August | Best time | 14 h 25 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 22 |
| October | Best time | 10 h 21 |
| November | Possible | 8 h 31 |
| December | Possible | 7 h 35 |

In June there are 16 h 25 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 35. In April, 134 of the 136 places are at their best.

When to go to Germany in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Oberharz am Brocken

The nearest main airport is Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER, Berlin), 200 km as the crow flies. How to get around Germany (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=51.7241%2C10.7686)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=51.7241%2C10.7686)

## Other towns nearby

- [Bad Sachsa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bad-sachsa/): 67 places · 21 km
- [Bad Harzburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bad-harzburg/): 117 places · 22 km
- [Nordhausen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/nordhausen/): 54 places · 25 km
- [Quedlinburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/quedlinburg/): 112 places · 26 km
- [Huy](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/huy/): 10 places · 31 km
- [Osterode am Harz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/osterode-am-harz/): 84 places · 32 km

And all of Germany, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Oberharz am Brocken?

The best known: [Wernigerode Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wernigerode-castle/), [Wurmberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wurmberg/), [Hasselkopf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hasselkopf/), [Armeleuteberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/armeleuteberg/), [Hermann's Cave](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hermannshohle/). In all, 136 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Oberharz am Brocken?

April to October; also possible: November to March. In June there are 16 h 25 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 35.

### How do you get to Oberharz am Brocken?

The nearest main airport is Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), 200 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=51.7241%2C10.7686) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Oberharz am Brocken as the destination and these 136 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).