25 km around Nuremberg

Castles, watermills and hills near Nuremberg

The Kaiserburg is 0.5 km from Nuremberg's center, and the Freiung viewpoint at 0.4 km is closer still. From there the list spreads out: Schloss Neunhof at 7.4 km, the Pfinzingschloss at 13.1 km, Schloß Marloffstein and Schloß Adlitz around 18 to 20 km, and Burg Thann at 20.5 km, 61 castles in all. The Schmausenbuckturm (1888) at 5.2 km and the Moritzbergturm on the Moritzberg at 17 km are the two climbs worth planning around.

Thirty-three watermills is the number that jumps out, strung along the rivers: the Foerstermühle, the Kunstmühle Vach, the Stadelner Wasserrad. The 132 peaks are mostly gentle Franconian hills. Each one is a tile on the map you haven't uncovered yet.

61 Castles and palaces33 Watermills21 Viewpoints17 Archaeological sites7 Ruins6 Lookout towers6 City gates5 Caves

Where the places are

Each hexagon covers a little over 5 square kilometers. The brighter it glows, the more places are inside it. The numbers mark the highlights listed below; the dot in the middle is the center of Nuremberg.

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Worth the trip around Nuremberg

The places with the most to tell about. The numbers match the map.

Places by type

A selection for each type, best known first. The number next to each heading counts everything RLQuest knows within the radius.

Castles and palaces 61

  • Ruine Schloss Oberbürg5.9 km
  • Schloss Neunhof7.4 km
  • Egloffsteinsches Palais16 km
  • Schloss Reichenschwand22 km
  • Pfinzingschloss13 km
  • Burg Thann20 km
  • Zeidlerschloss13 km
  • Pellerschloss9.1 km
  • Tucherschloss13 km
  • Schloss Erlangen17 km
  • Schloss Faber-Castell5.8 km
  • Stutterheimsches Palais17 km

and 46 more

Viewpoints 21

  • Freiung0.4 km
  • Balkon über der Pegnitz0.6 km
  • Besucherplatform3.5 km
  • Flughafen Aussichtsterrasse4.5 km
  • Besucherhügel4.5 km
  • Besucherplattform Schleuse Nürnberg4.6 km
  • Flughafenblick Ost5.3 km
  • Hainberg-Blick6.9 km
  • Zusammenfluss Pegnitz und Rednitz7.5 km
  • Solarberg10 km
  • Teufelsbadstube11 km
  • Nürnberg-Blick12 km

and 9 more

Waterfalls 2

  • Röthenbach-Wasserfall19 km

Ruins 7

  • Burgstall Hainburg22 km
  • Burgstall Pruppach23 km

and 3 more

City gates 6

  • Tor9.4 km
  • Hersbrucker Tor16 km
  • Brusela16 km
  • Erlanger Tor18 km
  • Forchheimer Tor18 km
  • Osttor24 km

Lookout towers 6

  • Vestner Turm8.1 km
  • Franz-Köhl-Turm10 km
  • Aussichtsturm Cadolzburg16 km

and 1 more

Caves 5

  • Teufelsbackofen9.5 km
  • Brunngrabenhöhle15 km
  • Karlshöhle15 km
  • Gustav-Adolf-Höhle16 km

Historic towers 1

  • Bismarckturm Fürth9.3 km

Watermills 33

  • Foerstermühle7.5 km
  • Stadelner Wasserrad9.4 km
  • Mühlrad10 km
  • Kunstmühle Vach11 km
  • Königsmühle12 km
  • Wasserschöpfrad12 km
  • Mühle Neuses13 km
  • Brucker Wasserrad15 km
  • Brucker Mühle15 km
  • Köchetmühle15 km
  • Klostermühle15 km
  • Langenbrucker Mühle15 km

and 21 more

Archaeological sites 17

  • Alte Veste8.1 km
  • Burgstall Ödes Schloss21 km
  • Kosbacher Altar20 km
  • Turmhügel Beerbach15 km
  • Burgstall Lindelburg20 km
  • Burgstall Kressenstein6.9 km
  • Bronzezeitgrab9.2 km
  • Hügelgrab Stettenberg 29.3 km
  • Hügelgrab Stettenberg 19.8 km
  • Hügelgrab22 km
  • Informationschild zur archäologischen Grabung am Kirchhof22 km
  • Schild mit Informationen zur Grabung am Kirchhof22 km

and 5 more

Monuments 1

  • Ludwigskanaldenkmal18 km

Summits 132

  • Moritzberg17 km
  • Silberbuck4.6 km
  • Platnersberg4.0 km
  • Rechenberg2.6 km
  • Buchenberg22 km
  • Lindelberg20 km
  • Nonnenberg21 km
  • Burgberg0.4 km
  • Marienbuck2.9 km
  • Schweinauer Buck4.2 km
  • Schmausenbuck5.2 km
  • Kohlbuck5.2 km

and 120 more

Bunkers 4

  • Wodanbunker2.3 km
  • Waffenhofbunker0.8 km
  • Färbertorbunker0.8 km
  • Hochbunker Kronacher Straße7.1 km

How Nuremberg turns into a game

RLQuest knows these places too. Which means:

1

Places become quests

Some of your daily quests lead to a real place near you. The app uses your location to check you were really there.

2

Being first pays off

If you're the first person in RLQuest to complete a quest at a place, it's your first find. The Place Book shows you which kinds of place you're still missing.

3

The map fills in

Every walk uncovers tiles, each about 350 m across. Over time you can see which corners you know well, and where you've never set foot.

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Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. As of 2026-09-30. The list shows the places RLQuest knows and isn't complete. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons; author and license are credited on each photo.