From the fossil and local history museum you can hike along the timeline path through the last 4.5 billion years of our earth’s history on a 3.5 km long route. The path ends near the UNESCO visitor center “Zeit und Messelwelten”.
The path is marked by painted footsteps and motif plates with a primeval horse fossil on the path. Each step corresponds to about 900,000 years of earth history. The ages are marked by steles along the way.
Four hiking trails around Messel can be found on the Odenwald Tourismus GmbH website under day tours, page 2. The sections of this “cloverleaf” are listed there one below the other:
Kohlweg 9,
64409 Messel
Tel. 06159 482
about 8 minutes walk from the museum
Dieburger Straße 263
64287 Darmstadt
Tel. 06159 717884
Direction via Grube Messel to Darmstadt,
about 10 minutes by car
Dieburger Straße 261,
64287 Darmstadt
Tel. 06159 482
Direction via Grube Messel to Darmstadt,
about 10 minutes by car
Am Bahnhof 2-4
64409 Messel-Grube Messel
Tel. 061597154445
about 15 minutes walk from the museum
Am Sportplatz 1
64409 Messel
Tel. 0615971570
about 5 minutes walk from the museum
Fossilien- und Heimatmuseum
Langgasse 2
64409 Messel
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