Discover Lam: Panoramic Trail, Wood and Legends

Lam is one of the three places in the Lamer Winkel; the region also includes Arrach and Lohberg. In Lam, different themes offer ways to explore the landscape and regional stories: an 8 km panoramic circular trail with views as far as the Großer Arber, a themed trail about wood, and a legends trail with signs about stories from the Lamer Winkel and the Bavarian Forest. This selection offers practical starting points for planning your trip: you can shape your stay around landscape views, wood as a theme or regional legends.

Panoramic views on a circular walk

The 8 km circular trail “La02 (Panorama Trail)” starts at the Lam Tourist Information Office. From there, it follows the pavement along Lambacher Straße to Oberschmelz. The return route goes via Himmelreich, Buchet, the Fürstenzeche mine, Berghäusl and Daxenhof to the Tourist Information Office. Along the way, a narrow path at the edge of the forest passes through Himmelreich, Buchet, the Fürstenzeche mine and Berghäusl; there are repeated views of the Bavarian Forest mountains, reaching as far as the Großer Arber. The trail’s length, route and named places give this walk a clearly defined focus for an outing in which the landscape and panoramic views play an important role.

Wood as a theme, legends as companions

The themed trail “Rund ums Holz Lam-Lohberg” (All About Wood, Lam-Lohberg) passes through the villages of Lam and Lohberg. It explores wood as a basis for producing commercial goods, as a source of energy and as a raw material for creative work. These three perspectives range from production and use as an energy source to creative work. Unlike the Panorama Trail, this trail focuses on a material. If you would also like to discover regional themes during your trip, you can make this trail a focus of a separate outing.

The “SAGENhafte Rundweg ‘La’” (Legendary Circular Trail “La”) offers a different thread of stories. From Lam Panoramapark, it runs along Engelshütter Straße via Holzmühle, Engelshütt and Ginglmühle, returning to the park. Signs along the trail tell legends from the Lamer Winkel and the Bavarian Forest. The circular trail is suitable for pushchairs. This distinguishes it from La02 when planning your trip: the legends trail is characterised by regional stories and its suitability for pushchairs, while the Panorama Trail is characterised by its 8 km length and recurring views.

Getting your bearings and planning your trip

Lam Panorama Park is intended to provide a connection close to nature. It is designed to create as natural a link as possible between the market square and the leisure facilities: the indoor swimming pool, outdoor swimming pool and playground.

When looking for accommodation in Lam, it is worth first deciding what kind of trip you want. Would you like the Panorama Trail to be the main focus, are you interested in the trail about wood, or would you like to plan a pushchair-friendly legends trail? These interests can guide your excursion planning before you choose accommodation.

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