Volcano Museum, Daun

Name: Volcano Museum
Address: Leopoldstr. 9, Daun, 54550, Germany
Telephone: +49 6592 985353

#1 among attractions in Daun

Top attraction, Science museum, Natural history museum, Museum

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The Volcano Museum in the old district administrative office in Daun, Germany, was set up as an extension of the existing 'geopaths' at Hillesheim, Manderscheid and Gerolstein and is part of the Volcanic Eifel Nature and Geopark. ()

Local name: Vulkanmuseum Daun Coordinates: 50°11'54"N, 6°49'47"E

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Leopoldstr. 9Daun 54550 Germany

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+49 6592 985353

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Day trips

Volcano Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Weinfelder Maar, Pulvermaar, Hoher List Observatory, Schalkenmehrener Maar.

1.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Weinfelder Maar, Schalkenmehren
45 min walk • Nestled in the idyllic Eifel region of Germany, the Weinfelder Maar is a stunning natural wonder that beckons visitors to the tranquil town of Schalkenmehren. This picturesque maar, or volcanic crater lake, is one of the three Dauner Maare, often referred to as the...
6.3 miSE
Natural attraction, Lake
Pulvermaar, Gillenfeld
161 min walk • The Pulvermaar is a water-filled maar that lies southeast of Daun in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Together with the Holzmaar it is one of the Gillenfeld maars.
2.7 miS
Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Hoher List Observatory, Schalkenmehren
68 min walk • Hoher List Observatorium is an Observatory located on the Hoher List mountain about 60 km south-west of the city of Bonn, close to the town of Daun in the Eifel...
2.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Schalkenmehren
60 min walk • The Schalkenmehrener Maar is a maar roughly 3 kilometres southeast of the town of Daun in the Eifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
1.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Gemündener Maar
37 min walk • Gemündener Maar, nestled in the scenic Eifel region of Germany, is a tranquil lake formed in the crater of an extinct volcano. This picturesque body of water is one of the three Daun Maar lakes, known collectively as the "Eyes of the Eifel" due to their unique...
2.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hoher List, Schalkenmehren
66 min walk • The Hoher List is a stratovolcano, 549.1 m above sea level, near the town of Daun in the Eifel region. The hill is in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
3.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Nerother Kopf, Neroth
80 min walk • The Nerother Kopf is the conical hill of an extinct volcano near Neroth in the Eifel mountains. It is 651.7 m above sea level and situated in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
7.5 miNE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Hochkelberg, Mosbrucher Weiher
192 min walk • At 674.9 metres the Hochkelberg is one of the ten highest mountains in the Vulkan Eifel in Germany. It is a former stratovolcano, at the southern foot of which lies the Mosbrucher Weiher, an explosion crater lake or maar.
3.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ernstberg
87 min walk • The Ernstberg southeast of Hinterweiler is, at 698.8 m, the highest of the west Eifel volcanoes and, after the Hohe Acht, the second highest mountain in the Eifel overall.
3.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Scharteberg
94 min walk • The Scharteberg is a mountain, 691.4 metres high, near Kirchweiler in the district of Vulkaneifel and is one of the highest peaks in the Eifel region of Germany. On the summit is the Eifel Transmitter which belongs to SWR and is used for FM radio and television.
5.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Burberg
144 min walk • The Burberg, also called the Buerberg and Bürberg, is a hill, 528.5 m above sea level, in the Eifel mountains in Germany. It rises near Schutz in the county of Vulkaneifel in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.