Unterer Hauenstein Pass

#2197 among destinations in Switzerland

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass

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Unterer Hauenstein Pass is a mountain pass in the Jura Mountains between the canton of Basel-Country and Solothurn in Switzerland. ()

Local name: Unterer Hauenstein Maximum elevation: 2267 ftCoordinates: 47°22'53"N, 7°52'8"E

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SolothurnSwitzerland

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Unterer Hauenstein Pass – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Festung Aarburg, Belchenflue, Sculpture at Schoenthal, Wisenberg.

4.4 miS
Historical place, Forts and castles
Festung Aarburg, Aarburg
112 min walk • Aarburg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Aarburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located high above the town Aarburg on a steep, rocky hillside.
3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Belchenflue
77 min walk • The Belchenflue is a mountain of the Jura, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Basel-Landschaft and Solothurn, south of Eptingen. The nearby Belchenflue Pass links the two cantons.
4.7 miW
Park, Vernacular architecture
Sculpture at Schoenthal
120 min walk • Sculpture at Schoenthal is an art foundation in Switzerland. It is named after the Schönthal Monastery, a former church near the village of Langenbruck, Basel-Landschaft, which is now used for temporary art exhibitions.
1.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, View point
Wisenberg
41 min walk • The Wisenberg is a wooded mountain of the Jura Mountains, located between Häfelfingen and Wisen in northern Switzerland. The summit lies within the canton of Basel-Landschaft, near the border with the canton of Solothurn.
1.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Neu-Homburg Castle, Läufelfingen
42 min walk • Neu-Homburg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Läufelfingen of the Canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
3.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ruchen
81 min walk • The Ruchen is a mountain of the Jura, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Basel-Landschaft and Solothurn. It lies between Langenbruck and Eptingen. The Ruchen is the easternmost summit above 1,100 metres in the Jura Mountains. East of the Ruchen is the Belchenflue.
1 miE
Forts and castles
Frohburg Castle
26 min walk • Frohburg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Trimbach of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
2.5 miSE
Church, Romanesque revival architecture
Saint Martin's Church, Olten
65 min walk • St. Martin is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Olten. It is a three-nave columned basilica without transept with three chorapsideas. The church is considered as the "most significant Neoromanesque Greater Church of Switzerland from the late period of historicism".
2.5 miSE
Church, Romanesque revival architecture
Church of St. Martin, Olten
65 min walk • St. Martin is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Olten. It is a three-nave columned basilica without transept with three chorapsideas. The church is considered as the "most significant Neoromanesque Greater Church of Switzerland from the late period of historicism".
3 miSE
Ice skating, Ice rink
Kleinholz Stadion, Olten
76 min walk • The Kleinholz Stadion is an ice hockey stadium located in Olten, Switzerland. It's mainly used by EHC Olten, an ice hockey club that currently plays in the Swiss National League B. It was built in 1961 and renovated in 2014.
2 miSE
Locality
Trimbach
51 min walk • Trimbach is a municipality in the district of Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.