At the Raßberg is one of the highest mountains in the Eifel

Eifel

The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium....

 region on the German and Belgian border. It lies within the municipality of Arft

Arft

Arft is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany....

 in the collective municipality of Vordereifel

Vordereifel

Vordereifel is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district of Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the eastern edge of the Eifel, west of Mayen. The seat of the municipality is in Mayen, itself not part of the municipality.The Verbandsgemeinde Vordereifel consists of the...

 within sight of the Eifel's highest peak, the Hohe Acht

Hohe Acht

At , the Hohe Acht is the highest mountain in the Eifel mountains of Germany. It is located on the boundary between the districts of Ahrweiler and Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate.- Geography and geology :...

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Walkers and naturalists are drawn to its juniper

Juniper

Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa in the Old World, and to the...

heaths. It is accessible to the public via the Juniper Trail (Wacholderwanderweg), which runs for 15 km through the protected juniper reserve of the East Eifel.

There are good views from its largely unforested plateau, on which there is a US steel lattice mast.