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Országos Kéktúra

Length

1,183.1 km: the stated length (MTSZ, kektura.hu).

Measured on our map line: 1,176.9 km, the route as OpenStreetMap maps it along the official track. The charts on this page run along the same line, and the search sorts trails by it, so lengths compare the same way.

1,183.1km

Ascent · descent

31,915 m up and 32,500 m down: the stated totals (MTSZ, kektura.hu).

31,915m ↑32,500m ↓

Difficulty

How hard a trail is, in three ways: the terrain, the climate in season and the length of the days. Each is rated from Easy to Hard with the same thresholds for every trail, and takes its hardest measure. It describes the trail, not how it will feel to you: that depends on your fitness, experience, pack and the weather you get.

  • Terrain: ModeratePath grade: ≈ T2
  • Climate: Moderate in Jun–SepHeat: 27 °C by day (July)
  • Effort: HardLongest day: 8 h 50 (stage 59)

All measures

Terrain: Moderate; Climate: Moderate in Jun–Sep; Effort: Hard

Days

No source suggests a number of days, so the page counts one day per main stage (59).

59days

Per stage

The 59 main stages' totals over their number (MTSZ, kektura.hu), so the averages come from one source.

20.1km· 540 m ↑

Landscape

Land cover along the main route, from ESA WorldCover satellite data:

  • Forest: 74%
  • Grassland and shrubs: 13%
  • Farmland and villages: 13%

Landscape along the route

Mostly Forest

Location

Country
Hungary
Regions
Vas, Zala, Veszprém, Fejér, Komárom-Esztergom, Pest, Budapest, Nógrád, Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Start
Írott-kő
Finish
Hollóháza
Route type
Point to point
Travel hubs
  • Kőszeg25 km by road · 46 min
  • Sátoraljaújhely507.9 km by road · 374 min
  • Vienna International Airport (VIE)126.1 km by road · 125 min
  • Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)284.7 km by road · 221 min
Protected areas
Írottkő Nature Park; Balaton Uplands National Park; Duna–Ipoly National Park; Bükk National Park; Aggtelek National Park
Managed by
Magyar Természetjáró Szövetség (Hungarian Hiking Association, MTSZ)Official website
Waymarking
The blue mark (K jelzés), a blue stripe on white
  • Trail
  • Start
  • Stage start
  • Finish
  • Contour lines

Difficulty

Terrain

How hard is the ground to walk: the path, the climbing, the steep bits, the ground underfoot? Rated over the whole main route. The rating takes its hardest measure.

Path grade: the trail's SAC grade, stated, converted or estimated.

  1. EasyT1
  2. ModerateT2
  3. DemandingT3
  4. HardT4 to T6

Climbing: ascent of the main stages over their length.

  1. Easyunder 15 m per km
  2. Moderate15–30 m
  3. Demanding30–50 m
  4. Hard50 m or more

Steep stretches: share of the route steeper than 15 %, up or down (terrain model).

  1. Easyunder 5 %
  2. Moderate5–15 %
  3. Demanding15–30 %
  4. Hard30 % or more

Natural ground: share on footpaths and trails (OpenStreetMap); never Hard on its own.

  1. Easyunder a third
  2. Moderatea third to two thirds
  3. Demandingtwo thirds or more

Moderate

  • SAC hiking scale

    Trails rate their difficulty in many local scales, or only describe it in words. We translate each rating into the Swiss Alpine Club's hiking scale, from T1 (easy) to T6 (very hard), so trails can be compared. It stays an estimate: how hard a trail feels depends on your fitness, experience, pack and the weather.

    This trail: T2 (our estimate). MTSZ's section descriptions lead over the Hungarian Central Range on forest paths and tracks, with steep climbs in the Pilis, Börzsöny, Mátra (Kékes, 1,014 m, Hungary's highest point) and Zemplén hills, and long flat stretches on field roads and tarmac in the west; no secured or exposed passages. Mountain hiking on mostly good paths (T2).

    1. T1 · HikingWell-made paths, mostly flat or gently sloping. No risk of falling; trainers are enough.
    2. T2 · Mountain hikingA continuous path, steep in places, where a fall can't be ruled out. Be sure-footed; wear hiking boots.
    3. T3 · Demanding mountain hikingThe path is not always visible; exposed spots may have chains or ropes, and you may need your hands for balance.
    4. T4 · Alpine hikingOften no path. Hands are needed in places, terrain is exposed, and there can be easy snowfields.
    5. T5 · Demanding alpine hikingMostly pathless, with easy climbing and exposed, demanding terrain. Needs alpine experience.
    6. T6 · Difficult alpine hikingPathless, very exposed, with climbing and glaciers. For experienced mountaineers only.

    The scale at the Swiss Alpine Club

    estimated T2
  • Climbing27 m per km
  • Steep stretches2 % of the way
  • Natural ground50 %

Climate

How hot, cold, wet and windy does it get? Rated for each month from 30 years of weather (ERA5). Without months picked (the search's When filter), the rating is for the trail's best run of at least two months in its season, and each measure shows its hardest month of that run; a pick re-rates it for your months. The rating takes its hardest measure.

Heat: mean daily high at the lowest point.

  1. Easyunder 22 °C
  2. Moderate22–27 °C
  3. Demanding27–32 °C
  4. Hard32 °C or more

Cold: mean nightly low at the highest point.

  1. Easy8 °C or more
  2. Moderate3–8 °C
  3. Demanding−2 to 3 °C
  4. Hardbelow −2 °C

Wet days: days a month with 1 mm of rain or more, the wetter of both points.

  1. Easyunder 10
  2. Moderate10–14
  3. Demanding14–18
  4. Hard18 or more

Snow: days a month with 1 cm of snow or more at the highest point.

  1. Easyunder 1 day
  2. Moderate1–3 days
  3. Demanding3–6 days
  4. Hard6 days or more

Wind: mean of the day's strongest wind (hourly mean, 10 m above ground), the windier of both points.

  1. Easyunder 15 km/h
  2. Moderate15–20 km/h
  3. Demanding20–25 km/h
  4. Hard25 km/h or more

Moderate in Jun–Sep

  • Heat · July27 °C by day
  • Cold · September7 °C at night
  • Wet days · June13 days
  • Snow · June0 days
  • Wind · July16 km/h

Effort

How long are the days? Rated by the longest main stage; a time range counts its upper end. The rating takes its hardest measure.

Longest day: walking time of the longest main stage, stated or by DIN 33466.

  1. Easyup to 4 h
  2. Moderate4–6 h
  3. Demanding6–8 h
  4. Hardmore than 8 h

Hard

  • Longest day · stage 598 h 50

Climate

Days · lowest point
3–27°C
Nights · highest point
−8 to 12°C
Wet days a month
8–14
Daylight
8.5–15.9h
Day high and night low−20 °C−10 °C0 °C10 °C20 °C30 °CWet days, at the highest point51015Daylight8.9 h10.2 h11.8 h13.6 h15.1 h15.9 h15.6 h14.2 h12.5 h10.8 h9.2 h8.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Climate by month, 1995–2024 average
MonthLowest point, day high / night low (°C)Highest point, day high / night low (°C)Wet daysSnow daysFrost nights at the highest pointDaylight (h)
January3.3 / -1.5-2.6 / -8.38.16.330.68.9
February5.8 / -0.40.1 / -7.18.55.927.210.2
March10.1 / 3.14.6 / -4.38.53.726.811.8
April16.1 / 8.310.7 / 0.710.51.611.613.6
May20.9 / 13.215.5 / 5.814.100.715.1
June25 / 17.319.2 / 9.813.40015.9
July26.9 / 19.121 / 11.712.90015.6
August26.5 / 1920.7 / 11.510.50014.2
September21.1 / 14.415.3 / 7.19.400.212.5
October15.8 / 9.99.8 / 2.38.40.87.710.8
November9.4 / 4.93.4 / -2.393.720.49.2
December4.1 / 0.1-2 / -7.18.56.630.58.5

Climate by month

Averages for 1995–2024 from ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, at the trail's lowest and highest point, adjusted to each point's elevation. Bars span the mean night low to the mean day high; wet days have at least 1 mm of rain, snow days at least 1 cm of snow. Daylight runs from sunrise to sunset in the middle of the month. The shaded months are the trail's season.

Stages

RouteDistanceAscentDescentElevationTime
1Írott-kő Kőszeg13.1 km220 m ↑825 m ↓880 → 280 m3 h 30
2Kőszeg Tömörd15.8 km130 m ↑180 m ↓270 → 230 m4 h 10
3Tömörd Szeleste22.2 km160 m ↑220 m ↓230 → 160 m5 h 40
4Szeleste Sárvár20.6 km45 m ↑45 m ↓160 → 160 m5 h 10
5Sárvár Káld23.9 km210 m ↑205 m ↓160 → 170 m6 h 20
6Káld Hosszúpereszteg10.9 km90 m ↑105 m ↓170 → 160 m2 h 50
7Hosszúpereszteg Ötvös21.1 km90 m ↑85 m ↓160 → 160 m5 h 30
8Ötvös Sümeg16.7 km60 m ↑55 m ↓160 → 170 m4 h 10
9Sümeg Zalaszántó20.8 km425 m ↑400 m ↓180 → 210 m5 h 50
10Zalaszántó Keszthely23.8 km360 m ↑460 m ↓200 → 120 m6 h 30
11Keszthely Vállus13.4 km345 m ↑225 m ↓120 → 230 m4 h 00
12Vállus Tapolca15.9 km215 m ↑320 m ↓250 → 120 m4 h 20
13Tapolca Badacsonytördemic17.2 km380 m ↑385 m ↓130 → 110 m5 h 00
14Badacsonytördemic Káptalantóti13.4 km570 m ↑555 m ↓120 → 130 m4 h 10
15Káptalantóti Szentbékkálla13.5 km495 m ↑450 m ↓120 → 180 m4 h 10
16Szentbékkálla Nagyvázsony22.8 km510 m ↑425 m ↓160 → 260 m6 h 40
17Nagyvázsony Városlőd24.7 km515 m ↑475 m ↓240 → 300 m7 h 10
18Városlőd Bakonybél19.0 km360 m ↑395 m ↓300 → 260 m5 h 20
19Bakonybél Zirc21.1 km745 m ↑630 m ↓270 → 400 m6 h 30
20Zirc Csőszpuszta20.3 km470 m ↑415 m ↓380 → 450 m5 h 40
21Csőszpuszta Bakonykúti18.4 km285 m ↑525 m ↓440 → 210 m5 h 10
22Bakonykúti Bodajk19.1 km465 m ↑510 m ↓220 → 160 m5 h 30
23Bodajk Gánt22.7 km445 m ↑380 m ↓160 → 210 m6 h 30
24Gánt Várgesztes18.0 km475 m ↑415 m ↓220 → 280 m5 h 10
25Várgesztes Szárliget15.5 km450 m ↑495 m ↓270 → 230 m4 h 40
26Szárliget Koldusszállás21.0 km515 m ↑545 m ↓270 → 230 m6 h 00
27Koldusszállás Bánya-hegyi erdészház11.5 km360 m ↑130 m ↓210 → 450 m3 h 30
28Bánya-hegyi erdészház Mogyorósbánya20.4 km570 m ↑850 m ↓430 → 180 m6 h 00
29Mogyorósbánya Dorog16.3 km730 m ↑760 m ↓160 → 140 m5 h 20
30Dorog Piliscsaba18.5 km530 m ↑425 m ↓130 → 240 m5 h 30
31Piliscsaba Hűvösvölgy23.7 km645 m ↑650 m ↓240 → 240 m7 h 00
32Hűvösvölgy Rozália téglagyár14.1 km525 m ↑625 m ↓230 → 140 m4 h 20
33Rozália téglagyár Dobogókő22.8 km1,060 m ↑490 m ↓130 → 690 m7 h 30
34Dobogókő Pilisszentlászló10.5 km160 m ↑495 m ↓700 → 360 m2 h 50
35Pilisszentlászló Visegrád14.2 km450 m ↑710 m ↓410 → 110 m4 h 20
36Nagymaros Kisinóci turistaház20.4 km840 m ↑615 m ↓110 → 330 m6 h 30
37Kisinóci turistaház Nógrád20.6 km900 m ↑1,010 m ↓330 → 220 m6 h 40
38Nógrád Naszály21.7 km995 m ↑560 m ↓230 → 660 m7 h 10
39Naszály Alsópetény18.2 km320 m ↑760 m ↓560 → 210 m5 h 00
40Alsópetény Becske20.0 km565 m ↑555 m ↓270 → 220 m6 h 00
41Becske Nógrádsipek26.6 km835 m ↑845 m ↓230 → 220 m8 h 10
42Nógrádsipek Tepke25.3 km980 m ↑630 m ↓230 → 570 m8 h 00
43Tepke Mátraverebély22.5 km585 m ↑975 m ↓530 → 180 m6 h 40
44Mátraverebély Mátraháza26.2 km1,320 m ↑790 m ↓180 → 710 m8 h 35
45Mátraháza Sirok26.1 km1,030 m ↑1,580 m ↓690 → 160 m8 h 10
46Sirok Szarvaskő18.0 km585 m ↑520 m ↓170 → 250 m5 h 30
47Szarvaskő Cserepes-kői-barlang20.9 km1,180 m ↑630 m ↓230 → 810 m7 h 00
48Cserepes-kői-barlang Mályinka19.2 km600 m ↑1,075 m ↓790 → 310 m5 h 50
49Mályinka Putnok22.7 km475 m ↑625 m ↓290 → 150 m6 h 20
50Putnok Zádorfalva19.1 km415 m ↑345 m ↓160 → 220 m5 h 30
51Zádorfalva Jósvafő19.3 km545 m ↑555 m ↓230 → 260 m5 h 40
52Jósvafő Bódvaszilas24.1 km665 m ↑710 m ↓210 → 180 m7 h 00
53Bódvaszilas Rakacaszend22.3 km620 m ↑605 m ↓160 → 190 m6 h 40
54Rakacaszend Baktakék26.5 km610 m ↑630 m ↓180 → 160 m7 h 30
55Baktakék Boldogkőváralja22.3 km295 m ↑290 m ↓180 → 170 m6 h 10
56Boldogkőváralja Istvánkúti vadászház23.2 km820 m ↑475 m ↓170 → 590 m7 h 10
57Istvánkúti vadászház Nagy-nyugodó28.6 km825 m ↑970 m ↓520 → 340 m8 h 30
58Nagy-nyugodó Füzérradvány24.5 km645 m ↑810 m ↓380 → 200 m7 h 10
59Füzérradvány Hollóháza27.9 km1,205 m ↑1,080 m ↓210 → 320 m8 h 50

Totals and averages count the main stages only. ≈ marks our estimates where the source gives no figure: heights from the terrain model (Copernicus DEM, 30 m grid, sampled every 500 m), to the nearest 10 m.

Terrain

Highest · lowest point
1,023m high105m low

Gradient

The steepest 500 m of the trail in walking direction, uphill and downhill. On this trail the steepest climb is 30 % (17°, 150 m up over 500 m) on stage 14, the steepest descent −25 % (14°, 124 m down) on stage 45.

A gradient is height per distance: 20 % means 20 m up for every 100 m forward. Percent and degrees don't grow alike: 100 % is 45°, not 90°.

GradientAngleFeels like
10 %6°Noticeable on a road
20 %11°A steep path, slow going
30 %17°Very steep, often steps
100 %45°Scrambling

Averages over 500 m from a 30 m terrain model: short pitches within them, such as steps and ladders, are steeper.

30% ↑−25% ↓

Steep stretches

How many kilometres of the main route climb or descend at 15 % or more (9°, 15 m of height per 100 m), measured in 500 m stretches: on this trail 13 km up and 14 km down, the darkest parts of the profile. Such stretches are slow going uphill and hard on the knees downhill.

27km

Surfaces

  • Natural ground: 50%, 582.5 km. Earth, grass, rock and roots: footpaths and forest trails. Can be muddy after rain.
  • Gravel: 32%, 374.7 km. Gravel, compacted and stony surfaces: mostly forest roads and farm tracks.
  • Paved: 18%, 209.3 km. Asphalt, concrete and cobbles: roads and village streets.

50% natural32% gravel18% paved
400 m800 m1,023 m1510152025303540455055590 km1166.2 km

Terrain along the route

Heights from the Copernicus terrain model (30 m grid, every 500 m along the main route); it measures the treetops in forests, so heights may differ from signposts by some metres.

The profile colours each 500 m by its gradient in walking direction: the steeper, the darker, climbs warm and descents violet, from level ground to ±30 % and beyond.

The strip under the profile shows the ground underfoot, from OpenStreetMap; for the 30% of the route without a surface tag, the type of way decides (footpaths natural, tracks gravel).

Landscape

Forest74%Grassland and shrubs13%Farmland and villages13%1510152025303540455055590 km1166.2 km

Landscape along the route

Land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m satellite map), every 500 m along the main route; each point takes the most common class within 30 m, so the path itself doesn't count as bare ground. Its eleven classes are folded into the six groups shown. It says what the landscape looks like, not which plants grow there.

Sleeping

Wild camping is restricted. Anyone may walk in Hungary's forests, but staying more than 24 hours, camping and pitching a tent there need the forest manager's consent (Forest Act § 93(1)); in national parks and other protected areas only at designated sites or with the park directorate's permit.

30.3 km without a bedCamping37Huts27Hostels35Rooms4641510152025303540455055590 km1166.2 km

Places to sleep along the route

One tick per place to sleep along the main route, from OpenStreetMap: 37 campsites, 27 huts, 35 hostels, 464 guest houses within 1 km of the trail or 3 km of a stage's end (stage towns often lie off the trail). Hotels and day shelters are left out. The shaded column is the longest stretch without any, from km 80.7 to 111. The map may miss places or list ones that have closed, so book or check locally.

Water & Supply

Clean water

623 fountains, taps and springs marked as drinkable in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of the trail, and 1 places to sleep OpenStreetMap marks as having drinking water. Clean water also counts the 390 huts, hostels, guest houses and campsites within 500 m where hikers usually fill a bottle: guests come first, and many close out of season, so ask, and carry a little more than the gaps need. Places OpenStreetMap marks as without drinking water are left out. The counts include the approach and variant; the chart shows the main route.

Rated by the longest stretch of the main route without clean water: frequent up to 10 km, regular up to 20 km, scarce beyond. Here: from km 111 to 133.9, stages 7–8.

22.9kmScarce

Any water

Clean water, and the 245 springs within 500 m of the trail whose water is of unknown quality: filter, boil or treat it, and expect some springs to run dry in late summer. Here the longest stretch without any water runs from km 111 to 133.9. Rated like clean water: frequent up to 10 km, regular up to 20 km, scarce beyond.

22.9kmScarce

Shops

367 supermarkets, convenience and general stores and petrol stations with a shop in OpenStreetMap, within 1 km of the trail or 3 km of a stage's end (stage towns often lie off the trail). Small village shops are often missing, and opening hours vary: check before relying on one. Here the longest stretch without runs from km 106.2 to 142.4.

36.2km
Water · 22.9 km withoutPublic drinking water · 30.9 km withoutSprings (treat before drinking) · 144.1 km withoutRefills at places to sleep · 52.5 km withoutShops · 36.2 km withoutSupermarkets · 118.3 km withoutConvenience and general stores · 36.8 km withoutPetrol station shops · 620.7 km without1510152025303540455055590 km1166.2 km

Water and shops along the route

One tick per place along the main route, from OpenStreetMap: drinking water and springs within 500 m, refills at huts, hostels, guest houses and campsites within 500 m, shops within 1 km or 3 km of a stage's end. The shaded band in each lane is its longest stretch without; "Water" counts every kind, and opens into one lane per kind, each with its own. The map may miss places or list ones that have closed or run dry, so check locally.