Mountains
The Westerwald’s highest mountain is the Fuchskaute in the High Westerwald, whose somewhat surprising name means, “Fox Hollow”. This apparently refers to a spot on the mountain that foxes used for their lairs (the "hollow"). Many peaks and crests exceed the 600-m level. Sorted by elevation above sea level, these are some of the Westerwald’s highest elevations:
- Fuchskaute (657 m), near Willingen, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Stegskopf (654 m), near Emmerzhausen, Altenkirchen district, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Salzburger Kopf (653 m), near Salzburg, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Höllberg (643 m), near Driedorf, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse
- Auf der Baar (618 m), near Driedorf/Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse
- Barstein (614 m), near Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse
- Knoten (605 m), near Driedorf, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse
- Die Höh (598 m), near Burbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Köppel (540 m), near Montabaur, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Hohenseelbachskopf (530 m), near Daaden, Siegen-Wittgenstein and Altenkirchen district, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate
- Mahlscheid (509 m), near Herdorf, Siegen-Wittgenstein and Altenkirchen district, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate
- Malberg (422 m), near Ötzingen, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Hummelsberg (389 m), near Linz am Rhein, Neuwied district, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Beulskopf (388 m), near Altenkirchen, Altenkirchen district, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Höllberg
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View from the Knoten
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Hummelsberg
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Malberg
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