The distance table makes it easier for you to plan the stages of your hike on the Rothaarsteig. Simply subtract the number of kilometers from your starting point from the number of kilometers from your destination.
Example: Distance from Medebach-Küstelberg to Winterberg
42.6 (Winterberg) - 34.5 (Medebach-Küstelberg) = 8.1 kilometers
| Altitude above sea level | Stage point main trail | Distance (kilometers) |
| 450 | Brilon market square | 0,0 |
| 480 | NSG Drübel | 1,2 |
| 500 | Möhnequelle | 3,2 |
| 534 | Brilon-Petersborn | 4,2 |
| 629 | Borbergs Kirchhof | 8,5 |
| 661 | Ginsterkopf | 13,5 |
| 550 | Fire oak | 14,8 |
| 520 | Bruchhauser Steine (Info Center) | 17,5 |
| 750 | Richtplatz | 22,9 |
| 843 | Langenberg | 24,6 |
| 800 | Burbecke Square | 25,3 |
| 838 | Clemensberg / NSG Neuer Hagen | 27,8 |
| 785 | Hoppecke spring | 29,0 |
| 660 | Medebach-Küstelberg | 34,5 |
| 645 | Wagenschmier | 36,2 |
| 660 | Experience point "Forest as an economic area" | 38,8 |
| 670 | Ruhr spring | 39,0 |
| 680 | Old Heidenstraße | 40,6 |
| 670 | Winterberg city center | 42,6 |
| 733 | St.Georg Schanze Winterberg | 44,2 |
| 730 | Half-hour cross | 45,6 |
| 760 | Bloodstone | 47,3 |
| 841 | Kahler Asten | 48,9 |
| 835 | Lennequelle | 49,2 |
| 769 | Winterberg-Neuastenberg / Lenneplätze | 50,8 |
| 715 | Winterberg-Langewiese | 53,4 |
| 745 | Wildererstein | 55,3 |
| 730 | Winterberg-Hoheleye | 55,8 |
| 729 | Albrechtsplatz | 56,9 |
| 752 | Heidenstock | 59,4 |
| 750 | Rothaarsteig valley variant junction | 60,0 |
| 720 | Sculpture "No easy game" | 60,8 |
| 695 | Bad Berleburg-Kühhude | 61,7 |
| 710 | Sculpture "Stone, Time, Man" | 62,3 |
| 665 | Suspension bridge / "Forest ecosystem" | 62,6 |
| 740 | Big head | 65,8 |
| 660 | Bank of millions | 69,3 |
| 660 | Experience point "Forest and its owners" | 69,3 |
| 660 | Rothaarsteig valley variant junction | 69,3 |
| 666 | Small Heidkopf | 72,3 |
| 640 | Schmallenberg-Jagdhaus | 73,2 |
| 680 | Sombornquelle | 76,4 |
| 685 | Margaretenstein | 78,3 |
| 680 | Rhein-Weser-Turm | 82,2 |
| 675 | Forest school" adventure point | 82,7 |
| 480 | Limnological path | 85,6 |
| 630 | Heinsberg Heid | 88,2 |
| 673 | Dreiherrnstein | 90,1 |
| 595 | Elberndorfer Bachtal | 91,8 |
| 625 | Oberndorfer Heights | 92,8 |
| 600 | Ferndorf spring | 93,5 |
| 604 | Ginsberg forester's lodge | 96,6 |
| 580 | Ginsburg Castle | 97,7 |
| 654 | Giller observation tower | 99,2 |
| 560 | Hilchenbach-Lützel | 101,0 |
| 540 | Edertal / Eicherwald nature reserve | 104,5 |
| 630 | Eder spring | 107,3 |
| 635 | Coal road | 108,0 |
| 570 | Erndtebrück-Benfe | 109,5 |
| 570 | Benfebach | 109,5 |
| 620 | Bad Laasphe-Großenbach | 111,7 |
| 600 | Siegquelle | 112,2 |
| 622 | Ilm spring | 113,4 |
| 605 | Lahnquelle/Lahnhof | 115,8 |
| 609 | Bad Laasphe-Heiligenborn | 119,1 |
| 620 | Ilsequelle | 120,1 |
| 670 | Jagdberg | 121,5 |
| 670 | Iron road | 121,7 |
| 625 | Herrenberg | 122,5 |
| 590 | Coffee beech | 124,0 |
| 578 | Haincher Höhe | 126,9 |
| 560 | Dill spring | 128,1 |
| 551 | Tiefenrother Höhe | 132,9 |
| 510 | Adventure point "Haubergspfad" | 134,3 |
| 520 | Cold oak | 134,6 |
| 520 | Junction Westerwald/Dill variant | 134,6 |
| 440 | Luca oak | 136,2 |
| 380 | Steinbach forester's lodge | 137,1 |
| 310 | Haiger-Rodenbach | 142,2 |
| 305 | Dillenburg-Manderbach | 146,7 |
| 302 | Dillenburg-Galgenberg | 150,5 |
| 260 | Dillenburg-Bismarcktempel | 152,8 |
| 237 | Dillenburg-Hofgarten | 154,2 |
| 235 | Dillenburg-Bahnhof | 154,8 |
| Altitude above sea level | Valley variant | Distance (kilometers) |
| 752 | Heidenstock | 0,0 |
| 710 | Landwehr (Alte Schanze) | 2,4 |
| 710 | Schmallenberg ski jump | 2,5 |
| 530 | Altarstein | 6,0 |
| 475 | ND Thick oak | 7,5 |
| 400 | Schmallenberg-Latrop | 9,7 |
| 660 | Millionenbank | 13,7 |
| Altitude above sea level | Westerwald variant | Distance (kilometers) |
| 520 | Cold oak | 0,0 |
| 520 | Junction Westerwald/Dill variant | 0,0 |
| 563 | Hirschstein | 1,1 |
| 428 | Burbach-Würgendorf | 7,4 |
| 546 | NSG Großer Stein | 12,8 |
| 470 | Burbach-Lützeln | 14,9 |
| 560 | Kaolin clay pit "Auf dem Kreuz" | 17,0 |
| 530 | Rennerod-Liebenscheid | 19,8 |
| 580 | Rennerod-Weißenberg | 22,3 |
| 610 | ND Ketzerstein | 22,9 |
| 656 | NSG Fuchskaute | 26,7 |
| 540 | Dreiländereck | 31,1 |
| 565 | Breitscheid-Rabenscheid | 33,8 |
| 450 | ND Basalt quarry | 37,5 |
| 425 | NSG Wildweiberhäuschen | 38,2 |
| 473 | Old Rhine Road | 41,2 |
| 430 | NSG Kornberg | 45,2 |
| 454 | ND Kornberg | 45,6 |
| 280 | Feldbacher Hof | 51,2 |
| 235 | Dillenburg-Hofgarten | 52,5 |