05/E6 North-South long-distance trail
Starting point Nebelstein (1,017m) – Liebenau (970m) – Schönbach (731m) – Ottenschlag (849m) – Trandorf (468m) – Zeining (515m) – Naturpark Jauerling (960m) – Spitz/ Donau (199m) – Wachau, Melk, Mostviertel
Part of the E6 European long-distance trail which stretches from the Baltic Sea (Sweden) through the Waldviertel and the Wachau to the Adriatic Sea in Slovenia.
Distance in the Waldviertel: approx. 100 km

620 Kamp Valley Lakes Trail / 06 Lower Austrian Mariazell Trail - Pilgrims' Trail
Part of the Austrian network of pilgrimage trails that originate in the Austrian traditional pilgrimage routes to Mariazell.
Starting point Nebelstein (1,017m) – St. Martin (621m) – Rosenau – Zwettl ( 518 m) – Ottenstein (526m) – Krumau (370m) Wegscheid (345m) – Rosenburg (265m) – Tautendorf (434m) – Senftenberg (254m), Stein/Donau (199m), Wachau, Dunkelstein Forest, Mostviertel
Distance in the Waldviertel: approx. 140 km

630 Thaya Valley Trail / 07/E8 Eastern Austria Frontier Trail
Starting point Nebelstein (1,017m) – Weitra (562m) – Gmünd/ nature park “Blockheide” (499m) – Heidenreichstein/ nature park (561m) – Waidhofen/Thaya – Dobersberg (465m) – Karlstein/ Thaya (442m) – Raabs/Thaya (446m) – Drosendorf – Geras (460m) – Hardegg (309m) Thayatal National Park – Retz (252m) – Weinviertel (Ostösterr. Grenzlandweg (Eastern Austria frontier tail): Hainburg – Burgenland und Steiermark)
Part of the E8 European long-distance trail which stretches from western Ireland through England, the Netherlands, Germany, the Mühlviertel, Waldviertel and Weinviertel in Austria, Bratislava and through Slovakia to the Beskid Pass in Poland.
Distance in the Waldviertel: approx. 170 km

08 Eisenwurzen trail
This trail stretches from the most northerly to the most southerly areas of Austria (provinces of Lower Austria, Styria and Carinthia).
Starting point Rottal – Litschau(585m) – Gmünd(499m) – Weitra(562m) – Nebelstein (1,017m) – Bad Großpertholz/ Nordwald Nature Park (714m) – Langschlag (765m) – Groß Gerungs (675m) – Arbesbach (849m) – Schönbach (731m) – Bärnkopf (968m), through the Weinsberg Forest (1,000- 1,040m) – Ysper Gorge (529m in the valley) – Laimbach (526m) – Ostrong (Gr. Peilstein 1,061m) – Hofamt Priel (250m) – Persenbeug, Nibelungengau, Mostviertel.
Distance in the Waldviertel: approx. 175 km

Austrian Way of St James
This is part of the European Way of St James ending with Santiago del Compostela in Spain. The Austrian section of the Way of St James starts in Wolfsthal near Hainburg and stretches to Feldkirch in Vorarlberg. The southern Waldviertel section stretches from Emmersdorf nach Leiben – Artstetten – Maria Taferl – Marbach – Persenbeug, Ybbs.
Distance: 31 km in the southern Waldviertel/Nibelungengau