The Eifel view "Schöne Aussicht" on the "Simonsley" (415 meters above sea level) offers you an impressive panorama above the Rursee in a south-east to south-west direction, with the "Kermeter", a core area in the Eifel National Park, drawing the eye.

Iron ore was mined at "Simonsley" until the 19th century. The founder of the ironworks in Simonskall, Simon Kremer, owned mining rights at this location in the 17th century and operated an iron ore mine, so that the name "Simonsley" (ley = rock) still refers to it today. There are also former tunnels and pings (mounds of earth with depressions) which indicate that there was a lot of excavation activity.

Directions:
You can reach Schmidt from Düren via the L 249 to Nideggen, then change to the L 246, from Heimbach via the L 218, from the Cologne-Bonn area via the B 265 and L 11 to Nideggen, then change to the L 246, from the Monschauer Land via the L 246 and L 218 and from the Aachener Land via the B 399 and L 218.
The parking lot is located in the immediate vicinity of the "Eifel-Blick", at the end of the "Schöne Aussicht" road on the eastern edge of the village.

GPS coordinates (WGS 84): N 50° 39.185' E 006° 25.350'