 The tower is the oldest (built 1892, restored 1992) of four steel observation towers belonging to the "Harzklub" in the Harz.A road, closed to private cars, runs from the Auerhahn Inn on the B 241 federal highway up to the Schalke.There are also long hiking trails from Zellerfeld and Goslar and a short, steep footpath from Mittelschulenberg past the Lower Schalke Pond and Festenburg, two parishes in Schulenberg, up to the Schalke.