About as the crow flies north-northwest of the Molkenhaus and a little southwest of the Hohe Wand on the municipal boundary of Wernigerode with Ilsenburg, lies the Molkenhausstern ( NN; ), a forest track and hiking trail junction. It may be reached on the Molkenhauschaussee track from the Molkenhaus and is no. 23 in the system of checkpoints on the Harzer Wandernadel. The checkpoint box is in a refuge hut by the junction. The follow trails meet here: the Forstmeister-Sietz-Weg, the Molkenhauschaussee, the Soldansweg and the Victor-von-Scheffel-Weg. Hiking destinations in the area are displayed on a fingerpost at the junction. They are (in alphabetical order): Drei Annen Hohne, Hohneklippen, Ilsefälle (the Ilse Falls), Ilsenburg, Ilsestein, Ilsetal, Plessenburg, Schierke, Steinerne Renne, Wernigerode and Wolfsklippen.