The Großer Bärenstein (English: Great Bear Rock) is a 327 metres (1,073 feet) high table hill in the German region of Saxon Switzerland in the Free State of Saxony.
The Großer Bärenstein is located within a loop of the River Elbe near Rathen.
The northern side has a picturesque view of Stadt Wehlen and the Elbe valley looking towards Pirna, the south and east sides look towards Königstein Fortress and the hills between the Papststein and Schrammsteine.
It may be ascended from the western-located Naundorf (easy, no signposts) or from the north (Riegelhofstiege, difficult, Klettersteig).
[1][2] Unlike the Kleiner Bärenstein, the rock is almost entirely wooded and views are limited.