Torfhaus is a village in the borough of the mining town of Altenau in the Harz mountains of Germany and lies at a height of about 800 m above sea level (NN).

This small settlement consists mainly of restaurants, youth hostels, ski huts and large car parks.

The B 4 federal road, which is a major traffic route, runs from Brunswick to the north via Torfhaus to Braunlage and on into the South and East Harz.

Today Torfhaus is a popular start point for walks along the Goethe Way to the Brocken, but also to the historic Dreieckiger Pfahl boundary stone and on over the mountains of the Wurmberg or Achtermannshöhe to Braunlage.

Racing and touring cyclists generally prefer to cycle to Torfhaus via the Landstraße 504 from Altenau, which is also called the "Steep Face" (Steile Wand);[1] The Bundesstraße 4, with its heavy motor traffic, is only used for round trips as an unavoidable route section.