Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: From the platform there is a view over the northern Black Forest with the Hornisgrinde in the south , BÃ 1\/4 hlerhÃ he in the north east and the valley of the Upper Rhine in the west side .
Simplified: The platform has a view over the northern Black Forest , with the Hornisgrinde in the south , BÃ 1\/4 hlerhÃ he in the northeast and the valley of the Upper Rhine on the west .