Why this ride
A 332 km one-way ride from near Sandau, about 5 h 48 of riding. On the way it passes Trossin and Scenic stretch in Golßen. Long stretches are under trees.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Dahme-Heideseen Backroads · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 332 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 48
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Food stop near Sandau
Sandau is one of the smallest towns in Germany, a cluster of houses and a big Romanesque brick church on the east bank of the Elbe in Saxony-Anhalt, opposite the meadows that stretch towards Havelberg. A cable ferry crosses the river here, a slow and peaceful way to reach the other bank, and the experience of standing on the deck with your bike, watching the broad, brown river slide past, is a fine reason to come.
Read the complete Food stop near Sandau write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Food stop near Sandau is where the day begins. Next is Berlin motorcycle escapes return.
2. Trossin, on the way back
Pine, sand and silence: the Dübener Heide is one of the larger forests of central Germany, a broad plateau of heath and woodland between the Elbe and the Mulde. Trossin lies on its eastern edge, a small village surrounded by fields and forest, a few kilometres from Dommitzsch, where the Elbe flows slowly past meadows and old willows.
Read the complete Trossin, on the way back write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Berlin motorcycle escapes return comes up about 184 km into the recorded legs. Next is Scenic stretch in Golßen.
3. Scenic stretch in Golßen
Planning note
about 268 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch in Golßen. Next is Photo stop near Lieberose.
4. Photo stop near Lieberose
South of Lieberose, a wide expanse of open sand and heath stretches away under the sky, so bare in places that it has been nicknamed the Lieberose desert. For decades, this was a Soviet military training area, where tanks churned the ground and fires burned the forest. After the troops left in the 1990s, the land was left to nature, and it has become a refuge for wildlife, including wolves, which returned to Germany around the turn of the millennium and have established packs in the region.
Read the complete Photo stop near Lieberose write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Photo stop near Lieberose closes the day.
Leg by leg
Food stop near Sandau to Trossin, on the way back
Food stop near Sandau → Trossin, on the way back is 184 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Scenic stretch in Golßen to Photo stop near Lieberose
Scenic stretch in Golßen → Photo stop near Lieberose is 65 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.