Why this ride
A 114 km round trip from Accra - roughly 2 h 04 in the saddle. On the way it passes Forts and Castles and back through Forts and Castles.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Accra day out · Forts and Castles
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 114 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 04
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. 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.
Scenic road chapters
Accra → Forts and Castles
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 54 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 55 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Accra
Accra is hot, humid and loud, and it is built on a coast that has seen traders for more than five hundred years. Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Swedish and British merchants all built forts along this shore, and the city grew around a few of them: Jamestown, the old British quarter with its lighthouse and fishing harbour, and Osu, with the Danish castle that once served as the seat of government. Today Accra is the capital of Ghana, with nearly two million people in the city itself and many more in the sprawl around it.
Read the complete Accra write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Accra is where the day begins. Next is Forts and Castles.
2. Forts and Castles
Along the coast west of Accra, a string of white fortresses stands on headlands above the surf. They were built by European traders from the fifteenth century onward, first by the Portuguese, who founded Elmina in 1482 to buy gold, then by the Dutch, the British, the Danes and others, who competed for the trade in gold and, later, enslaved people. The forts and castles of the Gold Coast are now a UNESCO World Heritage site, a sobering reminder of how this coast was shaped.
Read the complete Forts and Castles write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Forts and Castles comes up 28 km in. Next is Forts and Castles.
3. Forts and Castles
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Forts and Castles write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
55 km in you reach Forts and Castles. Next is back through Forts and Castles.
4. back through Forts and Castles
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Forts and Castles write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Forts and Castles, late in the day. Next is Accra.
5. Accra
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Accra write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Accra. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Accra to Forts and Castles
Accra → Forts and Castles is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Forts and Castles to Accra
back through Forts and Castles → Accra is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.