Why this ride
A 212 km round trip from Pittsburgh - roughly 3 h 19 in the saddle. The stops in between: Fallingwater, The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Llo and back through Fallingwater.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Pittsburgh day out · The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Llo
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 212 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 19
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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. Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh makes sense once you see where it sits. The city grew at the meeting of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, which merge to form the Ohio, and the point where they meet is now a park with a fountain at the tip. Steep hills rise from the water on every side, and the streets climb them in flights of stairs, so that the old neighbourhoods look stacked on one another. More than four hundred bridges cross the rivers and ravines, and it is the sort of city where you cross a bridge without noticing.
Read the complete Pittsburgh write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Pittsburgh is where the day begins. Next is Fallingwater.
2. Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright built the house over the stream, not beside it. Fallingwater stands in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, at Mill Run, where Bear Run tumbles over a series of rock ledges in a hemlock and rhododendron forest. Edgar Kaufmann, a Pittsburgh department store owner, hired Wright in 1935 to design a weekend house, and expected a view of the waterfall. Wright put the house right on top of it, with concrete terraces cantilevered over the rock, and it was finished in 1937.
Read the complete Fallingwater write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fallingwater comes up 50 km in. Next is The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Llo.
3. The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Llo
Planning note
101 km in you reach The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Llo. Next is back through Fallingwater.
4. back through Fallingwater
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fallingwater write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Fallingwater, late in the day. Next is Pittsburgh.
5. Pittsburgh
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Pittsburgh write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Pittsburgh. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Pittsburgh to Fallingwater
Pittsburgh → Fallingwater is 100 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Fallingwater to Pittsburgh
back through Fallingwater → Pittsburgh is 100 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.