Why this ride
156 km from Shanghai to Shanghai, about 3 h 31 of riding. It goes by way of Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast, Migratory Bird Habitat at Chongming Dongta and back through Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Shanghai afternoon · Migratory Bird Habitat at Chongming Dongta
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 156 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 31
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
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.
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.
Scenic road chapters
Shanghai → Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast
Slow enough to look. The surface follows the shoreline, so the corners arrive where the water decided, not where an engineer did. Water arrives beside the road and stays for 79 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 75 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Shanghai
Shanghai is a city of superlatives that does not seem to mind. It is the biggest city in China by population, with more than twenty million people, and it sprawls across the delta of the Yangtze, a flat, humid plain cut by creeks and canals. Until the nineteenth century it was a fishing and trading town, and then, after the British forced China to open the port in the 1840s, it grew into the most cosmopolitan city in Asia, with foreign concessions, banks, department stores and nightclubs along the Bund, the riverside street lined with grand stone buildings that still stand.
Read the complete Shanghai write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Shanghai is where the day begins. Next is Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast.
2. Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast
This is Chongming Dongtan, a wetland of international importance, and it is a different world from the endless city, a good hundred kilometres away. The sky is wide, the horizon is flat, and the only sounds are wind in the reeds and the calls of birds.
Read the complete Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast comes up about 75 km into the recorded legs. Next is Migratory Bird Habitat at Chongming Dongta.
3. Migratory Bird Habitat at Chongming Dongta
Planning note
about 76 km into the recorded legs you reach Migratory Bird Habitat at Chongming Dongta. Next is back through Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast.
4. back through Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast, late in the day. Next is Shanghai.
5. Shanghai
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Shanghai write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Shanghai. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Shanghai to Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast
Shanghai → Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast is 75 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast to Shanghai
back through Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast → Shanghai is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.