Why this ride
Shaded two-lane riding with rolling corners and little urban exposure. It also links naturally to Lorsch Abbey.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Odenwald and Bergstrasse Loop
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 128 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 31
- 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.
Access context
Check motorcycle weekend restrictions and noise-control closures on specific roads. Specific flag: weekend restrictions possible.
Seasonal context
Apr-Oct
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Heidelberg
Heidelberg is the place that German Romantics made famous and Mark Twain made funny. The Neckar comes out of its wooded valley here and slips past a steep old town, a stone bridge with a gate, and above everything the red sandstone ruins of the castle. Visitors have been climbing up to look at it since the early nineteenth century, when poets and painters arrived and decided it was the most beautiful ruin in Germany. The damage was done by French troops in the 1680s and 1690s, in a war of succession, and a lightning strike finished the job later, so it was never a romantic wreck by design.
Read the complete Heidelberg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Heidelberg sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Michelstadt.
2. Michelstadt
Planning note
Michelstadt comes up 28 km in. Next is Lindenfels.
3. Lindenfels
Planning note
57 km in you reach Lindenfels. Next is Heidelberg.
4. Heidelberg
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Heidelberg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Heidelberg, late in the day.