Why this ride
A 175 km round trip from Jyväskylä - roughly 3 h 34 in the saddle. On the way it passes Petäjävesi Old Church, PUOLAKKA Oravivuori and back through Petäjävesi Old Church. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Aalto Campus and PUOLAKKA Oravivuori · 175 km from Jyväskylä
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 175 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 34
- 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.
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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. Aalto Campus
Alvar Aalto grew up in Jyväskylä, and the city wears his work like a signature. The university campus on the hill of Seminaarinmäki is one of his great achievements, designed in the 1950s around the older buildings of the teacher training college that had stood here since the nineteenth century. Red brick, timber, copper and glass, arranged around a sloping green with tall pines, it feels less like an institution than a village built for thinking. The main building, with its grand stair and lecture hall, the library and the sports hall all carry his particular mix of warmth and rigour. Walk around and you notice the details: the door handles, the light, the way the buildings follow the slope.
Read the complete Aalto Campus write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Aalto Campus is where the day begins. Next is Petäjävesi Old Church.
2. Petäjävesi Old Church
The lakeland of Central Finland is a place of low wooded ridges, narrow lakes and small farms, and Petäjävesi, a village of three and a half thousand people, lies on the shore of Lake Päijänne's northern arm, about twenty-five kilometres from Keuruu. Its old church, built entirely of pine logs, is one of the best-known wooden buildings in Europe and was inscribed by UNESCO in 1994.
Read the complete Petäjävesi Old Church write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Petäjävesi Old Church comes up about 33 km into the recorded legs. Next is PUOLAKKA Oravivuori.
3. PUOLAKKA Oravivuori
Finland's lakeland is a country of water more than of land, and Päijänne, the second largest lake in the country, runs south from here for over a hundred kilometres in long, island-dotted fingers. Oravivuori, Squirrel Hill, is a forested rise near Puolakka in the Korpilahti district, now part of Jyväskylä, and the lookout on the hill gives a wide view over spruce, pine and the shining lake beyond. The label points to a hill rather than a monument, so think of it as a place to climb, look and breathe.
Read the complete PUOLAKKA Oravivuori write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 86 km into the recorded legs you reach PUOLAKKA Oravivuori. Next is back through Petäjävesi Old Church.
4. back through Petäjävesi Old Church
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Petäjävesi Old Church write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Petäjävesi Old Church, late in the day. Next is Aalto Campus.
5. Aalto Campus
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Aalto Campus write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Aalto Campus. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Aalto Campus to Petäjävesi Old Church
Aalto Campus → Petäjävesi Old Church is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Petäjävesi Old Church to PUOLAKKA Oravivuori
Petäjävesi Old Church → PUOLAKKA Oravivuori is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
PUOLAKKA Oravivuori to back through Petäjävesi Old Church
PUOLAKKA Oravivuori → back through Petäjävesi Old Church is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Petäjävesi Old Church to Aalto Campus
back through Petäjävesi Old Church → Aalto Campus is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.