CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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252 km from Chalchihuites to Chalchihuites, about 4 h 05 of riding. The stops in between: Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien, Historic centre of the city of Durango and back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Chalchihuites is a small town in the far west of Zacatecas, on the edge of the Sierra Madre Occidental, and it lies on a stretch of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Royal Road of the Interior Land. Its architectural ensemble, with a parish church and colonial houses around a plaza, is part of the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real. The name comes from the Nahuatl word for jade or greenstone, chalchihuitl, a reference to the turquoise-like stones found in the area, which were prized by the peoples of Mesoamerica.
Read the complete Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal is where the day begins. Next is Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien.
Nombre de Dios, in the state of Durango, is a small, dusty town on a dry plateau about a hundred kilometres south-east of the state capital, and it carries the distinction of having been the site of the first Franciscan mission in Durango, founded in the 1550s.
Read the complete Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien comes up about 69 km into the recorded legs. Next is Historic centre of the city of Durango.
Durango was founded in 1563 by Francisco de Ibarra as the capital of Nueva Vizcaya, a huge northern province that stretched toward the unconquered frontier, and it still has the look of a frontier capital that became rich and then politely stopped. The historic centre is a tidy grid of colonial buildings in pink and yellow stone, with the Plaza de Armas at its core and the great baroque cathedral facing it. Mining money, mostly silver, paid for the arcades, mansions and theatres, and the streets are remarkably free of the clutter you find in larger cities.
Read the complete Historic centre of the city of Durango write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 129 km into the recorded legs you reach Historic centre of the city of Durango. Next is back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien, late in the day. Next is Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal. That is the ride.
Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal → Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien is 69 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien → Historic centre of the city of Durango is 60 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Historic centre of the city of Durango → back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien is 60 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien → Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal is 62 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.