Why this ride
321 km from Eremitu to Eremitu, about 6 h 31 of riding. The stops in between: Monor - Dealul Braniște, Sărățel - Cetate 1, Salva - Roata lui Todoran and Dumbrăveni. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor and Dumbrăveni
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 321 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor
Transylvania's rolling middle country does not have an obvious centre of gravity, and Chiheru de Jos sits right in it. The village lies in Mures county, in the hills between the Gurghiu valley and the upper Mures, a region of grassy ridges, orchards, and beech and oak woods that rise to the dark mass of the Calimani and Gurghiu mountains to the east.
Read the complete Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor is where the day begins. Next is Monor - Dealul Braniște.
2. Monor - Dealul Braniște
This is the Transylvanian Plain at its northern edge, a land of soft hills rather than mountains, and Dealul Braniște is one of the rounded rises between the villages of Monor and Batoș in Mureș and Bistrița-Năsăud country. Braniște usually means a protected wood or reserved pasture, and the hill still carries patches of oak among the fields. From the top the view runs out over a rumpled carpet of meadows, orchards and strip fields, with the Călimani mountains a blue line far to the east.
Read the complete Monor - Dealul Braniște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Monor - Dealul Braniște comes up 37 km in. Next is Sărățel - Cetate 1.
3. Sărățel - Cetate 1
The name Sărățel means the little salty place, and this corner of Bistrița-Năsăud has salt underground: springs of brine rise here and there in the hills, and for centuries people used them for cooking, curing meat and treating animals. Salt was one of the reasons the Romans wanted Dacia, along with gold, and on a hill near the village they placed a fort, Cetate, meaning the citadel, at the north-eastern corner of their province. Behind it lay the valley of the Șieu and the road towards the interior; in front, the hills where the free Dacians lived. The site is now part of the Roman frontier of Dacia on the World Heritage list, though, like most of these places, it is visible mainly as an outline of banks and ditches.
Read the complete Sărățel - Cetate 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
75 km in you reach Sărățel - Cetate 1. Next is Salva - Roata lui Todoran.
4. Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Salva is a railway village. Trains for the Maramureș line split off here from the route along the Someșul Mare, and the place has a slightly busy, crossroads feel for a commune of a little over four thousand people. The site called Roata lui Todoran, Todoran's wheel, sits right by the village in the Năsăud country of Bistrița-Năsăud, a region that marked the northern edge of Roman Dacia and later formed part of a Habsburg border regiment. Few places in Transylvania have been a frontier for quite so long.
Read the complete Salva - Roata lui Todoran write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Salva - Roata lui Todoran, about halfway. Next is Dumbrăveni.
5. Dumbrăveni
Dumbrăveni sits in the quiet hill country above the Someş Mare, where the river curves west towards Dej and the land folds into low ridges, orchards and small woods of oak and hornbeam. Like several places on these rides, it marks a point on the old northern edge of Roman Dacia, one of the scattered watchtower and earthwork sites listed in 2024 as part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire. Expect a hill and a view rather than masonry, and enjoy the feeling of being somewhere few travellers bother to stop.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Dumbrăveni sits at 149 km, about halfway. Next is back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran.
6. back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Salva - Roata lui Todoran write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran comes up 186 km in. Next is back through Sărățel - Cetate 1.
7. back through Sărățel - Cetate 1
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sărățel - Cetate 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
224 km in you reach back through Sărățel - Cetate 1. Next is back through Monor - Dealul Braniște.
8. back through Monor - Dealul Braniște
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Monor - Dealul Braniște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Monor - Dealul Braniște, late in the day. Next is Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor.
9. Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 321 km.
Leg by leg
Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor to Monor - Dealul Braniște
Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor → Monor - Dealul Braniște is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Monor - Dealul Braniște to Sărățel - Cetate 1
Monor - Dealul Braniște → Sărățel - Cetate 1 is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sărățel - Cetate 1 to Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Sărățel - Cetate 1 → Salva - Roata lui Todoran is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Salva - Roata lui Todoran to Dumbrăveni
Salva - Roata lui Todoran → Dumbrăveni is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dumbrăveni to back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Dumbrăveni → back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran to back through Sărățel - Cetate 1
back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran → back through Sărățel - Cetate 1 is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sărățel - Cetate 1 to back through Monor - Dealul Braniște
back through Sărățel - Cetate 1 → back through Monor - Dealul Braniște is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Monor - Dealul Braniște to Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor
back through Monor - Dealul Braniște → Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.