Why this ride
A 185 km round trip from Rus - roughly 3 h 49 in the saddle. On the way it passes Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii, Porolissum, Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 and back through Porolissum.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 and Hurez - Sub Cornet 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 185 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 49
- 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. Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1
The Someș is the river of northern Transylvania, gathering its waters in the mountains and winding west through a broad, green valley towards Hungary. Around Rus and Ileanda, in the northeast of Sălaj county, the valley narrows between wooded hills, and the villages cling to the slopes above the river. Dăbâceni and the ridge called Coama Pietrar lie in this landscape, one of many recorded archaeological sites in the area, and like most of them it is more about the setting than about visible remains.
Read the complete Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 is where the day begins. Next is Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii.
2. Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii
Surduc is a village in the Someș valley in Sălaj county, north-western Romania, where the river cuts a narrow path through hills on its way toward Baia Mare. Above the village, on a ridge overlooking the valley of the Hrăii stream, there are traces of a Roman watchtower, part of the frontier of the province of Dacia. The nearby villages of Tihău and Băbeni, and the town of Jibou, are all close by.
Read the complete Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii comes up about 34 km into the recorded legs. Next is Porolissum.
3. Porolissum
On a hill above the village of Moigrad, the Roman town of Porolissum guarded a key pass through the Meseș mountains, the gateway to Roman Dacia from the north-west. Founded as a military camp after the conquest in 106, it grew into a town of thousands, with a large fort, an amphitheatre, temples, baths and a customs post, and it became a municipium, a self-governing city, under the emperor Septimius Severus. The ruins are among the most impressive Roman remains in Romania, with a reconstructed fort gate, walls and parts of the town, and they are part of the frontier sites of Roman Dacia.
Read the complete Porolissum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 59 km into the recorded legs you reach Porolissum. Next is Hurez - Sub Cornet 1.
4. Hurez - Sub Cornet 1
The ridge of the Meseş mountains runs like a low, wooded wall across northern Transylvania, and the Romans, after they conquered Dacia in AD 106, made it the northern frontier of their new province. They built forts in the valleys, watchtowers on the high points and a road to link them, and this area near Hurez and Cornet lies within that line. The name on our list, Sub Cornet, means below the Cornet, which suggests a hill or ridge overhead, and the pattern of sites around here is of small watchtowers positioned to see along the valleys.
Read the complete Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Hurez - Sub Cornet 1, about halfway. Next is back through Porolissum.
5. back through Porolissum
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Porolissum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Porolissum sits at 105 km, about halfway. Next is back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii.
6. back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii comes up about 150 km into the recorded legs. Next is Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1.
7. Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 closes the day.
Leg by leg
Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 to Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii
Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 → Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii to Porolissum
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii → Porolissum is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Porolissum to Hurez - Sub Cornet 1
Porolissum → Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 to back through Porolissum
Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 → back through Porolissum is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Porolissum to back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii
back through Porolissum → back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii to Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1
back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii → Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.