Why this ride
478 km from Krasnoye Selo to Krasnoye Selo, about 7 h 51 of riding. It goes by way of Gostilitskoe Highway, Fort «Totleben», Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» and Fort «Ino». The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Dudergof and Fort «Ino»
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 478 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 51
- 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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Scenic road chapters
Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 34 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 34 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Dudergof
South-west of St Petersburg, the flat land of the Neva lowland rises unexpectedly into a pair of wooded hills, the Duderhof heights, the highest ground for many kilometres around. Their name comes from Finnish, and they have long been a landmark, used for military observation since the eighteenth century and as a summer retreat for the people of the capital. In the nineteenth century, the imperial army held its summer manoeuvres around nearby Krasnoye Selo, and the officers' villas and parade grounds became part of the social life of St Petersburg.
Read the complete Dudergof write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dudergof is where the day begins. Next is Gostilitskoe Highway.
2. Gostilitskoe Highway
Peterhof is famous for its fountains, and the road called Gostilitskoe runs along the high ground behind the palace, where the water begins. When Peter the Great decided in the early eighteenth century to build a rival to Versailles on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, the engineers had a problem, because the ground at the shore is flat, and a fountain needs a head of water. They found springs and ponds on the Ropsha heights, a few kilometres inland, and built a system of canals, reservoirs and pipes that carried water downhill to the palace by gravity alone, without a single pump. That system, the Water-bringing system of Peterhof, still works, and it is a marvel of its time.
Read the complete Gostilitskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Gostilitskoe Highway comes up 36 km in. Next is Fort «Totleben».
3. Fort «Totleben»
Eduard Totleben was the engineer who held Sevastopol in the Crimean War, and the Russian navy named a fort after him in the ring of defences that guards Saint Petersburg from the sea. Fort Totleben, along with its neighbour Fort Peter I, belongs to the northern line of fortifications built on shoals in the Gulf of Finland, in the nineteenth century, to protect the approaches to Kronstadt and the capital.
Read the complete Fort «Totleben» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
72 km in you reach Fort «Totleben». Next is Fort «Krasnaya Gorka».
4. Fort «Krasnaya Gorka»
On the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, near the village of Lebyazhye, the remains of Fort Krasnaya Gorka sit among pine woods and sand dunes. The fort was built in the years before the First World War as part of a chain of coastal defences protecting the approaches to St Petersburg, with heavy guns facing the sea and their counterparts on the opposite shore at Ino, in what was then the Grand Duchy of Finland. Together, the forts were designed to close the gulf to an enemy fleet.
Read the complete Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Fort «Krasnaya Gorka», about halfway. Next is Fort «Ino».
5. Fort «Ino»
In pine woods on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, west of the resort strip of Zelenogorsk, lie the shattered concrete remains of Fort Ino. It was built from 1909 as part of the defences of Saint Petersburg, a key battery of Peter the Great's Naval Fortress, designed to close the gulf to enemy fleets with heavy guns. When Finland became independent, the fort ended up on Finnish territory, and under the Treaty of Tartu in 1920 its fortifications were to be dismantled, which is why what remains today is mostly blasted concrete, scattered among the trees and dunes.
Read the complete Fort «Ino» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Fort «Ino» sits at 145 km, about halfway. Next is back through Fort «Krasnaya Gorka».
6. back through Fort «Krasnaya Gorka»
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» comes up 181 km in. Next is back through Fort «Totleben».
7. back through Fort «Totleben»
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort «Totleben» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
217 km in you reach back through Fort «Totleben». Next is back through Gostilitskoe Highway.
8. back through Gostilitskoe Highway
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Gostilitskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Gostilitskoe Highway, late in the day. Next is Dudergof.
9. Dudergof
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dudergof write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 478 km.
Leg by leg
Dudergof to Gostilitskoe Highway
Dudergof → Gostilitskoe Highway is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gostilitskoe Highway to Fort «Totleben»
Gostilitskoe Highway → Fort «Totleben» is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort «Totleben» to Fort «Krasnaya Gorka»
Fort «Totleben» → Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» to Fort «Ino»
Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» → Fort «Ino» is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort «Ino» to back through Fort «Krasnaya Gorka»
Fort «Ino» → back through Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» to back through Fort «Totleben»
back through Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» → back through Fort «Totleben» is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort «Totleben» to back through Gostilitskoe Highway
back through Fort «Totleben» → back through Gostilitskoe Highway is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Gostilitskoe Highway to Dudergof
back through Gostilitskoe Highway → Dudergof is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.