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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A 255 km round trip from La Presa - roughly 3 h 55 in the saddle. On the way it passes Former hacienda of Peñuelas, Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo and back through Former hacienda of Peñuelas. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
On the high plains where Jalisco meets Aguascalientes, the village of Ciénega de Mata gathers around the remains of what was once one of the largest haciendas in New Spain. In the colonial period, the estate covered an enormous territory, with cattle, sheep and horses grazing over a territory measured in leagues rather than fields, and its owners were among the most powerful families of the region. The surviving buildings, including a chapel and parts of the main house and its walls, are listed as part of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the great colonial road that linked Mexico City with the far north. Haciendas like this were the backbone of the colonial economy, supplying food, animals and shelter to the endless traffic of the road.
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Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata is where the day begins. Next is Former hacienda of Peñuelas.
South of the city of Aguascalientes, on the high plateau of central Mexico, the former hacienda of Peñuelas stands among fields and scrub, its stone and adobe buildings, chapel and courtyards a reminder of the great rural estates that once dominated the region. It was one of the stops on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road from Mexico City to the silver mines of Zacatecas and beyond to New Mexico, and it is part of the UNESCO listing of sites along the road, inscribed in 2010.
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Former hacienda of Peñuelas comes up about 70 km into the recorded legs. Next is Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo.
Pabellón de Hidalgo is a small town in the north of the state of Aguascalientes, and its old hacienda has a moment of national drama attached to it. In January 1811, after the insurgent army of Miguel Hidalgo was routed by royalist forces at the Battle of Puente de Calderón near Guadalajara, the retreating leaders met here, at the Hacienda de San Blas de Pabellón. Exhausted and defeated, they stripped Hidalgo of his military command and handed it to Ignacio Allende, who had long resented the priest's leadership. A few weeks later both were captured in the north, and by the summer both had been executed. The War of Independence would go on for another decade without them.
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about 128 km into the recorded legs you reach Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo. Next is back through Former hacienda of Peñuelas.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Former hacienda of Peñuelas write-up.
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back through Former hacienda of Peñuelas, late in the day. Next is Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata. That is the ride.
Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata → Former hacienda of Peñuelas is 70 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Former hacienda of Peñuelas → Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo is 58 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo → back through Former hacienda of Peñuelas is 57 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Former hacienda of Peñuelas → Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.