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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393 km from La Presa to La Presa, about 7 h 47 of riding. On the way it passes Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos, Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for, Temple of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles of and Huahuatsari. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,300 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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 Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos.
Ojuelos de Jalisco lies on the high, dry plateau where Jalisco meets Aguascalientes, Zacatecas and Guanajuato, at over two thousand metres, a land of grassland, nopal cactus, mesquite and wide horizons. The town owes its existence to the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road that carried silver north from the mines of Zacatecas and supplies from Mexico City, eventually reaching all the way to Santa Fe in what is now New Mexico. UNESCO listed a series of sites along the road in 2010, including the historic ensemble of Ojuelos.
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Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos comes up about 37 km into the recorded legs. Next is Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for.
On the high plateau of southern Zacatecas, close to the border with San Luis Potosí, the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro passed through a dry landscape of grassland, yucca and nopal cactus, linking Mexico City with the silver mines of the north. Haciendas grew up along the way, and the former Hacienda of San Nicolás de Quijas, with its chapel dedicated to San Nicolás Tolentino, is one of the sites inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2010 as part of the royal road. The chapel, with its simple façade, bell gable and adobe walls, stands in a small village surrounded by fields and open range.
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about 90 km into the recorded legs you reach Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for. Next is Temple of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles of.
The high plateau of central Mexico, known as the Mesa Central, is a landscape of dry grass, mesquite, nopal cactus and low volcanic hills, and the village of Noria de Angeles, in the state of Zacatecas, sits in the middle of it, about eight kilometres from Villa Gonzalez Ortega.
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Temple of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles of, about halfway. Next is Huahuatsari.
Every year, Wixárika pilgrims, the people often called Huichol, walk or travel hundreds of kilometres from their homeland in the Sierra Madre Occidental to Wirikuta, a sacred desert in San Luis Potosí, where they gather peyote and make offerings at sacred places along the way. Huahuatsari is one of the sacred sites on this route, in the high desert near Villa de Ramos. The pilgrimage route has been placed on Mexico's tentative list for World Heritage, and the sites along it are places of prayer, not tourist attractions.
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Huahuatsari sits at 189 km, about halfway. Next is back through Temple of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles of.
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back through Temple of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles of comes up about 249 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for.
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about 304 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for. Next is back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos.
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Read the complete Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos write-up.
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back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos, late in the day. Next is Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata.
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Read the complete Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata write-up.
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The route ends here after 393 km.
Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata → Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos → Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for → Temple of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles of is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Temple of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles of → Huahuatsari is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Huahuatsari → back through Temple of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles of is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Temple of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles of → back through Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for → back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos → Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.