Why this ride
A 244 km round trip from Lebyazh’ye - roughly 4 h 33 in the saddle. It goes by way of Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island, Terioki, Sestroretsky Razliv and back through Terioki. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» and Sestroretsky Razliv
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 244 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 33
- 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.
Scenic road chapters
Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 24 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 63 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» is where the day begins. Next is Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island.
2. Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island
Ships have been guided by a light on Tolbukhin island for about three centuries, and it is one of those places that makes more sense on a chart than on a road. The island lies in the Gulf of Finland, south-west of Kronstadt and out in the shallow channel that leads to Saint Petersburg, and the lighthouse on it marks the southern passage into the Neva Bay. The surrounding waters are shallow, and in the grey light of autumn the sea and the sky merge into a single pale band.
Read the complete Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island comes up about 37 km into the recorded legs. Next is Terioki.
3. Terioki
Terioki, or Terijoki in Finnish, is the old name of Zelenogorsk, a resort town on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, about fifty kilometres from St Petersburg. Until the Winter War, it was part of Finland, and before the revolution it was one of the favourite dacha destinations for the wealthy of the imperial capital, who came by train to spend summers among the pine trees and sandy beaches. After the Soviet Union took the Karelian Isthmus in 1940 and again in 1944, the Finnish population left, and in 1948 the town was renamed Zelenogorsk, the green hill.
Read the complete Terioki write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 100 km into the recorded legs you reach Terioki. Next is Sestroretsky Razliv.
4. Sestroretsky Razliv
Sestroretsk is a small town on the north shore of the Gulf of Finland, in a landscape of pine-covered dunes, shallow bays and lakes, and it has an industrial origin that surprises visitors. In 1721 Peter the Great founded an arms factory on the Sestra river here, and a dam created a broad reservoir to power it. That reservoir, Razliv, which means flood or spill, is the lake that gives the place its name. The water, ringed by reeds and birches, is a favourite spot for locals to swim, fish and walk.
Read the complete Sestroretsky Razliv write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sestroretsky Razliv, about halfway. Next is back through Terioki.
5. back through Terioki
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Terioki write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Terioki sits at 102 km, about halfway. Next is back through Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island.
6. Back to Fort «Krasnaya Gorka»
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island comes up about 243 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort «Krasnaya Gorka».
7. Fort «Krasnaya Gorka»
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» closes the day.
Leg by leg
Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» to Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island
Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» → Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island to Terioki
Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island → Terioki is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Terioki to Sestroretsky Razliv
Terioki → Sestroretsky Razliv is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sestroretsky Razliv to back through Terioki
Sestroretsky Razliv → back through Terioki is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Terioki to Back to Fort «Krasnaya Gorka»
back through Terioki → Back to Fort «Krasnaya Gorka» is 78 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.