Why this ride
328 km from Kronstadt to Kronstadt, about 5 h 45 of riding. It goes by way of Fort «Ino», The E.I.Lopukhina's, Koltushskoe Highway and back through The E.I.Lopukhina's. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Fort «Peter I» and Koltushskoe Highway
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 328 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 45
- 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 about 78 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 78 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fort «Peter I»
Peter the Great wanted a fortress on the sea, and in the first years of the eighteenth century he got one, built on a sandbank and a few small islets in the shallows off Kotlin Island. Fort Peter I belongs to the chain of forts that grew from that first idea over the next two centuries, strung along the channels like beads on a thread, each with its own gun batteries, barracks and harbours. Together they formed a barrier that no enemy fleet cared to test, and during the Crimean War, when British and French ships came to the gulf, they thought better of attacking.
Read the complete Fort «Peter I» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fort «Peter I» is where the day begins. Next is Fort «Ino».
2. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fort «Ino» comes up about 78 km into the recorded legs. Next is The E.I.Lopukhina's, 44 km on.
3. The E.I.Lopukhina's
North of Saint Petersburg's centre, the city thins out into a mix of suburbs, dachas, pine woods and the long marshy shores of the Karelian Isthmus.
Read the complete The E.I.Lopukhina's write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 139 km into the recorded legs you reach The E.I.Lopukhina's. Next is Koltushskoe Highway.
4. Koltushskoe Highway
East of Saint Petersburg, the Koltushskoe highway runs through suburban sprawl and countryside toward the village of Koltushi, and it belongs to a memorial landscape that ties the whole region together: the Green Belt of Glory, a chain of monuments marking the defensive line around Leningrad during the siege of 1941 to 1944, when nearly nine hundred days of blockade cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians. Monuments, steles and memorials stand along the roads where the front lines and supply routes ran, including the Road of Life across Lake Ladoga.
Read the complete Koltushskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Koltushskoe Highway, about halfway. Next is back through The E.I.Lopukhina's, 43 km on.
5. back through The E.I.Lopukhina's
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The E.I.Lopukhina's write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The E.I.Lopukhina's sits at 175 km, about halfway. Next is back through Fort «Ino».
6. back through Fort «Ino»
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort «Ino» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Fort «Ino» comes up about 259 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort «Peter I».
7. Fort «Peter I»
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort «Peter I» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fort «Peter I» closes the day.
Leg by leg
Fort «Peter I» to Fort «Ino»
Fort «Peter I» → Fort «Ino» is 78 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort «Ino» to The E.I.Lopukhina's
Fort «Ino» → The E.I.Lopukhina's is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The E.I.Lopukhina's to Koltushskoe Highway
The E.I.Lopukhina's → Koltushskoe Highway is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Koltushskoe Highway to back through The E.I.Lopukhina's
Koltushskoe Highway → back through The E.I.Lopukhina's is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The E.I.Lopukhina's to back through Fort «Ino»
back through The E.I.Lopukhina's → back through Fort «Ino» is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort «Ino» to Fort «Peter I»
back through Fort «Ino» → Fort «Peter I» is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.