Why this ride
202 km from Kronstadt to Kronstadt, about 3 h 48 of riding. The stops in between: Sestroretsky Razliv, Terioki, The E.I.Lopukhina's and back through Terioki. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Fort «Peter I» and The E.I.Lopukhina's
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 202 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 48
- 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 26 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 26 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 Sestroretsky Razliv.
2. 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 comes up about 26 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 60 km into the recorded legs you reach Terioki. Next is The E.I.Lopukhina's, 32 km on.
4. 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
The E.I.Lopukhina's, 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 127 km, about halfway. Next is back through Sestroretsky Razliv.
6. back through Sestroretsky Razliv
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
back through Sestroretsky Razliv comes up about 171 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 Sestroretsky Razliv
Fort «Peter I» → Sestroretsky Razliv is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sestroretsky Razliv to Terioki
Sestroretsky Razliv → Terioki is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Terioki to The E.I.Lopukhina's
Terioki → The E.I.Lopukhina's is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The E.I.Lopukhina's to back through Terioki
The E.I.Lopukhina's → back through Terioki is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Terioki to back through Sestroretsky Razliv
back through Terioki → back through Sestroretsky Razliv is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sestroretsky Razliv to Fort «Peter I»
back through Sestroretsky Razliv → Fort «Peter I» is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.