Why this ride
A 330 km round trip from Schleswig - roughly 6 h 01 in the saddle. On the way it passes National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen and Kovirke Area 7. The coast is the point of it.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Kovirke Area 7 and National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 330 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 01
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Kovirke Area 7
South of Schleswig, in the narrow neck of land where the Jutland peninsula pinches itself between the Baltic and the North Sea marshes, lies one of the longest ancient monuments in Europe. This is the Danevirke, a system of earth ramparts, ditches and walls that runs for about thirty kilometres across the country, and the label here, Kovirke Area 7, refers to one of its sections, the Kovirke, whose name is usually translated as the Cow Work. Today the walls are grassy banks in fields, easy to miss if you are riding fast, but they once barred the way into Denmark.
Read the complete Kovirke Area 7 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kovirke Area 7 is where the day begins. Next is National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei.
2. National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen
Here the Wadden Sea comes right up against the dyke. This is the coast of the Wurster Nordseeküste, between the Weser and Elbe estuaries, a country of low sea walls, drained farmland and wide skies, and the mudflats outside the dyke are part of the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park. Together with the Dutch and Danish parts of the Wadden Sea, the area is a UNESCO World Heritage site, valued above all for the sheer scale of the tidal flats and the millions of birds that pass through on migration. When the tide goes out, it goes a very long way.
Read the complete National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
207 km in you reach National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen. Next is back through National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei.
3. Back to Kovirke Area 7
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kovirke Area 7 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei, late in the day. Next is Kovirke Area 7.
4. Kovirke Area 7
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kovirke Area 7 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Kovirke Area 7. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Kovirke Area 7 to National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen
Kovirke Area 7 → National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen is 133 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen to Back to Kovirke Area 7
National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen → Back to Kovirke Area 7 is 133 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.