Why this ride
From Lakhtinskiy it runs 132 km to Lakhtinskiy; allow about 2 h 10 of riding. The stops in between: The Alexandriysky Park, The Maximov's Datcha and back through The Alexandriysky Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Kronstadtsky and The Maximov's Datcha
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 132 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 10
- 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 54 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 54 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Kronstadtsky
This stretch is the north shore of the Gulf of Finland, the coast that runs west from the Neva delta toward Sestroretsk and the Karelian Isthmus. The label points to the Kronstadtsky district name rather than a single monument, so think of it as a tract of seaside land, with the port town of Lisiy Nos about five kilometres away and the larger suburb of Lakhtinsky eight kilometres off. Lisiy Nos means Fox's Nose, a cape that pokes out into the gulf, and from here on a clear day you can look south across the water to the low silhouette of Kotlin Island.
Read the complete Kronstadtsky write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kronstadtsky is where the day begins. Next is The Alexandriysky Park.
2. The Alexandriysky Park
The garden at Alexandria is a nineteenth-century romantic dream laid out at Peterhof for Tsar Nicholas I and his wife, Alexandra, a place of Gothic towers, winding paths and a small cottage palace by the sea. It lies a little to the west of the great fountains of the lower park, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, and its mood is quite different: quiet, wooded and slightly melancholy. The Gothic Chapel, designed in the style of an English country church, stands among the trees, and the Cottage Palace beside it was a family retreat where the emperor could escape the formality of court life.
Read the complete The Alexandriysky Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Alexandriysky Park comes up about 54 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Maximov's Datcha.
3. The Maximov's Datcha
The south shore of the Gulf of Finland west of St Petersburg is a strip of dachas, palaces and old military ground, and the place marked here as Maximov's Datcha sits within it, a couple of kilometres from the town of Lomonosov.
Read the complete The Maximov's Datcha write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 67 km into the recorded legs you reach The Maximov's Datcha. Next is back through The Alexandriysky Park.
4. back through The Alexandriysky Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Alexandriysky Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The Alexandriysky Park, late in the day. Next is Kronstadtsky.
5. Kronstadtsky
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kronstadtsky write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Kronstadtsky. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Kronstadtsky to The Alexandriysky Park
Kronstadtsky → The Alexandriysky Park is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Alexandriysky Park to The Maximov's Datcha
The Alexandriysky Park → The Maximov's Datcha is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Maximov's Datcha to back through The Alexandriysky Park
The Maximov's Datcha → back through The Alexandriysky Park is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Alexandriysky Park to Kronstadtsky
back through The Alexandriysky Park → Kronstadtsky is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.