Why this ride
From Klášterec nad Ohří it runs 94 km to Klášterec nad Ohří; allow about 1 h 44 of riding. It goes by way of Jáchymov Mining Landscape, Karlovy Vary and back through Jáchymov Mining Landscape.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Mědník Hill Mining Landscape and Karlovy Vary
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 94 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 44
- 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
Castle Road
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 25 km this is Castle Road, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 25 km
- Named road
- Castle Road
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Mědník Hill Mining Landscape
Mědník is a small, steep hill on the Czech side of the Ore Mountains, or Krušné hory, the range that forms the border between Bohemia and Saxony. It rises above the village of Měděnec, whose name, like the hill's, comes from the Czech word for copper. For centuries, miners tunnelled into the hill for copper and iron ore, and the hill is now part of the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region, inscribed by UNESCO in 2019 as a cross-border site.
Read the complete Mědník Hill Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mědník Hill Mining Landscape is where the day begins. Next is Jáchymov Mining Landscape.
2. Jáchymov Mining Landscape
The word dollar comes from this small town in the Ore Mountains. In the early sixteenth century, the silver mines of Jáchymov, then called Joachimsthal, were among the richest in Europe, and the coins minted here were called Joachimsthaler, shortened to thaler, which became daler and eventually dollar. The town grew rapidly, with thousands of miners, and it is now one component of the World Heritage inscription for the Erzgebirge mining region, shared between the Czech Republic and Germany. Its later history is darker and stranger.
Read the complete Jáchymov Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Jáchymov Mining Landscape comes up about 23 km into the recorded legs. Next is Karlovy Vary.
3. Karlovy Vary
Legend has it that Emperor Charles IV was out hunting in the forests of western Bohemia in the fourteenth century when a stag he was chasing, or in some versions one of his hounds, fell into a pool of scalding water, and that is how the hot springs of Karlovy Vary were found. Whatever the truth, the town that grew up around them bears his name, Karlsbad in German, and by the nineteenth century it had become one of the most fashionable spas in Europe, visited by tsars, composers, poets and the cream of European society. In 2021, it became part of the UNESCO listing of the Great Spa Towns of Europe.
Read the complete Karlovy Vary write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 48 km into the recorded legs you reach Karlovy Vary. Next is back through Jáchymov Mining Landscape.
4. back through Jáchymov Mining Landscape
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Jáchymov Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Jáchymov Mining Landscape, late in the day. Next is Mědník Hill Mining Landscape.
5. Mědník Hill Mining Landscape
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mědník Hill Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Mědník Hill Mining Landscape. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Mědník Hill Mining Landscape to Jáchymov Mining Landscape
Mědník Hill Mining Landscape → Jáchymov Mining Landscape is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Jáchymov Mining Landscape to Karlovy Vary
Jáchymov Mining Landscape → Karlovy Vary is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Karlovy Vary to back through Jáchymov Mining Landscape
Karlovy Vary → back through Jáchymov Mining Landscape is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Jáchymov Mining Landscape to Mědník Hill Mining Landscape
back through Jáchymov Mining Landscape → Mědník Hill Mining Landscape is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.