Why this ride
From Petrodvorets it runs 259 km to Petrodvorets; allow about 3 h 25 of riding. The stops in between: The E.I.Lopukhina's, The Blocade Ring and back through The E.I.Lopukhina's. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Oranienbaumsky Springboard and The Blocade Ring
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 259 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 25
- 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 67 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 67 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Oranienbaumsky Springboard
The Oranienbaum Springboard is not a single building but a piece of ground, and once you know the story the low woods and fields south of the Gulf of Finland look entirely different. In September 1941, as German and Finnish forces closed the ring around Leningrad, a pocket of coast around Oranienbaum, today's Lomonosov, held out. It was cut off from the city by land, supplied across the water and under the guns of Kronstadt, and it never fell. In January 1944 the Second Shock Army broke out of this pocket as one jaw of the offensive that finally lifted the siege.
Read the complete Oranienbaumsky Springboard write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Oranienbaumsky Springboard is where the day begins. Next is The E.I.Lopukhina's, 63 km on.
2. 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 comes up about 67 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Blocade Ring.
3. The Blocade Ring
The Blockade Ring stands on the south bank of the Neva, east of Saint Petersburg, close to where the Road of Life began its journey toward Lake Ladoga. It commemorates the siege of Leningrad, which lasted from September 1941 to January 1944, roughly 872 days, and the corridor that kept the city alive. When Shlisselburg fell in September 1941, the city was cut off by land, and the only lifeline ran across Ladoga, by boat in summer and over the ice in winter.
Read the complete The Blocade Ring write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 130 km into the recorded legs you reach The Blocade Ring. Next is back through The E.I.Lopukhina's, 63 km on.
4. 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, late in the day. Next is Oranienbaumsky Springboard.
5. Oranienbaumsky Springboard
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Oranienbaumsky Springboard write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Oranienbaumsky Springboard. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Oranienbaumsky Springboard to The E.I.Lopukhina's
Oranienbaumsky Springboard → The E.I.Lopukhina's is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The E.I.Lopukhina's to The Blocade Ring
The E.I.Lopukhina's → The Blocade Ring is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Blocade Ring to back through The E.I.Lopukhina's
The Blocade Ring → back through The E.I.Lopukhina's is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The E.I.Lopukhina's to Oranienbaumsky Springboard
back through The E.I.Lopukhina's → Oranienbaumsky Springboard is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.