Why this ride
From Kronstadt it runs 92 km to Kronstadt; allow about 1 h 47 of riding. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Petrovsky and Fort «Seraya Loshad»
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 92 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 47
- 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
Slow enough to look. The surface follows the shoreline, so the corners arrive where the water decided, not where an engineer did. Water arrives beside the road and stays for 34 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 46 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. The Coastal fort “Shanetz”
Shanetz sounds like a word for a small redoubt, and that is roughly what these coastal forts were: low, squat batteries put on islets and spits to cover the fairways into the Gulf of Finland. This one lies in the western approaches of Kotlin, on the shoals north of the island, and it belongs to the great ring of defences that earned Kronstadt its nickname as the key to Petersburg. The forts earned their keep during the Crimean War, when Allied ships came up the Baltic, took a look at the defences and decided not to risk an attack.
Read the complete The Coastal fort “Shanetz” write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Coastal fort “Shanetz” comes up about 0 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort «Seraya Loshad».
2. Fort «Seraya Loshad»
Along the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, west of Saint Petersburg, a low strip of pine forest and sand runs for kilometres between the road and the sea. Fort Seraya Loshad, the Grey Horse, stands in this coastal country, eleven kilometres from the village of Lebyazhye, among a group of forts built for the defence of the capital and the naval base at Kronstadt.
Read the complete Fort «Seraya Loshad» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 46 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort «Seraya Loshad». Next is back through The Coastal fort “Shanetz”.
3. back through The Coastal fort “Shanetz”
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Coastal fort “Shanetz” write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The Coastal fort “Shanetz”, late in the day. Next is Petrovsky.
Leg by leg
The Coastal fort “Shanetz” to Fort «Seraya Loshad»
The Coastal fort “Shanetz” → Fort «Seraya Loshad» is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort «Seraya Loshad» to back through The Coastal fort “Shanetz”
Fort «Seraya Loshad» → back through The Coastal fort “Shanetz” is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.