Why this ride
232 km from Lakhtinskiy to Lakhtinskiy, about 3 h 58 of riding. It goes by way of The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur, Southern battery No 2, The English Park and Oranienbaumsky Springboard.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Petrovsky and Oranienbaumsky Springboard
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 232 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 58
- 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.
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Scenic road chapters
Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 16 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 16 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Petrovsky
The label is a puzzle: Petrovsky could refer to any of a dozen places in a city named after Peter the Great, and it is safest to treat it as a viewpoint on his great project, the opening of Russia to the sea. Whatever the exact spot, the landscape is unmistakable: flat shore, reeds, wide grey water, and on the horizon the dome of the Kronstadt cathedral and the line of the flood barrier.
Read the complete Petrovsky write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Petrovsky is where the day begins. Next is The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur.
2. The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur
Peterhof is the palace complex that Peter the Great built on the south shore of the Gulf of Finland, and the parks around it were developed over two centuries, taking in farms, menageries and small country estates. What you will find nearby is parkland of old trees, ponds and paths, and the sense of the wide, flat coast opening northward.
Read the complete The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur comes up 17 km in. Next is Southern battery No 2.
3. Southern battery No 2
Kotlin Island sits in the middle of the Gulf of Finland like a cork in a bottle, and Peter the Great knew it. He seized this stretch of coast from Sweden in 1703 and almost at once began fortifying the island to guard the new capital, Saint Petersburg, which lay at the head of the gulf. Over the next two centuries a ring of forts and batteries grew up on islands, shoals and the shore, and Kronstadt became the home port of the Baltic Fleet. The batteries named in these ride titles, Southern and Northern, belong to that defensive system.
Read the complete Southern battery No 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
33 km in you reach Southern battery No 2. Next is The English Park.
4. The English Park
Everybody who comes to Peterhof heads for the fountains, the Grand Cascade and the gilded Samson tearing open the lion's jaws, and almost nobody walks the few hundred metres west into the English Park. That is their loss. Catherine the Great, who found Peter the Great's straight avenues and clipped hedges old-fashioned, had this park laid out from 1779 by the English gardener James Meader, in the natural landscape style then sweeping Europe: a chain of ponds, meadows, clumps of oak and lime, and paths that wander rather than march. It belongs to the World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Saint Petersburg and its ring of palaces and estates.
Read the complete The English Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The English Park, about halfway. Next is Oranienbaumsky Springboard.
5. 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
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Planning note
Oranienbaumsky Springboard sits at 66 km, about halfway. Next is back through The English Park.
6. back through The English Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The English Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through The English Park comes up 83 km in. Next is back through Southern battery No 2.
7. back through Southern battery No 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Southern battery No 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
99 km in you reach back through Southern battery No 2. Next is back through The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur.
8. back through The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur, late in the day. Next is Petrovsky.
9. Petrovsky
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Petrovsky write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 232 km.
Leg by leg
Petrovsky to The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur
Petrovsky → The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur to Southern battery No 2
The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur → Southern battery No 2 is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Southern battery No 2 to The English Park
Southern battery No 2 → The English Park is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The English Park to Oranienbaumsky Springboard
The English Park → Oranienbaumsky Springboard is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Oranienbaumsky Springboard to back through The English Park
Oranienbaumsky Springboard → back through The English Park is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The English Park to back through Southern battery No 2
back through The English Park → back through Southern battery No 2 is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Southern battery No 2 to back through The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur
back through Southern battery No 2 → back through The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur to Petrovsky
back through The Park of the Farm of Prince of Oldenbur → Petrovsky is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.