Why this ride
A 477 km round trip from Lakhtinskiy - roughly 7 h 27 in the saddle. The stops in between: Fort «Seraya Loshad», The Road of Life and back through Fort «Seraya Loshad». It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Petrovsky and The Road of Life
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 477 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 27
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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 66 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 66 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Petrovsky is where the day begins. 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
Fort «Seraya Loshad» comes up 103 km in. Next is The Road of Life.
3. The Road of Life
On the south-eastern shore of Lake Ladoga, east of Saint Petersburg, a road ends at the water. This is the start of the Road of Life, the supply route across the ice that kept Leningrad alive during the siege of 1941 to 1944. The siege lasted 872 days, from September 1941 to January 1944, and it cut the city off from nearly everything except the lake. In the first winter, when Ladoga froze, trucks and horse-drawn sledges began to cross the ice with food and fuel, and on the return journey they carried out women, children and the sick. Lorries broke through the ice, and bombing and artillery attacked the route, but it kept going.
Read the complete The Road of Life write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
205 km in you reach The Road of Life. Next is back through Fort «Seraya Loshad».
4. back through Fort «Seraya Loshad»
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
back through Fort «Seraya Loshad», late in the day. Next is Petrovsky.
5. Petrovsky
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Petrovsky write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Petrovsky. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Petrovsky to Fort «Seraya Loshad»
Petrovsky → Fort «Seraya Loshad» is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Fort «Seraya Loshad» to The Road of Life
Fort «Seraya Loshad» → The Road of Life is 139 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
The Road of Life to back through Fort «Seraya Loshad»
The Road of Life → back through Fort «Seraya Loshad» is 139 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Fort «Seraya Loshad» to Petrovsky
back through Fort «Seraya Loshad» → Petrovsky is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.