Why this ride
From Shushary it runs 72 km to Shushary; allow about 1 h 22 of riding. The stops in between: Tallinskoe Highway, Dudergof and back through Tallinskoe Highway. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk and Dudergof
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 72 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 22
- 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.
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
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk → Tallinskoe Highway
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 18 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 18 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk
Pavlovsk station has a story that every Russian railway enthusiast can tell. The line from Saint Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo opened in the late 1830s, the first public railway in the country, and it was soon extended to Pavlovsk, where a grand station building became a place of concerts and summer entertainment. Johann Strauss the younger came to conduct there in the nineteenth century, and the rich of the capital rode out in their finery to hear him. The railway still runs, though the trains are electric and the concert hall has long gone quiet.
Read the complete Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk is where the day begins. Next is Tallinskoe Highway.
2. Tallinskoe Highway
Not every historic road is a pretty one, and the Tallinn highway on the south-western edge of St Petersburg is not trying to win prizes for charm. It is, however, one of the old imperial routes out of the capital, the road toward Narva and Reval, today's Tallinn, and as such it forms part of the UNESCO listing of the historic centre of St Petersburg and its related monuments, which includes the network of roads tying the city to its palaces and estates. Along it, the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries planted suburban residences, military camps and post stations.
Read the complete Tallinskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tallinskoe Highway comes up about 18 km into the recorded legs. Next is Dudergof.
3. Dudergof
South-west of St Petersburg, the flat land of the Neva lowland rises unexpectedly into a pair of wooded hills, the Duderhof heights, the highest ground for many kilometres around. Their name comes from Finnish, and they have long been a landmark, used for military observation since the eighteenth century and as a summer retreat for the people of the capital. In the nineteenth century, the imperial army held its summer manoeuvres around nearby Krasnoye Selo, and the officers' villas and parade grounds became part of the social life of St Petersburg.
Read the complete Dudergof write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 35 km into the recorded legs you reach Dudergof. Next is back through Tallinskoe Highway.
4. back through Tallinskoe Highway
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tallinskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Tallinskoe Highway, late in the day. Next is Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk.
5. Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk to Tallinskoe Highway
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk → Tallinskoe Highway is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tallinskoe Highway to Dudergof
Tallinskoe Highway → Dudergof is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dudergof to back through Tallinskoe Highway
Dudergof → back through Tallinskoe Highway is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tallinskoe Highway to Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk
back through Tallinskoe Highway → Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.