Why this ride
81 km from Goyang-si to Goyang-si, about 1 h 39 of riding. It goes by way of Jeongneung Cluster, Heolleung Cluster and back through Jeongneung Cluster. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Seosamreung Cluster and Heolleung Cluster
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 81 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 39
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Seosamreung Cluster
The kings and queens of the Joseon dynasty, who ruled Korea for more than five hundred years until 1910, chose their graves with enormous care. Geomancers studied hills, water and wind to find sites with the right energy, and the royal tombs were laid out with burial mounds, stone guardians, ceremonial halls and long processional paths. Forty of these tombs are listed together by UNESCO as the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty, and Seosamreung, the three western tombs in Goyang just north-west of Seoul, is one of the clusters.
Read the complete Seosamreung Cluster write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Seosamreung Cluster is where the day begins. Next is Jeongneung Cluster.
2. Jeongneung Cluster
Jeongneung is a royal tomb in the middle of Seoul, in the wooded hills of Seongbuk district just north of the old city, and it carries one of the more spiteful stories of the early Joseon court. It belongs to Queen Sindeok, the second wife of the dynasty's founder, King Taejo. Her son was named crown prince ahead of Taejo's older sons by his first wife, and one of those older sons, Yi Bang-won, struck back violently, killing his half-brothers and eventually taking the throne as King Taejong.
Read the complete Jeongneung Cluster write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Jeongneung Cluster comes up about 19 km into the recorded legs. Next is Heolleung Cluster.
3. Heolleung Cluster
In the south of Seoul, wedged between highways, apartment towers and the Daemosan hills, a forest of oak and pine hides two royal tombs of the Joseon dynasty. Heolleung is the tomb of King Taejong, the third king of Joseon, who ruled in the early fifteenth century, and his queen Wongyeong, and nearby lies Inneung, the tomb of King Sunjo and his queen from the nineteenth century. Together they form one of the clusters of the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty, listed by UNESCO in 2009.
Read the complete Heolleung Cluster write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 40 km into the recorded legs you reach Heolleung Cluster. Next is back through Jeongneung Cluster.
4. back through Jeongneung Cluster
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Jeongneung Cluster write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Jeongneung Cluster, late in the day. Next is Seosamreung Cluster.
5. Seosamreung Cluster
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Seosamreung Cluster write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Seosamreung Cluster. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Seosamreung Cluster to Jeongneung Cluster
Seosamreung Cluster → Jeongneung Cluster is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Jeongneung Cluster to Heolleung Cluster
Jeongneung Cluster → Heolleung Cluster is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Heolleung Cluster to back through Jeongneung Cluster
Heolleung Cluster → back through Jeongneung Cluster is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Jeongneung Cluster to Seosamreung Cluster
back through Jeongneung Cluster → Seosamreung Cluster is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.