Why this ride
From Incheon it runs 248 km to Incheon; allow about 3 h 48 of riding. The stops in between: Taereung Cluster, Yeongneung Cluster and back through Taereung Cluster. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Seosan Getbol and Yeongneung Cluster
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 248 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 48
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Seosan Getbol
Korea's west coast has some of the largest tides on earth. Twice a day the Yellow Sea pulls back for kilometres, exposing vast shining mud flats, the getbol, laced with channels and alive with crabs, mudskippers, worms and shellfish. UNESCO has listed a series of these Korean tidal flats for their extraordinary biodiversity and for the millions of migratory shorebirds that stop here to feed on their way between Siberia and Australia.
Read the complete Seosan Getbol write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Seosan Getbol is where the day begins. Next is Taereung Cluster.
2. Taereung Cluster
Korea's Joseon kings chose their tombs the way they chose a capital, with a geomancer. A good site needed a mountain behind, water in front and a gentle forest around, and the royal tombs scattered across the countryside around Seoul follow that rule, which is why many of them feel like parks. Taereung is one of the best known, on the north-east side of the city, a burial ground for Queen Munjeong and her son King Myeongjong in the sixteenth century. The forty tombs of the dynasty were listed by UNESCO in 2009, and walking among them is a calm contrast to the city outside.
Read the complete Taereung Cluster write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Taereung Cluster comes up about 52 km into the recorded legs. Next is Yeongneung Cluster.
3. Yeongneung Cluster
The Yeongneung cluster lies in the countryside of Yeoju, a town on the Namhan River east of Seoul, and it is the resting place of King Sejong the Great, who reigned from 1418 to 1450 and is remembered above all for the creation of the Korean alphabet, hangul, announced in the 1440s. Koreans hold the king in deep affection, and a statue of him sits in the middle of Seoul. His tomb here is a joint one, shared with his queen, and it sits in a beautiful pine-covered setting with stone officials, horses and lanterns lined along the approach. The nearby tomb of King Hyojong, known as Nyeongneung, is part of the same area.
Read the complete Yeongneung Cluster write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 125 km into the recorded legs you reach Yeongneung Cluster. Next is back through Taereung Cluster.
4. back through Taereung Cluster
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Taereung Cluster write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Taereung Cluster, late in the day. Next is Seosan Getbol.
5. Seosan Getbol
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Seosan Getbol write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Seosan Getbol. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Seosan Getbol to Taereung Cluster
Seosan Getbol → Taereung Cluster is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Taereung Cluster to Yeongneung Cluster
Taereung Cluster → Yeongneung Cluster is 73 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Yeongneung Cluster to back through Taereung Cluster
Yeongneung Cluster → back through Taereung Cluster is 72 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Taereung Cluster to Seosan Getbol
back through Taereung Cluster → Seosan Getbol is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.