Why this ride
163 km from Artjärvi to Artjärvi, about 2 h 41 of riding. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
SVARTVIRA Mustaviiri and Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 163 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 41
- 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. PORLOM II Tornikallio
Tornikallio means tower rock in Finnish, and it is a common name for a rocky hill with a view. Artjärvi and Myrskylä lie in the rolling farmland where Uusimaa meets Kymenlaakso, a landscape of small lakes, red barns, rye and oat fields and patches of spruce forest, drained by the Porvoonjoki river on its way to the Gulf of Finland. It is gentler than the lake district farther north, and it has a well-worn look, with old wooden farmhouses and village churches painted white or ochre.
Read the complete PORLOM II Tornikallio write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
PORLOM II Tornikallio comes up about 0 km into the recorded legs. Next is Verla Groundwood and Board Mill.
2. Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
A mill in the middle of a forest is a strange thing to find in Finland, until you remember that the forest was the point. The Verla Groundwood and Board Mill, in Kymenlaakso in south-eastern Finland, was built in the 1870s beside a waterfall, where the river provided power and the surrounding woods provided the raw material. It made groundwood pulp and cardboard until it closed in 1964, and what remains is one of the best-preserved examples of a small wood-processing village in the world, which is why UNESCO listed it in 1996.
Read the complete Verla Groundwood and Board Mill write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 81 km into the recorded legs you reach Verla Groundwood and Board Mill. Next is back through PORLOM II Tornikallio.
3. back through PORLOM II Tornikallio
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete PORLOM II Tornikallio write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through PORLOM II Tornikallio, late in the day. Next is SVARTVIRA Mustaviiri.
Leg by leg
PORLOM II Tornikallio to Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
PORLOM II Tornikallio → Verla Groundwood and Board Mill is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill to back through PORLOM II Tornikallio
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill → back through PORLOM II Tornikallio is 82 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.