Why this ride
A 234 km round trip from Guri-si - roughly 3 h 47 in the saddle. On the way it passes Seosan Getbol, Yungneung Cluster and back through Seosan Getbol.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Taereung Cluster and Yungneung Cluster
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 234 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 47
- 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. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Seosan Getbol.
2. 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 comes up about 51 km into the recorded legs. Next is Yungneung Cluster.
3. Yungneung Cluster
Yungneung belongs to a tradition that most visitors to Korea never see: the royal tombs of the Joseon dynasty, forty of them scattered across the country and listed by UNESCO in 2009. This cluster lies south of Seoul near Hwaseong, a short way from Suwon, and it holds the tomb of Crown Prince Sado and, nearby, that of his son, King Jeongjo. Sado is the tragic figure of the dynasty. In 1762 his father, King Yeongjo, had him sealed inside a rice chest, where he died after eight days, after years of tension at court.
Read the complete Yungneung Cluster write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 113 km into the recorded legs you reach Yungneung Cluster. Next is back through Seosan Getbol.
4. back through 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 through Seosan Getbol, late in the day. Next is Taereung Cluster.
5. 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 at Taereung Cluster. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Taereung Cluster to Seosan Getbol
Taereung Cluster → Seosan Getbol is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Seosan Getbol to Yungneung Cluster
Seosan Getbol → Yungneung Cluster is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Yungneung Cluster to back through Seosan Getbol
Yungneung Cluster → back through Seosan Getbol is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Seosan Getbol to Taereung Cluster
back through Seosan Getbol → Taereung Cluster is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.