Why this ride
71 km from Peterhof to Peterhof, about 1 h 30 of riding. The stops in between: The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki», Northern battery No. 1 and back through The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki».
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The Lugovoy and Northern battery No. 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 71 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 30
- 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.
Scenic road chapters
Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 15 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 15 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. The Lugovoy
Peterhof is the work of a tsar who wanted his own Versailles on the Gulf of Finland. Peter the Great began the palace and its gardens in the early eighteenth century, and by the time of his daughter Elizabeth and later of Catherine the Great, the Great Cascade, with its gilded statues and its fountains, was one of the most extravagant waterworks in Europe. Behind the formal gardens, the Lugovoy, meaning the meadow park, is a larger, quieter landscape of open lawns, ponds, tree-lined paths and old oaks, a place where Petersburgers come to walk dogs and push prams on weekends.
Read the complete The Lugovoy write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Lugovoy is where the day begins. Next is The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki».
2. The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki»
Lomonosov used to be called Oranienbaum, and the name still describes it well: an orange tree, a German version of a Russian palace town. Prince Menshikov, Peter the Great's closest associate, began building it in the early eighteenth century, and later it passed to the imperial family. The town lies on the south shore of the Gulf of Finland, a few kilometres west of Peterhof, and the palaces and parks of Oranienbaum are part of the UNESCO listing for the historic centre of Saint Petersburg. The Ratkov-Rozhnov estate called Dubki belongs to the same belt of country dachas and manors, and it takes its name from the little oaks that once grew there.
Read the complete The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki» comes up about 15 km into the recorded legs. Next is Northern battery No. 1, 17 km on.
3. Northern battery No. 1
Kotlin Island is a long, thin sliver of land in the Gulf of Finland, and Kronstadt, its fortress-town, was founded by Peter the Great in 1704 to guard the sea approaches to his new capital. It became the base of the Russian Baltic Fleet, and ring after ring of forts, batteries and ramparts was built on the island and on artificial islands around it. The Northern Battery No. 1 is one of those fortifications, a low military work on the north shore of Kotlin, part of a defensive system that went on being added to for more than two centuries.
Read the complete Northern battery No. 1 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 Northern battery No. 1. Next is back through The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki».
4. back through The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki»
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki», late in the day. Next is The Lugovoy.
5. The Lugovoy
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Lugovoy write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at The Lugovoy. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
The Lugovoy to The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki»
The Lugovoy → The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki» is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki» to Northern battery No. 1
The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki» → Northern battery No. 1 is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Northern battery No. 1 to back through The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki»
Northern battery No. 1 → back through The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki» is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki» to The Lugovoy
back through The Ratkov-Rozhnov'a Estate «Dubki» → The Lugovoy is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.