Why this ride
From Peterhof it runs 425 km to Peterhof; allow about 6 h 16 of riding. It goes by way of Lindulovskaya Roshcha, The Blocade Ring and back through Lindulovskaya Roshcha. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The Lugovoy and The Blocade Ring starting at Peterhof
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 425 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 16
- 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 102 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 102 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 Lindulovskaya Roshcha.
2. Lindulovskaya Roshcha
Out on the Karelian Isthmus, in a landscape of pine, birch and sandy soil, stands a grove of larches that looks entirely out of place. The Lindulovskaya Grove was planted in 1738 by an admiral, Fyodor Soimonov, who wanted to grow shipbuilding timber for the Russian navy, and he chose Siberian larch, a durable and rot-resistant wood. Some of the trees are nearly three centuries old and very tall, and the grove is protected as a natural monument, the oldest planted larch forest in Russia. Walking among the trunks, with their orange-grey bark, and the soft light filtering through the needles, is surprisingly moving.
Read the complete Lindulovskaya Roshcha write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Lindulovskaya Roshcha comes up about 102 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Blocade Ring.
3. The Blocade Ring
The Blockade Ring stands on the south bank of the Neva, east of Saint Petersburg, close to where the Road of Life began its journey toward Lake Ladoga. It commemorates the siege of Leningrad, which lasted from September 1941 to January 1944, roughly 872 days, and the corridor that kept the city alive. When Shlisselburg fell in September 1941, the city was cut off by land, and the only lifeline ran across Ladoga, by boat in summer and over the ice in winter.
Read the complete The Blocade Ring write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 218 km into the recorded legs you reach The Blocade Ring. Next is back through Lindulovskaya Roshcha.
4. back through Lindulovskaya Roshcha
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Lindulovskaya Roshcha write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Lindulovskaya Roshcha, 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 Lindulovskaya Roshcha
The Lugovoy → Lindulovskaya Roshcha is 102 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lindulovskaya Roshcha to The Blocade Ring
Lindulovskaya Roshcha → The Blocade Ring is 116 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
The Blocade Ring to back through Lindulovskaya Roshcha
The Blocade Ring → back through Lindulovskaya Roshcha is 115 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Lindulovskaya Roshcha to The Lugovoy
back through Lindulovskaya Roshcha → The Lugovoy is 92 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.