Why this ride
From Petrodvorets it runs 302 km to Petrodvorets; allow about 4 h 51 of riding. It goes by way of Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island, Terioki, Koltushskoe Highway and back through Terioki. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The Mordvinov's Estate and Koltushskoe Highway
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 302 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 51
- 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 25 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 27 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. The Mordvinov's Estate
Peterhof's fountains get the attention, but the coast road west of it, running along the Gulf of Finland toward Oranienbaum, is the better introduction to the landscape. The Mordvinov estate, named for a family of Russian statesmen and naval officers, belongs to the string of country houses that nobles built along this shore in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when Peter the Great's new capital pulled the whole aristocracy to the Baltic.
Read the complete The Mordvinov's Estate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Mordvinov's Estate is where the day begins. Next is Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island.
2. Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island
Ships have been guided by a light on Tolbukhin island for about three centuries, and it is one of those places that makes more sense on a chart than on a road. The island lies in the Gulf of Finland, south-west of Kronstadt and out in the shallow channel that leads to Saint Petersburg, and the lighthouse on it marks the southern passage into the Neva Bay. The surrounding waters are shallow, and in the grey light of autumn the sea and the sky merge into a single pale band.
Read the complete Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island comes up about 27 km into the recorded legs. Next is Terioki.
3. Terioki
Terioki, or Terijoki in Finnish, is the old name of Zelenogorsk, a resort town on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, about fifty kilometres from St Petersburg. Until the Winter War, it was part of Finland, and before the revolution it was one of the favourite dacha destinations for the wealthy of the imperial capital, who came by train to spend summers among the pine trees and sandy beaches. After the Soviet Union took the Karelian Isthmus in 1940 and again in 1944, the Finnish population left, and in 1948 the town was renamed Zelenogorsk, the green hill.
Read the complete Terioki write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 90 km into the recorded legs you reach Terioki. Next is Koltushskoe Highway.
4. Koltushskoe Highway
East of Saint Petersburg, the Koltushskoe highway runs through suburban sprawl and countryside toward the village of Koltushi, and it belongs to a memorial landscape that ties the whole region together: the Green Belt of Glory, a chain of monuments marking the defensive line around Leningrad during the siege of 1941 to 1944, when nearly nine hundred days of blockade cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians. Monuments, steles and memorials stand along the roads where the front lines and supply routes ran, including the Road of Life across Lake Ladoga.
Read the complete Koltushskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Koltushskoe Highway, about halfway. Next is back through Terioki.
5. back through Terioki
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Terioki write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Terioki sits at 169 km, about halfway. Next is back through Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island.
6. Back to The Mordvinov's Estate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Mordvinov's Estate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island comes up about 302 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Mordvinov's Estate.
7. The Mordvinov's Estate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Mordvinov's Estate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Mordvinov's Estate closes the day.
Leg by leg
The Mordvinov's Estate to Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island
The Mordvinov's Estate → Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island to Terioki
Tolbukhin Lighthouse on Tolbukhin Island → Terioki is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Terioki to Koltushskoe Highway
Terioki → Koltushskoe Highway is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Koltushskoe Highway to back through Terioki
Koltushskoe Highway → back through Terioki is 71 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Terioki to Back to The Mordvinov's Estate
back through Terioki → Back to The Mordvinov's Estate is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.