Why this ride
167 km from Jibou to Jibou, about 3 h 18 of riding. It goes by way of Cliț - Fața Chicerii, Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha, Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului and Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Tihău - Dealul Cucului and Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 167 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 18
- 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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Dealul Cucului means cuckoo hill, and the name fits the place: a low, wooded rise above the village of Tihău, close to the town of Jibou in the Someș valley of Sălaj county, where in spring the cuckoo's call echoes across the meadows. The point belongs to the network of archaeological sites along the Roman frontier of Dacia in the northwest of the province, near the confluence of the Almaș and Someș rivers, a strategic spot where valleys meet and roads cross. As with many of these sites, there may be little to see on the surface, but the location makes sense once you look at the map.
Read the complete Tihău - Dealul Cucului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tihău - Dealul Cucului is where the day begins. Next is Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
2. Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Northern Sălaj is quiet country: low wooded hills, hay meadows, plum orchards and villages strung along the Someș river and its side valleys, with wooden churches and haystacks built around poles in the fields. Cliț is a small village near Băbeni, and the point named Fața Chicerii lies in the hills above it. Names in this list follow the pattern of the Romanian archaeological record, a village and then the local name of a hillside, and in this part of Sălaj many such points belong to the line of watchtowers and small forts of the Roman frontier of Dacia, which UNESCO recognised in 2024.
Read the complete Cliț - Fața Chicerii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Cliț - Fața Chicerii comes up about 15 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha.
3. Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha
Ileanda is a village in the north of Sălaj county, where the river Someș swings north-west out of the Transylvanian basin through a valley flanked by wooded hills. On the hill called Ciuha, above the village, the Romans had a post on the northern edge of their province of Dacia, one of the watchtowers and forts that guarded the frontier from the second to the third century. The site belongs to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. Do not expect a ruin with walls to wander through: what survives is mostly earthwork and traces in the ground, and the joy lies in the climb and the view rather than the remains.
Read the complete Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 37 km into the recorded legs you reach Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha. Next is Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului.
4. Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului
Somewhere above the Someș valley, on a hill the villagers call Dealul Hanului, the inn hill, the Romans kept watch over the northern edge of their province of Dacia. After Trajan's conquest in 106, the new province had to be defended on all sides, and its northern frontier, in what the Romans called Dacia Porolissensis, ran through these hills between the Meseș mountains and the upper Someș. Forts, watchtowers and earthworks controlled the valleys, and Căpâlna, near the village of Gâlgău, is one of the many small sites that formed that network, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Dacia that Romania has put forward for UNESCO listing.
Read the complete Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului, about halfway. Next is Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului.
5. Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului
North of Dej, in the hills of Cluj county, the land rises into a rolling upland of pastures, orchards and beech woods, cut by small valleys and dotted with villages. Muncelul Chiuieștiului is one of the hilltops above the village of Chiuiești, and the name is listed among archaeological sites of the Roman frontier in Dacia, which in this region ran along the hills to protect the province from the free Dacians and other peoples to the north. What exactly stood on this hilltop is something to learn from the local signs rather than assume; much of the frontier here consisted of small watchtowers and earthworks that left only faint traces.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului sits at 71 km, about halfway. Next is back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului.
6. back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului
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Read the complete Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului comes up about 106 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha.
7. back through Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 129 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha. Next is back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
8. back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cliț - Fața Chicerii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii, late in the day. Next is Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
9. Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tihău - Dealul Cucului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 167 km.
Leg by leg
Tihău - Dealul Cucului to Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Tihău - Dealul Cucului → Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cliț - Fața Chicerii to Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha
Cliț - Fața Chicerii → Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha to Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha → Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului to Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului
Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului → Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului to back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului
Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului → back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului to back through Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha
back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului → back through Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha to back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii
back through Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha → back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii to Tihău - Dealul Cucului
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii → Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.