CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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A 256 km round trip from Pinos - roughly 3 h 46 in the saddle. It goes by way of Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos, Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo and back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,300 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
This part of the ride is 77 km of Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos → Historic centre of the city.
Pinos was a silver town before most of Mexico had towns at all. Founded in the late sixteenth century, after silver was found in the hills, it grew into an important mining centre on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road that ran north from Mexico City toward Santa Fe in New Mexico, carrying silver south and supplies and settlers north. The town is part of the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, and it is also a designated Pueblo Mágico, with colonial churches, cobbled streets and old mining buildings.
Read the complete Town of Pinos write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Town of Pinos is where the day begins. Next is Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos.
Ojuelos de Jalisco lies on the high, dry plateau where Jalisco meets Aguascalientes, Zacatecas and Guanajuato, at over two thousand metres, a land of grassland, nopal cactus, mesquite and wide horizons. The town owes its existence to the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road that carried silver north from the mines of Zacatecas and supplies from Mexico City, eventually reaching all the way to Santa Fe in what is now New Mexico. UNESCO listed a series of sites along the road in 2010, including the historic ensemble of Ojuelos.
Read the complete Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos comes up about 51 km into the recorded legs. Next is Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo.
Lagos de Moreno is a colonial town in the highlands of Jalisco, the Altos, on the old Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Royal Road of the Interior Land that linked Mexico City to Santa Fe, in what is now New Mexico. For three centuries, silver, mercury, goods and people travelled along it, and towns grew up at its stopping points. Lagos de Moreno was one of the most important, and its historic centre is part of the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real, inscribed in 2010. The town has handsome churches, including a baroque parish church with an elaborately carved façade of pink stone, mansions with wrought-iron balconies, a theatre and a hospital from the colonial era.
Read the complete Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 128 km into the recorded legs you reach Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo. Next is back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos, late in the day. Next is Town of Pinos.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Town of Pinos write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Town of Pinos. That is the ride.
Town of Pinos → Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos → Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo is 77 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo → back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos is 77 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos → Town of Pinos is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.