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 405 km round trip from Pinos - roughly 6 h 43 in the saddle. It goes by way of Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for, Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos, Bridge of Ojuelos and Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,300 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
100 km on Bridge of Ojuelos → Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo.
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.
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Town of Pinos is where the day begins. Next is Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for.
On the high plateau of southern Zacatecas, close to the border with San Luis Potosí, the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro passed through a dry landscape of grassland, yucca and nopal cactus, linking Mexico City with the silver mines of the north. Haciendas grew up along the way, and the former Hacienda of San Nicolás de Quijas, with its chapel dedicated to San Nicolás Tolentino, is one of the sites inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2010 as part of the royal road. The chapel, with its simple façade, bell gable and adobe walls, stands in a small village surrounded by fields and open range.
Read the complete Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for comes up about 28 km into the recorded legs. 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.
about 80 km into the recorded legs you reach Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos. Next is Bridge of Ojuelos.
The silver carts of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro needed to cross streams on the high plain between Mexico City and Zacatecas, and at Ojuelos, in the northeast corner of Jalisco, a stone bridge was built in colonial times to carry the road. It is part of the World Heritage listing of the royal road, along with the historic centre of Ojuelos, which grew around a presidio, a fort built to protect travellers on the road from the Chichimec peoples who resisted Spanish expansion.
Read the complete Bridge of Ojuelos write-up.
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Bridge of Ojuelos, about halfway. 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.
Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo sits at 171 km, about halfway. Next is back through Bridge of Ojuelos.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Bridge of Ojuelos write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Bridge of Ojuelos comes up about 303 km into the recorded legs. 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.
about 326 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos. Next is back through Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for, 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.
The route ends here after 405 km.
Town of Pinos → Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for → Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos → Bridge of Ojuelos is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bridge of Ojuelos → Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo is 100 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 Bridge of Ojuelos is 100 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Bridge of Ojuelos → back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos → back through Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for → Town of Pinos is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.