Why this ride
A 94 km round trip from Glashütten - roughly 1 h 59 in the saddle. On the way it passes Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the, Fortlets and site of the fort and civil se and back through Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Watchtower WP 3/38* and Fortlets and site of the fort and civil se
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 94 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 59
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Watchtower WP 3/38*
The Taunus is a range of wooded hills north-west of Frankfurt, rising to 878 metres at the Großer Feldberg, and it has long been the city's playground, with forests, spa towns and winding roads. Through these hills ran the Upper Germanic Limes, the Roman frontier that stretched for over five hundred kilometres across Germany, and one of its watchtowers, numbered WP 3/38, stood near the village of Glashütten, close to Waldems and Königstein im Taunus.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 3/38* write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtower WP 3/38* is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the.
2. Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the
In the hills of the Taunus north of Wiesbaden, the Roman frontier ran along the ridges through dense forest, and between watchtowers 3/15 and 3/19 near Idstein, its line can still be traced on the ground. The Romans built an earth bank and ditch, topped with a wooden palisade, with stone watchtowers at regular intervals, close enough to see each other and signal along the line. In the forest, the bank and ditch survive as a long, low ridge and hollow, and the foundations of watchtowers appear as low mounds, sometimes with a few stones visible. The Upper Germanic and Raetian Limes, more than five hundred kilometres long, has been a World Heritage site since 2005.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the comes up about 24 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fortlets and site of the fort and civil se.
3. Fortlets and site of the fort and civil se
The western Taunus is wonderfully empty. Away from the commuter belt around Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, the hills north of Bad Schwalbach turn into a quiet patchwork of forest, small meadows and villages in the Heidenrod municipality, and right through the middle runs the Limes. Today you find grassy outlines, a few markers and the bank and ditch disappearing into the beech woods.
Read the complete Fortlets and site of the fort and civil se write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 47 km into the recorded legs you reach Fortlets and site of the fort and civil se. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the.
4. back through Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the, late in the day. Next is Watchtower WP 3/38*.
5. Watchtower WP 3/38*
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 3/38* write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Watchtower WP 3/38*. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Watchtower WP 3/38* to Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the
Watchtower WP 3/38* → Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the to Fortlets and site of the fort and civil se
Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the → Fortlets and site of the fort and civil se is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fortlets and site of the fort and civil se to back through Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the
Fortlets and site of the fort and civil se → back through Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the to Watchtower WP 3/38*
back through Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the → Watchtower WP 3/38* is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.