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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261 km from Langgöns to Langgöns, about 3 h 06 of riding. On the way it passes Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the, Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe and back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The Taunus ridge rises north of Frankfurt like a long, forested wall, and the Romans did not try to cross it. Their frontier line swung around its northern slopes, through the Wetterau, and then down toward the Main, and this section lies near Langgöns, close to the valley of the Lahn and a short ride from Giessen. The five towers of the stretch numbered 4/40 to 4/44 followed the ridge lines in a sequence that let each one see the next, and a signal tower on the Johannisberg, a modest hill, linked them. Of all these only footings and mounds remain, but the surveying logic is easy to read once you stand on high ground and look toward the next rise.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/40 to 4/44 including the write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 4/40 to 4/44 including the is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the.
The Main river is where the Roman frontier changes character. Coming down from the north, the Limes runs in a long arc through the Wetterau and then meets the river near Großkrotzenburg, and from there the Romans used the Main itself as the boundary, with towers and forts strung along its bank. The numbers 5/13 and 5/14 belong to that river line, and a fort and its civilian settlement sit close by. On the ground, expect a marker, a low rise and a view down toward the water rather than anything dramatic.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the comes up about 72 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe.
Miltenberg is one of those German towns that seem almost too pretty to be real, with half-timbered houses leaning over the cobbled streets, a market square sloping down toward the river, a castle on the hill above and the Main flowing slowly past. The Romans were here first. Two forts guarded this point on the frontier, one near the old town and another to the east, where the Limes left the river and ran overland through the Odenwald, and the sites, with their civilian settlements, are part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire. A museum in the town displays finds from the forts.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe write-up.
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about 130 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 4/40 to 4/44 including the.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/40 to 4/44 including the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Watchtowers WP 4/40 to 4/44 including the. That is the ride.
Watchtowers WP 4/40 to 4/44 including the → Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the → Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe → back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the → Watchtowers WP 4/40 to 4/44 including the is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.