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 98 km round trip from Langgöns - roughly 1 h 38 in the saddle. It goes by way of Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the, Fortlet Lochmühle and back through Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the. The line favours views over speed.
28 km on Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the → Fortlet Lochmühle.
North of Frankfurt, the Wetterau opens out as a wide, fertile basin between the Taunus and the Vogelsberg, and the Roman frontier made a long bulge around it to bring this rich farmland inside the empire. This section of the Upper Germanic Limes, with watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52, runs through the woods and fields between Langgöns and Lich, at the northern tip of that bulge. The towers are long gone, but traces of the wall and ditch can still be found in the forest.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the.
Near Butzbach the Wetterau starts to break against the Taunus, and the Roman frontier passes through that transition with a long series of numbered watchtowers, in this case 4/20 to 4/36. It is a longer run than most, and it reflects how carefully the Romans watched this side of the line, where the open plain makes a natural highway for anyone coming from the north. The Upper German-Raetian Limes, listed by UNESCO in 2005, crosses farmland here, and in places the old rampart survives as a low bank in a meadow edge or a stretch of forest.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the comes up about 18 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fortlet Lochmühle.
The Lochmühle is a small fortlet on the Limes in the Taunus, near Wehrheim and the famous Saalburg, and it guarded a spot where the frontier crossed the valley of the Erlenbach stream. Fortlets like this were small outposts, housing a handful of soldiers who watched the border and controlled traffic, and they formed a link between the watchtowers and the larger forts. Its remains are modest, but the location, in a quiet valley surrounded by forest, has a peaceful charm. The name comes from a nearby mill, now a popular leisure park for families with play areas and farm animals.
Read the complete Fortlet Lochmühle write-up.
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about 46 km into the recorded legs you reach Fortlet Lochmühle. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the. That is the ride.
Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the → Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the → Fortlet Lochmühle is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fortlet Lochmühle → back through Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the → Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.