Why this ride
A 276 km round trip from Langgöns - roughly 3 h 00 in the saddle. On the way it passes Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10, Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP and back through Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the and Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 276 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 00
- 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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10.
2. Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10
The label gives only a pair of watchtower numbers, and the place itself is a swathe of flat country between Hanau and the Kinzig, where the suburbs of Erlensee, Rodenbach and Langenselbold have grown together into a continuous belt of houses, orchards and sports fields. In the second century the Roman frontier ran along this side of the Main plain before it turned south to the river, and the small towers, spaced at easy shouting distance, were the first line of warning. Nothing much remains above ground, and the nearby fort at Rückingen is known mostly from excavation. This is a stop for imagination rather than sightseeing.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 comes up about 56 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP.
3. Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP
On the western side of the Taunus, the hills are lower and the forest gives way more often to farmland, with villages in the folds of the valleys. Idstein, a small town with a remarkable old centre, sits on this side, with Waldems and Glashütten nearby. Through the woods above them ran the Roman frontier, and the stretch of watchtowers numbered WP 3/24 to 3/40 followed the ridges here, part of the Upper Germanic Limes and of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire site.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 128 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10.
4. back through Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 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 5/9 to 5/10, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the.
5. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the to Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10
Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the → Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 to Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP
Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 → Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP to back through Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10
Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP → back through Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 is 85 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 to Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the
back through Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 → Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.