Why this ride
373 km from Nimigea de Sus to Nimigea de Sus, about 7 h 50 of riding. The stops in between: Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2, Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1, Tihău - Dealul Cucului and Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2. The coast is the point of it.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Zagra - Dealul Lupului and Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 373 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 50
- 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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Scenic road chapters
Tihău - Dealul Cucului → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
The ride follows Tihău - Dealul Cucului → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 for 44 km.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 44 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Zagra - Dealul Lupului
Zagra is the last farming village before the land begins to climb in earnest toward the Rodna mountains, the highest range in the Eastern Carpathians north of the Prislop pass. Pietrosul Rodnei, at about 2,300 metres, is the summit, and the whole massif is protected as a national park and biosphere reserve, with glacial lakes, rocky ridges and alpine meadows that stay snowy into June. From the Dealul Lupului, the Wolf Hill, you look across a patchwork of hayfields toward those peaks, which look closer than they are.
Read the complete Zagra - Dealul Lupului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Zagra - Dealul Lupului is where the day begins. Next is Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2.
2. Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2
Above the valley of the Someș Mare in Bistrița-Năsăud county, the hill called Dealul Podului carries the faint remains of a Roman watch post, one of a string of small installations that kept an eye on the northern edge of the province of Dacia. Like many points on this frontier, inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2024, it is less a monument than a viewpoint with a story, a place where soldiers once scanned the horizon for movement in the free lands to the north. Today the horizon holds forested ridges, orchards and villages strung along the river.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 comes up about 46 km into the recorded legs. Next is Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1.
3. Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1
The Someș is the river of northern Transylvania, gathering its waters in the mountains and winding west through a broad, green valley towards Hungary. Around Rus and Ileanda, in the northeast of Sălaj county, the valley narrows between wooded hills, and the villages cling to the slopes above the river. Dăbâceni and the ridge called Coama Pietrar lie in this landscape, one of many recorded archaeological sites in the area, and like most of them it is more about the setting than about visible remains.
Read the complete Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 100 km into the recorded legs you reach Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1. Next is Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
4. Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Dealul Cucului means cuckoo hill, and the name fits the place: a low, wooded rise above the village of Tihău, close to the town of Jibou in the Someș valley of Sălaj county, where in spring the cuckoo's call echoes across the meadows. The point belongs to the network of archaeological sites along the Roman frontier of Dacia in the northwest of the province, near the confluence of the Almaș and Someș rivers, a strategic spot where valleys meet and roads cross. As with many of these sites, there may be little to see on the surface, but the location makes sense once you look at the map.
Read the complete Tihău - Dealul Cucului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Tihău - Dealul Cucului, about halfway. Next is Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
5. Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Treznea is a small village in the hills of Sălaj county, eleven kilometres east of Zalău, and its name carries a heavy weight in Romanian history. In September 1940, after northern Transylvania was transferred to Hungary by the Second Vienna Award, Hungarian troops entering the region killed scores of villagers here, Romanians and Jews, in one of the worst atrocities of that time. A memorial in the village remembers the victims. It is a sobering reminder that these quiet hills have seen terrible violence, and a short, respectful stop at the memorial is worth more than any viewpoint on the ride.
Read the complete Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 sits at 138 km, about halfway. Next is back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
6. back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tihău - Dealul Cucului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului comes up about 230 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1.
7. back through Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 272 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1. Next is back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2.
8. back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2, late in the day. Next is Zagra - Dealul Lupului.
9. Zagra - Dealul Lupului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Zagra - Dealul Lupului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 373 km.
Leg by leg
Zagra - Dealul Lupului to Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2
Zagra - Dealul Lupului → Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 to Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 → Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 to Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 → Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tihău - Dealul Cucului to Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Tihău - Dealul Cucului → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 to back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului to back through Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1
back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului → back through Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 to back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2
back through Dăbâceni - Coama Pietrar 1 → back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 to Zagra - Dealul Lupului
back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 → Zagra - Dealul Lupului is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.