Why this ride
Out of Litvínov, one way: 490 km, roughly 6 h 33 in the saddle. The stops in between: Dvůr Králové nad Labem, near Bílá Třemešná and Rudná. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Kokořínsko Sandstone Roads · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 490 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 33
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
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. Photo stop near Litvínov
Litvínov lies at the foot of the Ore Mountains, the Krušné hory, in north-western Bohemia, and it is a town of contrasts. Below it stretches the Most basin, scarred by decades of open-cast brown coal mining and dominated by the chimneys of a large chemical works. Above it, the mountains rise steeply in a wall of forest, and a few kilometres up you are in a different world of beech and spruce woods, high meadows and small villages near the German border.
Read the complete Photo stop near Litvínov write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Photo stop near Litvínov is where the day begins. Next is Prague / Bohemia return.
2. Near Dvůr Králové nad Labem, on the way back
In 1817 a manuscript was found in the church tower of Dvůr Králové, a supposedly medieval collection of Czech epic poems that seemed to prove the antiquity of Czech literature. It became a national treasure, until scholars proved it a forgery decades later, sparking one of the great intellectual battles of the Czech national revival. The town, on the upper Elbe at the foot of the Krkonoše mountains, has never quite lived it down.
Read the complete Near Dvůr Králové nad Labem, on the way back write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Prague / Bohemia return comes up about 239 km into the recorded legs. Next is Food stop near Bílá Třemešná.
3. Food stop near Bílá Třemešná
Planning note
A break here. Next is Kokořínsko Sandstone Roads checkpoint 8.
4. Near Rudná
Planning note
Kokořínsko Sandstone Roads checkpoint 8 closes the day. Next is Back to Kokořínsko.
5. Back to Kokořínsko
This corner of Central Bohemia is farmland, ponds and gentle hills, the kind of country that Prague residents drive through without noticing and riders learn to love. The point lies between Votice, Sedlčany and the village of Kosova Hora, roughly halfway between the capital and the Šumava forests to the south. The sandstone towers of Kokořínsko are far to the north, so think of this as the quiet middle of the country, the part that gets less attention.
Read the complete Kokořínsko write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Finish at Back to Kokořínsko. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Photo stop near Litvínov to Near Dvůr Králové nad Labem, on the way back
Photo stop near Litvínov → Near Dvůr Králové nad Labem, on the way back is 239 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Food stop near Bílá Třemešná to Near Rudná
Food stop near Bílá Třemešná → Near Rudná is 149 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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