Why this ride
Out of Incheon, one way: 87 km, roughly 1 h 26 in the saddle.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Seoraksan Weekend · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 87 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 26
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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. Incheon
On 15 September 1950 American and South Korean marines stormed ashore at Wolmido, a small island in Incheon harbour, in one of the boldest amphibious operations of modern war. The landing turned the tide of the Korean War, and a statue of General MacArthur, who planned it, still stands in Jayu Park above the old port. Incheon today is a huge, modern port city of nearly three million people, home to Korea's main international airport, but the old harbour district keeps traces of its past.
Read the complete Incheon write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Seoraksan Weekend photo pull-off is where the day begins. Next is Seoraksan Weekend checkpoint 8.
2. Kwangmyŏng
Gwangmyeong is a satellite city on the south-western edge of Seoul, a place of high-rise apartment blocks, shopping centres and a high-speed railway station, and it is the finish point for rides that have spent the day in the mountains of Gangwon Province or the lakes and forests north of the capital. Arriving here after Seoraksan, with its granite peaks and Buddhist temples, can feel like a sudden return to the modern world.
Read the complete Kwangmyŏng write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Finish at Seoraksan Weekend checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Back to Seoraksan.
3. Back to Seoraksan
Yangpyeong is about ten kilometres to the north-east, and the city of Gwangju, about thirteen kilometres south-west, has about eighty thousand people. The valleys here are green, with small farms, orchards and pine woods on the slopes.
Read the complete Seoraksan 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 220 km.
More motorcycle rides nearby
- Yangpyeong Mountain Roads · part 2 · 202 km
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