Favourite riding location - Google Earth style

KaneToad · Post by **KaneToad** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:52 am

Google earth is my new toy for viewing riding locations. What a great peice of software, well worth looking at if you haven't seen it.

Here's an image of my local run, Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious, on the outskirts of Brisbane, there are two other ways off the mountain, the section taken is the shortest (steepest) way to the top.

http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=293353

Anyone have the locations of their local run? Be interesting to see the terrain types people take their 50r's

Post by **DSKYZD** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:36 am

Google Earth Rocks, Nasa's World Wind is also cool because it has better resolution for the US.

Sweet looking road.

DSKYZD

Xray28 · Post by **Xray28** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:46 pm

I am lucky in that I live right off my favorite road. California Highway 36. From Alton to Red Bluff It's 132 miles of continuous turns. Then it's on to Mt. Lassen. On a good day there's no better road I know of. Stay away in winter it isn't regularly bladed after a snow. In early Spring there's some nasty places for ice to hide in the shady turns. The last 30 or so miles can get pretty warm in the summer since Red Bluff regularly goes into triple digits. Red Bluff has the longest stoplights in the world on a hot day sitting over a hot engine in black riding gear! It's still good

Post by **DSKYZD** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:03 pm

Right click this link and save the .kmz file to your computer (it's small, 11KB).

http://mysite.verizon.net/dskyzd/rt16.kmz

Open the file in Google Earth. It will probably be in the Temporary Places folder in the Places pane. Expand it until you see "Route". Select Route and hit the play button.

You may want to adjust some options:
Control Tab (advanced box checked)
Cameral Tilt Angle: 70
Camera Range: 2000
Speed: about 1/3 from the left.
View Tab:
Elevation Exaggeration: 2

DSKYZD

Post by **DSKYZD** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:28 pm

...and one of that famous twisty road.
Highway 129
Deal's Gap
The Tail of the Dragon

http://mysite.verizon.net/dskyzd/dragon.kmz

DSKYZD

Post by **MikeCam** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:45 pm

Brian,

I run Macs so both Nasa World Wind and Google earth are out for me.

If you were to enter Fletcher, Virginia as the location and pan out to show 50 or 75 miles from that center...would it produce a high oblique shot like the one you showed of Burkes Garden?

I'd like to see that.

M

Post by **Biff's R** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:13 pm

Brian,
I remember riding WV/VA 16. It has great twisties from the Ohio River to at least Marion, VA(200+ miles). What a great road, but alas like Mike Cam one of the few things that my mac will not yet support is google earth. Which is interesting since google is the search engine that is built in to the Safari web browser.

Try OH 555 from Marietta, OH to Zanesville, OH.

Post by **DSKYZD** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:45 pm

Post by **DSKYZD** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:04 pm

I could route from Marietta to Zanesville but it used interstate. Couldn't get it to highlight 555 but this should be the right area.

Post by **garylspolar** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:58 am

Biff:

Found a description of 555, at http://www.angelfire.com/fl/roslewski/oh.html I've got to get there this summer.

Ohio
Northeast. Riverview Road. Both scenic and twisty, low traffic density, good road condition. Riverview Road runs along the Cuyahoga Scenic railroad though the Ohio Valley. The Road has some great tight turns and long fast straits. Some sections are newly paved; others are heavily patched and bumpy. The section that I ride the most starts at Pleasant Valley (E. of 77) just before Canal road. A great ride down to 303 where you can stop at the winking Lizard in Peninsula. If you continue south in to Akron, you will find some newly paved high-speed roads with easy turns. Watch for park rangers.

Southeast, State Route 555. Twisty, low traffic density, good road condition. Take US50 west from Belpre Ohio. Go about 8 miles, St Rt 555 is on your right. It runs about 80 miles north to US RT 60, 2 miles south of Zanesville. This road is very technical and tight. Not a speed road. It is full of tight off camber turns and rises that you cant see over till you are on top of them. The road likes to turn quick with no warning. Even fun at slow speeds. A good workout for rider + bike. Skinny road, low traffic, a few small towns, NO GAS or hard to find.

Post by **Biff's R** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:54 pm

Mike, Who is attacking the area to your northwest, or is that a special runway?

Brian thanks for posting the area of 555. I can pick out SR 78 easier, and rode SR 13 earlier today. (Man it was hot outside) 78 runs from the lake near SR 13 to where SR 60 and the Muskingum River diverge. 555 runs from Zanesville to about where the "7" is down by the Ohio River.

I think that my house, chibberts, and kevin50R's are all in the upper right corner. gelbe kulter(doug) is just off of the edge of the picture.

Post by **bmwdave52** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:46 am

CA 36 is one long roller coaster ride for your Roadster.

bakernks · Post by **bakernks** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 11:42 pm

Pretty fun tool. My favorite road to ride is From Twin Lakes, Colorado to Aspen, over Independance Pass. Ride that road sometime. You'll never forget it, I'm sure about that.

rivi7777 · Post by **rivi7777** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 1:09 am

Xray28:

I am lucky in that I live right off my favorite road. California Highway 36. From Alton to Red Bluff It's 132 miles of continuous turns. Then it's on to Mt. Lassen. On a good day there's no better road I know of.

Can we, the NorCal contingent, what's left of it at least, and any others show up on your doorstep sometime? I have always wanted to do HWY 36, but as yet, still haven't...
http://www.pashnit.com/maps4/Highway36.htm

The other one I 'd like to do is HWY 33 Ventura to Taft or visa versa:
http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/Highway33.htm

bakernks · Post by **bakernks** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:31 pm

I know that road. Did a vacation there. Not on a bike. Irvine to Big Sur to Monterey to Red Bluff to {{Mt.Lassen to Susanville to Lake Tahoe}}, to Placerville, (back to LODI, Gawd, that place was TOO MUCH like Wichita for a vacation!,) back to John Wayne airport via Kings Canyon.

sillyjax · Post by **sillyjax** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:29 pm

Hey, XRay28, RE: I am lucky in that I live right off my favorite road. California Highway 36.

Have you ridden Hwy 96? SweatMark and I went on Google Earth and it looks a bit crazier than Hwy 36! We went on our vacation, riding thru Hwy 36 (AGH -- New Rider Training exercise for me!!!) this last July....We thought about riding Hwy 96 and were exhausted by the end of our trip so we went home via Hwy 1->Hwy 101->Oregon. After looking at Hwy 96, we are glad to have saved that for another roadtrip....any feedback on that??

Post by **KHaynes** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:54 pm

Beautiful Road Mr Toad.
I was in Brissy a couple of months ago and had to enjoy the mountains in my car instead of on my RT. I'll hopefully get up there on the bike one day.

MHC · Post by **MHC** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:30 pm

Brian,

Thanks. I love it.

Biff,

I figure it's the shadow cast by one of those Independence Day Alien Craft. otherwise, I haven't any clue.

Mike

Post by **DSKYZD** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:45 am

For real, the dark area that looks like a rectangle is an overlay of a higher resolution photo. The larger cities are tiled with them otherwise they are scattered here and there.

DSKYZD

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