TrailTrack routes

Try the short Raketa cycle path and find the Hedgehogs and Hedgehogs’ House sculptures in the southern arboretum. A simple reason to spend a little time outdoors close to the city.

This is a 3.65 km point-to-point cycling route with a complete recorded line to follow from start to finish. Rolling terrain: 44 m of total ascent over 3.65 km. Surface: sand plus asphalt. Estimated moving time is about 0.5 hours; add time for pauses and navigation.

Walk to a real tree house in the woods, see the Nerskaya bank and complete an established outdoor direction. A modest handmade structure has become a meeting place for travellers, and a stop beside it fits naturally into an independent woodland outing.

Pause at the aqueduct to examine its arches from below, where historic water engineering meets an everyday riverside outing. The ride links the green Yauza valley with central embankments and leaves room to linger on the section that interests you most.

Combine actual Molodi manor-side stops with an extended ride through roads, woodland and the Zhokhovo side. Returning to the Petrica offers a changed rhythm after the rural part, provided present restrictions throughout the circuit are checked beforehand.

A woodland spring and an exposed granite summit give this ascent two distinct landmarks. The most memorable change comes near the top, when the trees finally open onto the broad foothills of the Kolyvan area.

The recorded line is a 10.69 km point-to-point walking route, with mapped viewpoints occur along the way. Strong mountain relief: 625 m of total ascent over 10.69 km. Estimated moving time is about 4.2 hours; add time for pauses and navigation.

For the variety of a continuous passage: town streets, an estate park, open wetland and three lake stops follow one another without returning to Noginsk. Reaching the monastery walls after the woodland section gives the finish a different meaning from arriving for a separate guided visit.

Follow the named path to Teide’s actual summit and view the island from its volcanic cone. Telesforo Bravo’s story and the fumarolic surroundings give the destination additional meaning.

Choose Kozhino skiing with a distinct eastern sweep and return to your own beginning. Winding inner sections give way to a more extended arc, while the complete circuit lets you concentrate on movement and choose a pause at the shared start.

Practise precise mountain-bike handling in Krasnogorsk woodland. Short sections allow a technical focus, provided they and their connections have been inspected first. The Banka offers a view into a small river valley while keeping clear of any damaged or slippery crossing.

This 26.57 km point-to-point walking route passes through terrain where mapped viewpoints occur along the way. Noticeable climbing: 867 m of total ascent over 26.57 km. Allow at least 2 days and verify overnight and exit options independently.

Explore Dubrovitsy beyond the familiar photograph of the Church of the Sign: notice the Horse Yard gates, connect the estate side with industrial Belyayevo and continue to the Desna and Erino. The ride back through Podolsk reveals another Pakhra crossing and finishes where the day began.

Spend an extended day on the western ridge, moving from Vikhlyay towards the Vertunok Watermill and Gniloye and Krugloye lakes. This version suits walkers interested in connecting several named places with sustained woodland travel.

Run through Zvenigorod’s rural surroundings, where a river crossing, a church-chapel and village memorials break up the long road. Karinskoye Suspension Bridge provides a memorable middle passage, and the Moscow River’s north bank gives the journey a definite ending. It suits runners who enjoy sustained independent outings and brief stops at real places along the way.

Walk from Edigan towards Balykcha through Tamanel, Shtativ, Uykaratash and the eastern passes of Route 77. The attraction lies in a sustained journey through changing valleys and a chain of named crossings.

Find Milovida, Nerastankino, the Temple of Ceres and Ruin Tower along the historic Morning Path. Its sequence of places reveals Tsaritsyno as a designed landscape park.

See old Chernevo beside modern Opalikha and pause outside the Assumption Church, completed in the late nineteenth century. The circuit brings you back to the same area, while the western spur adds a separate out-and-back episode. Choose it if you are comfortable on urban roads and want to combine them with greener stretches.

Approach Zubovskoye Lake along its separate forest path, then compare the secluded shore with the river landscape of the Klyazma. Samolyotnaya Polyana offers a quiet pause for remembrance. To extend the outing, the western branch introduces another patch of woodland water at small Shkolnoye Lake near Rzhavki.

Reach a specific rock summit above wooded slopes and explore its upper ground. It suits walkers interested in a rocky mountain destination who can arrange both woodland approaches independently.

Follow the historic Waterside Path past the Upper Pond, Milovida and a shore view of the island Ruin Arch. Water and small architectural pauses give this Tsaritsyno walk its character.

Make a woodland cycling day from Voinovo with a choice of eastern branches and a separate northeastern approach on the Krutovsky side. The change from a long initial passage to a branched woodland area gives the outing its character; the ground and your own return choice shape the day.

Take a substantial cycling outing from Balashikha and return to the starting area. The Klyazma, Pekhorka and Trinity Church give the ride more variety than a routine training lap, combining rivers, urban outskirts and woodland roads when access has been checked in advance.

Combine woodland walking with an actual memorial to the first Soviet rockets. GIRD’s story becomes tangible here: garden-community paths and a wooded clearing lead towards the monument, providing a quiet place to consider the beginnings of spaceflight.