Highlight (Segment) • Religious Site
Hill of Crosses
Road cycling
5.0
(8)
Hiking
5.0
(3)
Cycling is not permitted along parts of this segment
Tips
Toma
June 10, 2020
Road cycling
This place is considered as one of the 20 most terrifying places on Earth.
Stuart Wilcock
June 26, 2026
Hiking
People first began leaving crosses on the former hill fort mound following the 1831 Uprising against Russian rule. Families used the crosses to memorialize rebels whose bodies they couldn't recover.
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Distance 124 m
Downhill 10 m
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Saturday 4 July
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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h
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