Jarseshwar

Note: Recently my friend visited this place on cycle. Gatekeepers did not allow him to enter on the Jarseshwar road. So please check before you plan this trail.

Jarseshwar is close to Pune yet largely unknown cycling destination. This is one of the destinations where you can cycle from Pune directly.

I preferred to carry my cycle in the car as I wanted to explore more on the top instead of spending time in travelling till Jarseshwar. To reach Jarseshwar you need to take Khadakwasla dam backwater road from NDA gate. Keeping backwater at your left side, drive for 5-6 Kms and you will reach at the gate of ‘Splendor County’. This is a famous farm house project in the area. You can search simply for ‘Splendor County’ to know the route.

I parked my car on the road to Speldor Conty, just next to the entrance gate. Gatekeepers there are much co-operative and they let me park vehicle inside. Route to the Jarseshwar starts from ‘Speldor County’ road only. There is concrete road till top of the hill.

From very starting point of this uphill we get really beautiful view of the Khadawasla backwaters and Singhad fort. Ride to top is long and pretty much stiff all the way. I underestimated height of the hill and was exhausted by the time I reached top. Fortunately there is no traffic on this road and there is beautiful surrounding all the way till top.

When concrete road ends at the top, there are mud roads going to village. Take the road on your left which goes directly at Jarseshwar temple and village. This village is situated right at top of the hill with a beautiful Jarseshware temple. From this point you get awesome view of the Sinhgad, Torna and Rajgad forts. You can see Pune city, Pirangut and Bhugaon side as well from this point. There are many mud trails on the top if someone wants to try mountain biking activities. Same mud road that we took to reach the temple continues till the next village which is few miles away from the top. Exploring this trail can be fun!

Take road which goes from left of the village and you’ll reach a small water lake which supplies drinking water to Jarseshwar village.

There is no tar road till the village, but behind the village you’ll find Helipad J

I took some mud trail from the lake instead of going back via same route, and this trail took me through dense tree cover with nice mud trail downhill. At one point after exploring I found this road connecting to one of the concrete road build by Spendor County. Downhill on this road was really fun, I reach max 45Km/Hr speed on this downhill.

This is a trail for both road bikers and mountain bikers. If someone wants to try only mountain biking then I recommend carrying cycle till top of the hill in your car and then start exploring various trails on the top.

Track details
Courtesy: Gopi Kori

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byv-IMElrz0EZ250VnBSdFhUeFU/view?usp=drivesdk

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Name: Jarsheshwar
Activity type: biking
Description: -
Total distance: 51.98 km (32.3 mi)
Total time: 4:13:20
Moving time: 3:38:37
Average speed: 12.31 km/h (7.7 mi/h)
Average moving speed: 14.27 km/h (8.9 mi/h)
Max speed: 43.87 km/h (27.3 mi/h)
Average pace: 4:52 min/km (7:51 min/mi)
Average moving pace: 4:12 min/km (6:46 min/mi)
Fastest pace: 1:22 min/km (2:12 min/mi)
Max elevation: 926 m (3038 ft)
Min elevation: 494 m (1621 ft)
Elevation gain: 864 m (2835 ft)
Max grade: 19 %
Min grade: -15 %
Recorded: 7/12/2015 5:56 AM