Route 1, Heterocera

Route 1 is a long horse-shoe shaped road around the Heterocera Continent in Second Life.  Route 1 is part of a multi-road system that also includes railways. For the most part Route 1 is a pleasant road that is easy to navigate. I only found two places with significant lag.

Heterocera (best fairuse map I could find)

If you decide to drive Route 1,  you can get a good map from the Explorer's Information Centre in Menophra.

I am only listing a few major landmarks along the way, you will have to travel the route yourself to see all the ingenious ways that residents have landscaped their roadside parcels.

Some of my sources had a difference of opinion as to whether a particular stretch of road was Route 1, the Atoll Road, or just 'Protected Land'. I am going with what the World Map identifies as Route 1 when I click on it inworld.

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Starting at Agirus, head north towards Pini. Mainly private builds along the route here, but there is a public picnic area in Lyonet.

In Leafminer you will find Mole Mart, a great resource for free LDPW textures, items, and links to other LDPW freebie sites.

Mole Mart: Road signs and road textures

Further along you will see an apple cart on your right, and a Butterfly House made by Garden Mole.

In Peach you can visit the Peach Pit Diner.

You will go through many more regions,  but you will eventually pass by the Unknown Theme Park, one of the oldest amusement parks in Second Life.

At the crossroads in Rivula you need to go right, towards Lunula, Parva, and Mormo.

There are picnic spots in Parva and Mormo. There are spots along the road where steam is coming up by the side.

Perhaps the reason for the steam is the Moleford Municipal Water Company in Spini? The water has a strange greenish glow, and the water creatures look odd.

I wouldn't eat fish caught here...

A few parcels further, if you look up, it appears a train has partially derailed.

In Sociaria, on the left side, is a large public viewing platform.

In Menophra, on the right, is the Menophra Town Square. The area around it is the Friendship Forest Rest Area, operated by the Protected Route Interest Group. You can visit the Observation Tower, or pick up good road maps at the Explorer's Information Center. The Linden Road Community Center is here as well as a pod station.

Friendship Forest in Menophra

Continue south to Calleta, a town with many secrets. If you have the time, see if you can find the underground passages that start in the basement of the Wheedle Art Gallery. There are also train and pod stations, a Hobo town, and other historic Second Life landmarks in the area.

Wheedle Art Gallery

In Calleta the Atoll Road and the Route 1 road share some of the same pavement. Take the righthand road northwest towards Oculea.

In Zephyr there is a wooden bridge over a river, and a waterfall to the right.

In Piano, there is a four-way intersection. Route 1 ends and becomes Park Way, Sandgrass Road goes north, and Dierli landing road goes southwest. It is the end of Route 1.

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Resources: The Second Life Wiki, the "Second Highways" blog, the SLGI Website, and the Explorer's Information Center.