The Last Riding to the Grey Havens
The Last Riding to the Grey Havens follows 12 mapped waypoints, from Bag End to Bag End.
Travellers across this route: Frodo, Sam, Bilbo, Elrond, Galadriel, Gandalf (Merry and Pippin ride after).
Follow this journey on the map
Waypoints in order
21 Sep T.A. 3021
Bag End
Frodo and Sam set out from Hobbiton; the Red Book is given to Sam
Place reference: Bag End (location context, not verification of this date).
21 Sep T.A. 3021
Green Hill Country
Over the Green Hills towards Stock, as three years before
Approximate map position.
Place reference: Green Hill Country (location context, not verification of this date).
22 Sep T.A. 3021
Woody End
Meeting with the Last Riding of the Keepers of the Rings: Elrond, Galadriel and Bilbo
Approximate map position.
c. 23 Sep T.A. 3021
Tuckborough (passed)
Riding quietly west through the Green Hill Country
Approximate map position.
c. 25 Sep T.A. 3021
Michel Delving (passed)
Across the Westfarthing, unseen by the Shire-folk
Approximate map position.
c. 25 Sep T.A. 3021
White Downs
Over the downs; the elves go by night and are not seen
Place reference: White Downs (location context, not verification of this date).
c. 26 Sep T.A. 3021
Far Downs
The western bounds of the Shire
Place reference: Far Downs (location context, not verification of this date).
c. 27 Sep T.A. 3021
Tower Hills (Emyn Beraid)
The White Towers on the downs; a far glimpse of the Sea
Place reference: Tower Hills (location context, not verification of this date).
c. 28 Sep T.A. 3021
Descent to the Lune
Down the long slope towards the Gulf of Lune
Approximate map position.
29 Sep T.A. 3021
Grey Havens (Mithlond)
Círdan's white ship; Frodo, Bilbo, Gandalf and the Ring-bearers sail into the West; end of the Third Age
Place reference: Grey Havens (location context, not verification of this date).
early Oct T.A. 3021
Road home
Sam, Merry and Pippin ride back in silence
Approximate map position.
6 Oct T.A. 3021
Bag End
'Well, I'm back,' Sam said
Place reference: Bag End (location context, not verification of this date).
Sources and further reading
- The Return of the King, The Grey Havens; Appendix B
Narrative and chronology; intermediate stopping places are reconstructed