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Historic Windsor – Clyde's
Trolley Museum Ride
Total Distance: 35.4 miles Elevation
Gain: 396 feet
Degree of
Difficulty Index: 396 ft /
35.4 mi = 11.91 ft/mi Terrain: Flat
Killer Hills: None
Geographical
Region: North Central
Connecticut
City/Town: Suffield
Starting
Location: North end of the
Windsor Locks Canal Trail @ the end of Canal Road in Suffield; take I-91 Exit
47W (don't take Exit 47E) and go west on Rt. 190 across the Connecticut River
to traffic light; turn left (south) on Rt. 159 and in about 0.3 miles turn
left onto Canal Road. Follow to
end and parking area near the Connecticut River.
Ride Description: This ride starts and ends on the
Windsor Locks Canal Trail and travels through the towns of Suffield, Windsor
Locks, East Windsor, Enfield, South Windsor and Windsor on a primarily flat
course. The ride visits along
the way the Connecticut Trolley Museum, the Old Bissell Ferry site, the
lovely homes in the Historic District along Main Street in South Windsor and
much, much more. The suggested
lunch/snack stop is at Bart's Restaurant on the Farmington River shortly
after passing through the Loomis Chaffee School campus.
Facilities and Points of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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0.0
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Start
of 4.5 mile ride on the Windsor Locks Canal Trail. This flat, paved trail takes you along a former tow
path with the historic Windsor Locks Canal on one side and the Enfield
Rapids and the Connecticut River on the other.
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4.5
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Warehouse
Point Bridge over the Connecticut River
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7.5
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Connecticut
Trolley Museum. The Connecticut
Electric Railway Association, Inc. is the owner and operator of The
Connecticut Trolley Museum. Founded in October 1940, it is the nation's
oldest incorporated organization dedicated to the preservation of the
trolley era.
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14.6
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Old
Bissell Ferry landing (historical marker). The Bissell Ferry was born
in 1642. The town (then part of Windsor) voted to operate a ferry over the
Great River and the contract to operate this ferry was finally taken over
by John Bissell in 1648. The ferry bore a resemblance to an oversized raft.
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15.4
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Start
of ride along Main Street (South Windsor Historic District); beautiful old
homes
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19.1
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Start
ride over the Connecticut River via the Capt. John Bissell Bridge
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20.5
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Park-like
scene on east side of river; boat launch; take a break and enjoy the view
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23.4
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Loomis
Chaffee School campus. Loomis
Chaffee is an independent, privately endowed secondary school located in a
country setting on a 300-acre campus by the confluence of the Connecticut
and Farmington rivers in Windsor..
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24.0
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Start
¾ mile ride on the Windsor River Trail along the Farmington River to
Pleasant St. Park
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24.8
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Bart's
Restaurant; suggested lunch/snack stop; nice views of the Farmington River
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25.0
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Start
of ride through Windsor Historic District; lovely old homes
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29.1
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Flood
markers on River Road beside the Connecticut River
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30.8
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Start
of 4.5 mile return ride on the Windsor Locks Canal Trail
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