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Durham Loop

 

Total Distance:  28.5 miles                          Elevation Gain:  1556 feet  

 

Degree of Difficulty Index:  1556 ft / 28.5 mi = 54.60 ft/mi          Terrain:  Rolling/hilly

 

Killer Hills: None

 

Geographical Region:  South Central Connecticut

 

City/Town:  Durham

 

Starting Location:  Coginchaug Regional High School parking lot, Durham.  From Route 17 in the center of Durham, just north of Route 68, turn east onto Maiden Lane.  Follow for 0.4 miles and turn right onto high school access road (sign).  High school parking lot is about 0.25 miles on the left (up a little hill) beside the high school.

 

Note:  Parking will be limited near the school if it is in session.  However, there is ample parking available on the access road in from Rt. 17 near the tennis courts or athletic fields.

 

Ride Description:  This ride travels over some less familiar country and back roads on mostly rolling terrain (with a few hilly sections) through Durham, Middletown & Middlefield and features visits to Wadsworth State Park and a lunch/snack stop at Lyman Orchards farm store.

 

Facilities and Points of Interest:                             

 

Mile

            Facilities - Points of Interest

0.0

Coginchaug Regional High School

4.7

Wadsworth Falls on the right (after the RR tracks); worth stopping to take a look

6.0

Wadsworth State Park on the right; bathrooms available

9.2

Long Hill Condominium

13.3

Lyman Orchards farm store; deli, beverages, farm produce and bathrooms available; duck pond (views)

21.1

Whirlwind Hill Road – nice downhill

21.8

Pistapaug Pond on right

21.9

Paug Gap and Mattabesett Trail crossing

24.3

Another great downhill on Parmelee Hill Rd

27.4

Durham Green; Durham Town Hall; Durham Public Library

27.6

Durham Fair Grounds in the valley to the left

28.5

Coginchaug Regional High School

 

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