Trumbull - Monroe Back Roads
Tour
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NOTE: This Ride Description and its
corresponding Route Sheet have not been checked for accuracy by
www.ctbikeroutes.org
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Total Distance: 31.1 miles Elevation
Gain: 2,000 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: 2,000 ft / 31.10 mi = 64.31 ft/mi Terrain:
Hilly
Killer Hills: Many hills to climb, but none too steep or long
Starting
Location: Merritt Parkway (Route 15) Exit 50 CPL. There is no Exit 50 on Route 15
north, so go to Exit 51 and come back one exit.
Ride
Description: Tour the back roads of
Trumbull and Monroe, passing all the major lakes and ponds in Trumbull, and
traveling over quiet country lanes in Monroe.
Note: The route sheet
includes a map.
Note: The "Mile"
column on the route sheet shows distances in hundredths. Keep in mind that
bicycle computers tend to be calibrated differently and that the distances
shown on your computer may vary from those on the route sheet.
Facilities
and Points of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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5.70
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Canoe Brook Lake, a
private lake is on your left; open to residents and their guests only
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9.00
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Tashua Knolls Golf Course
is off to the right
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9.30
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Tashua Church, a historic
structure, is on the right
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10.00
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Pass through watershed
land; Easton Reservoir (not visible through the trees) is off to the left
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10.70
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Velvet Street becomes
hard-packed dirt for about one third of a mile
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13.90
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Stepney Green: Stepney is
a section of Monroe
Dr. Mike's Ice Cream Shop,
Last Drop Coffee Shop, and a convenience store are in this area.
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14.90
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Cross Housatonic Rail
Trail, which runs from Tait Road in Trumbull to
Swamp Road in Newtown
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20.65
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Historic Monroe Green,
Town Hall, Library, Police Department, and EMS on left
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22.55
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Food Stop: Subway, Dunkin'
Donuts, and a convenience store: other options in area
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26.40
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Antenna farm on right
indicates you are at a high point on the ride
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28.00
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Pinewood Lake, a private
lake on right; open to residents and their guests only
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29.00
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Private cottages for
Pinewood Lake and the private Pinewood Lake Clubhouse
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29.30
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The beach for Pinewood
Lake, open only to members of the Pinewood Lake Association;
note the antenna farm
visible at the far end of the lake
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30.00
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Twin Brooks Park: manmade
waterfall on your right; private pond to your left
look for a stone bridge on
the right by the traffic circle
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30.40
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Former swimming hole on
right, now left to the geese
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30.60
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Large Japanese lace leaf
maple at the center of the traffic circle;
covered bridge created
circa 1995 at the turn
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www.ctbikeroutes.org Ride
description: Wu-New016
Route sheet: RS-New016
Ride submitted by: Tom
Ebersold, 7/4/06 (updated 5/9/10)
Map
by Robert Schwab
