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North Park
Circuit
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NOTE: This Ride Description and its
corresponding Route Sheet may not have been checked for accuracy by the www.ctbikeroutes.org team
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Total Distance: 37.2 miles Elevation Gain: 2,100 feet
Degree
of Difficulty Index: 2,100 ft / 37.2
mi = 56.45 ft/mi Terrain: Hilly
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical Region: Southwest Connecticut
Starting Location (city/town): Fairfield
Starting Location (detailed directions to): Rt.
15 Exit 46 CPL, (Fairfield)
Ride Description: Inland tour along a varied mix of back roads including views of
reservoirs and watershed land.
Note 1: 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.
Note 2: The route sheet includes a map.
Facilities and Points
of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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0.1
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General Electric World Headquarters
is straight ahead
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2.8
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Hemlock Reservoir on
right
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5.5
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Aspetuck Reservoir on
both sides of the road
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7.0
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Greiser's Country Store on right in "downtown" Easton (no
restrooms)
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7.3
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Easton Library and Police Department on right: restrooms
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14.0
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Beautiful brook and
small waterfalls on both sides of the road
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19.6
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Dodgingtown Market: Food Stop
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30.7
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Tashua Knolls Golf
Course on left: municipal course that is open to the public
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31.1
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Historic Tashua Church
on left
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35.8
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Trumbull Mall on left
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36.8
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Sacred Heart University
on left
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www.ctbikeroutes.org Ride description:
Wu-New029 Route
sheet: RS-New029
Ride
submitted by: Tom Ebersold, 8-15-06 (updated 9/26/10); Map by
Robert Schwab.
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