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Greenwich
Estate Country Tour
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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: 38.6 miles Elevation Gain: 2,634 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index:
2,634 ft / 38.6
mi = 68.2 ft/mi Terrain:
Very hilly
Killer Hills: Round Hill Road, just north of Rt. 15 and Farms Road near Riverbank Rd.
Geographical
Region: Southwest Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): Stamford
Starting
Location (detailed directions to):
Westhill High School, Roxbury Road, Stamford, CT. From Rt. 15 Exit 34, go south on Rt.
104 for 1 mile. Take sharp right
at light onto Roxbury Rd. Turn
right into school parking lot at the light in 1/3 mile.
Ride
Description: Superb tour of the mansions in Greenwich with a brief stop in Banksville, N.Y. for a reality check and the food stop.
Plenty of climbing along the way, but the down hills are
worth the effort to get there.
Note: The
route sheet includes a map.
Facilities
and Points of Interest:
Caution: Along
the route in Greenwich there are storm sewers with grates that are just the
right width to catch a road bike tire. Steer clear!
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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0.0
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Westhill High School, Stamford
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3.0
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Mianus Pond on left, part of the Mianus
River
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7.0
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Greenwich Country Club on the right
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19.3
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Food Stop in Banksville: Walter S. Finch
Store on left (may not permit restroom access) and IGA Market (restrooms
available) slightly further on right
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19.3
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Ivan Lendl Tennis Center
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22.5
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Babcock Nature Preserve
on left and continuing after the turn onto Lake Ave.
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28.3
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Greenwich Country Club
on right
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33.7
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Stanwich Club on left
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34.1
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Farms Road turns sharply
downhill at this point and passes through a 180-degree downhill, and
remains twisty after that.
Control your speed!
Otherwise you will end up in the woods!
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35.0
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You are nearing the end
of the steep uphill onto Riverbank Road
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www.ctbikeroutes.org Ride description:
Wu-New030 Route
sheet: RS-New030
Ride
submitted by: Tom Ebersold, 8-23-06 Map
by Robert Schwab
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