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Coleytown Cruiser
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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: 24.6 miles Elevation Gain: 1,400
feet (estimated)
Degree
of Difficulty Index: 1,400 ft / 24.6 mi = 56.9 ft/mi Terrain: Rolling
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical
Region: Southwest Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): Westport
Starting
Location (detailed directions to): From Rt. 15 Exit 42, head north on Rt.
57. Right at the light onto Lyons Plains Rd. Bear right onto Coleytown Road.
Drive one-half mile. Right onto North Ave. Right into first driveway.
Ride
Description: Tour rolling
inland sections of Westport and Fairfield, complete with a flat to rolling
cruise along some beautiful shorefront.
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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Diagonally across
the street to your right is where Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward live
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11.9
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Greenfield Hill
Congregational Church hosts the Dogwood Festival the weekend of Mothers
Day every May; the dogwoods are usually in full bloom that week
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15.3
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Food stop at Stop
& Shop
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16.7
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Southport Beach is
straight ahead and offers seasonal restrooms. Left is Pequot Ave. and the
Southport section of Fairfield; right is Beachside Avenue in Westport
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18.0
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Phil Donohue and
Marlo Thomas are among the celebrities who live along this expensive road,
although this cue sheet designer does not know the exact house. Check out
the giant sculptures behind the wall of one house on the left.
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride
description: Wu-New034
Route
sheet: RS-New034
Ride
submitted by: Tom Ebersold, 8-29-06
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