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Buckland Hills Plaza Flat Ride – improved
(flatter) version
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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: 32.0 miles Elevation Gain: 584 feet
Degree
of Difficulty Index: 584 ft /
32.0 mi = 18.25 ft/mi Terrain: Flat
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical
Region: North Central
Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): Manchester
Starting
Location (detailed directions to):
Buckland Hills Plaza (Buckland St) off I-84 Exit 62; left @ bottom
of exit onto Buckland St; left @ 3rd light onto Pleasant Valley
Rd; right into Buckland Hills Plaza at far end of plaza; park at far side of
Bugaboo Creek Restaurant.
Ride
Description: This is a mostly
flat ride through portions of Manchester, South Windsor Ellington and East
Windsor with interesting bucolic views throughout. A small park overlooking
Broad Brook Millpond in East Windsor makes a pleasant lunch stop. The return
trip features a ride on historic Main St. in South Windsor w/ its beautiful
homes. This ride differs from
its namesake in that it detours around a sharp hill on a dangerously narrow
section of Frog Hollow Rd about 9 miles into the ride. Thus, this is an even flatter version
of the ride than the original.
Facilities
and Points of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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0.0
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Buckland Hills Plaza;
various stores and facilities
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5.9
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Willow Brook Golf
Course on the right
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6.4
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Topstone Golf
course on the left along Griffin Rd
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13.2
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Ellington Green: Convenience Store; Restrooms in Senior Center
(ask permission first)
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18.3
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Broad
Brook: Convenience Store on left
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18.5
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Broad
Brook Pond Park – Lunch stop @ gazebo
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25.5
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Convenience Store on
left
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25.8
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Start tour of the
South Windsor Historic District
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28.5
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End tour of the
South Windsor Historic District
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32.0
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Buckland Hills Plaza;
various stores and facilities
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride
description: Wu-New039
Route
sheet: RS-New039
Ride
submitted by: Carol
Marchion/DPS, 9/5/06 (updated 3/25/08)
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