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Old Main Street Ride
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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: 24.2 miles
Elevation Gain: 424 feet
Degree
of Difficulty Index: 424 ft /
24.2 mi = 17.52 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 off I-84 Exit 62; I-84 East Exit 62 (Buckland
St); left at bottom of exit onto Buckland St; left at 3rd light
onto Pleasant Valley Rd; right into plaza at far end of plaza; park near
JoAnn Fabrics or Bugaboo Creek Restaurant at west end of plaza.
Ride
Description: The ride travels
through So. Windsor and East Windsor and features a visit to the historic
district of So. Windsor. This is
a pleasant ride over mostly flat terrain on roads that don't have too much
heavy traffic. It's a great
"season opening" ride.
Amongst the many pleasant sights are numerous tobacco fields w/
accompanying drying barns, fields of nursery plant stock, copious farm fields
and much, much more.
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 eateries
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6.0
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Willow
Brook golf course on the right
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6.3
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Topstone
golf course on the left
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18.2
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Start
tour through So. Windsor Historic District
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24.2
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Buckland
Hills Plaza; various stores and eateries
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride
description: Wu-New064
Route
sheet: RS-New064
Ride
submitted by: Don Shildneck,
9/21/06 (updated 3/20/08)
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