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The eRide – East Windsor, Enfield, East
Longmeadow and Ellington
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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: 43.2 miles
Elevation Gain: 1298 feet
Degree
of Difficulty Index: 1298 ft / 43.2 mi = 30.04 ft/mi Terrain: Flat to
rolling
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical
Region: North Central
Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): East
Windsor
Starting
Location (detailed directions to):
Broad Brook Elementary School, 14 Rye St., Broad Brook section of
East Windsor. Take I-91 Exit 45
(Rt. 140) and go east on Rt. 140 for ~ 4 miles; turn right (south) on Rt. 191
(Main St) and follow Main St for a mile (continue on Main St past where Rt.
191 goes R) to a fork @ SS (Windsorville Rd is L fork) and take the right
fork onto Rye St. The school
will appear shortly on the right.
Use the 1st school parking lot that you come to (on the
right).
Ride
Description: This is an ideal
spring warm-up ride over mostly flat terrain through three counties in two
states. The ride derives its
name from four of the five towns visited (East Windsor, Enfield, East
Longmeadow and Ellington) and the bonus town is Somers. The Somers Recreational Area or the
Ellington Green are ideal spots for a rest/snack/lunch break. Amongst the sights along the way are
landscape nursery farms, dairy farms, tobacco farms and drying barns, crop
farms, Xmas tree farms, horse farms, a berry farm, several golf courses and
the Four Town Fairgrounds...a veritable plethora of delightful sights.
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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Broad Brook
Elementary School - Start
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0.8
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1st
of several landscape plant nursery operations (on the left)
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3.0
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1st
of several dairy farms (on the left)
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9.0
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1st
of several horse farm operations (on the left)
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15.0
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Enter
Massachusetts
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20.2
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Re-enter
Connecticut
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25.8
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Somers
Recreational Area on the right; possible snack/lunch stop (stores available
in Somers)
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27.1
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Four Town
Fairgrounds on the right
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31.9
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Ellington
Green; possible snack/lunch stop @ the gazebo (convenience store opposite
green)
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43.2
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Broad Brook
Elementary School - Finish
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Ride
description: Wu-New069
Route
sheet: RS-New069
Ride
developed by: Steve &
Suzanne Petke
Ride
submitted by: Don Shildneck,
9/23/06 (updated 3/24/08)
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