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Meet the Board 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: 25.9 miles Elevation Gain: 1074 feet
Degree
of Difficulty Index: 1074 ft
/ 25.9 mi = 41.47 ft/mi Terrain:
Rolling
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical
Region: Southwest Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): Hamden
Starting
Location (detailed directions to):
Sleeping Giant State Park parking area (opposite Quinnipiac
University), Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden.
Mt. Carmel Avenue is off Rt. 10 (Whitney Avenue) in the northeast part
of Hamden.
Ride
Description: This ride tours
some of the lesser populated parts of Hamden, Cheshire and Wallingford on
mostly rolling terrain. A fine
place for a snack/lunch break is on the grounds of Gaylord Hospital about 2/3
of the way through the ride.
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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Sleeping
Giant State Park; bathrooms; water; hiking trails
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3.9
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Entrance
to Brooksvale Park to the left
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16.5
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Cheshire
town center (busy traffic; various stores)
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19.7
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Gaylord
(Rehab) Hospital; snack/lunch stop; lovely grounds
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20.1
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The
Farms Country Club (Private - golf); views
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22.0
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Blue
Hills Orchards; farm store and orchards galore
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25.9
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Sleeping
Giant State Park; bathrooms; water; hiking trails
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride
description: Wu-New076
Route
sheet: RS-New076
Ride
submitted by: Don Shildneck,
10/3/06 (updated 11/9/06)
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