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BOW 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: 41.8 miles
Elevation Gain: 2705 feet
Degree
of Difficulty Index: 2705 ft
/ 41.8 mi = 64.71 ft/mi Terrain: Hilly
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical
Region: Southwest Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): Orange
Starting
Location (detailed directions to):
Rte. 15 Exit 58 (Rt. 34 west) CPL, in Orange
Ride
Description: This is a ride
on quiet, traffic-free back roads in Bethany, Orange, Woodbridge and Hamden with
exceptional views of some reservoirs.
There is a fine place for a snack or lunch break near Sleeping Giant
State Park (Hamden) in mid-ride.
Facilities
and Points of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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11.8
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Billy's (ice
cream, snacks, bathroom)
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21.0
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Blue Hills
Orchards
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25.7
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Quinnipiac
College on the left
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25.9
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Sleeping
Giant State Park
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26.2
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Deli lunch
stop
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31.2
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Views of
the Lake Watrous Reservoir; views of the ridgeline of West Rock State Park
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride
description: Wu-New077
Route
sheet: RS-New077
Ride
submitted by: Mark & Marsha Kiley/DPS,
10/3/06 (updated 2/10/07)
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