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Harlem Valley Ramble Ride #1
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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: 54.0 miles
Elevation Gain: N/A
Degree
of Difficulty Index: N/A Terrain:
Rolling (estimated)
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical
Region: Northwest Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): Kent
Starting
Location (detailed directions to):
Kent Post Office parking lot; take Rt. 7 north from intersection w/
Rt. 341 in Kent; turn right into Kent Shopping Village immediately after
crossing RR tracks to the post office.
Ride
Description: This ride tours
the Harlem Valley of Duchess County in New York including the villages of
Millerton, Amenia, Wassaic and Webatuck. It features an 8.2 mile ride along the Harlem Valley Rail
Trail which would be a good spot for a lunch stop.
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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Kent village;
various shops and stores
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0.5
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Kent
School main campus to the left
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20.1
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Millerton
village; stores
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20.5
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Harlem
Valley Rail Trail
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28.7
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Amenia
village; stores
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48.7
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Passing
through the Schaghticoke Indian Reservation (dirt road); Bulls Bridge is
short distance
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off
the route; go straight at 48.7 mi. for ~ 0.5 mi. to the bridge (interesting
side trip)
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52.7
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Kent
School main campus to the right (rear of campus)
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53.7
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Entering
Kent village
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54.0
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Kent
Shopping Village
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride
description: Wu-New087
Route
sheet: RS-New087
Ride
submitted by: Al Hathway,
1/24/07
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