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Harlem Valley Ramble Ride #2
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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: 41.1 or 53.0 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 and Amenia. It
features a 2.5 mile ride through Macedonia Brook State Park (dirt road), an
8.2 mile ride along the Harlem Valley Rail Trail (good spot for a lunch stop)
and a 4.2 mile dirt road ride through the Schaghticoke Indian Reservation
(long ride only).
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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3.1
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Macedonia
Brook State Park (mostly paved but ~ 1.0 miles dirt road)
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14.8
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Historic
marker on the right
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20.6
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Millerton
village; stores
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20.9
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Harlem
Valley Rail Trail (HVRT)
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28.7
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Amenia
village; stores
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29.4
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HVRT
continues for about 3 miles to Wassaic Train Station (no services)
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40.2
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Beginning
of short route (see route sheet for details)
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40.3
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Kent
School main campus to the left (rear of campus)
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40.5
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Passing
through the Schaghticoke Indian Reservation (dirt road)
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44.7
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Bulls
Bridge
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52.5
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Entering
Kent village
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53.0
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Kent
Shopping Village
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Note: This is a "companion" ride
to the Harlem Valley Ramble Ride #1 but uses a significantly different route
and has a charm of its own.
www.ctbikeroutes.org Ride
submitted by: Al Hathway,
1/24/07
Ride
description: Wu-New088
Route
sheet: RS-New088
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