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SCCC's Branford-Guilford Wanderer
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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: 25.1 miles
Elevation Gain: 820 feet
Degree
of Difficulty Index: 820 ft /
25.1 mi = 32.67 ft/mi Terrain:
Flat to rolling
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical
Region: South Central
Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): Branford
Starting
Location (detailed directions to):
I-95 Exit 56 CPL (Leetes Island Road/Stony Creek) in Branford
Ride
Description: This is an
interesting ride that has an occasional modest hill climb while en route to
Guilford Green and the shoreline vistas at Guilford Harbor, Chaffinch Island
Park and Sachem Head. Provisions
can be purchased at Bishop's farm store (7.9 mi.) where there are bathrooms
available. There are many
interesting shops located at Guilford Green should you decide to take a brief
off-course excursion to visit them. All in all this is a quality ride with lots of flat riding.
Facilities
and Points of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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7.9
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Bishop's
Orchard farm store (provisions; bathrooms)
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8.8
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Guilford
Green w/ its many shops; provisions available (views)
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9.6
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Site
of Guilford Fair
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10.8
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Guilford
Harbor (views)
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14.3
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Chaffinch
Island Park (views)
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15.9
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Commence
~ 4-mile tour around Sachem Head (many spectacular views)
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Note: This ride has been provided by the Southern Connecticut
Cycle Club from its Ride Library as a service to the Connecticut bicycling community
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride
description: Wu-New112
Route
sheet: RS-New112
Ride
submitted by: SCCC
(www.ctcycle.org)/DPS, 4/30/07 (updated 5/3/07)
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