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SCCC's Sleeping Giant Leisure 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: 8.7 miles
Elevation Gain: N/A
Degree
of Difficulty Index: N/A Terrain:
Flat (Est'd)
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical
Region: Southwest Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): Hamden
Starting
Location (detailed directions to):
Sleeping Giant State Park parking area, Mt. Carmel Road, Hamden
(opposite Quinnipiac University)
Ride
Description: This short ride
starts and ends at Sleeping Giant State Park. While the route uses busy Rt. 10 for about ½ mile
both going and coming, most of the ride is on quiet back roads with
interesting farm land and forested views. At mile cue 4.8 it passes the Blue Hills Farm with its
farm stand --- available during the growing season. There is one very difficult (and dangerous) turn at mile
cue 8.3 when turning off Rt. 10 onto Mt. Carmel Road at the traffic
light. Be very careful making
this turn.
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
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4.8
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Blue Hills
Farm (farm stand on right)
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7.8
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Ice cream store
on corner to the left just before turning onto Rt. 10
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8.7
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Sleeping
Giant State Park
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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-New125
Route
sheet: RS-New125
Ride submitted by:
SCCC (www.ctcycle.org)/DPS,
6/19/07
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