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SCCC's Branford Guilford Shoreline 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: 33.1 miles
Elevation Gain: 1145 feet
Degree
of Difficulty Index: 1145 ft
/ 33.1 mi = 34.58 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), Branford
Ride
Description: This very
interesting and scenic ride travels over mostly flat terrain with a few hilly
sections interspersed. Amongst
the shoreline locales it visits are Guilford Harbor, Chaffinch Island Park,
Sachems Head and Stony Creek. It
uses Rt. 146 with its smooth pavement, wide shoulders, occasional shoreline
and salt marsh views and relatively low traffic volume for ~ 1/3 of the
ride. Give it a try. You'll like it.
Facilities
and Points of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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7.7
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Bishop's
Orchards farm store (bathrooms; provisions)
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8.9
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Center of
Guilford; Guilford Green to your left; various shops & eateries
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10.1
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Guilford
Harbor; town dock; boat launch; views
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13.6
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Chaffinch
Island Park; seasonal portable toilet; views
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15.3
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Commence ~
4-mile tour around Sachems Head; outstanding views on L. I. Sound
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23.5
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Stony
Creek; views of the Thimble Islands; gazebo; sight-seeing boat rides; harbor
views
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23.8
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Stony Creek
Market & Deli on the right
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26.5
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Pine Orchard
Country Club's golf course
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28.7
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Bud's Fish
Market on right and Lenny's restaurant on the left
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30.0
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Branford
business district 0.1 miles straight ahead
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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-New127
Route
sheet: RS-New127
Ride submitted by:
SCCC (www.ctcycle.org)/DPS,
6/15/07
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