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SCCC's
Shoreline Short 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: 10.3
miles Elevation Gain: 290 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: 290/10.3
= 28.15 ft/mi Terrain:
Flat to rolling Killer
Hills: None
Geographical Region: Southwest
Connecticut
Starting Location (city/town): Milford
Starting Location (detailed directions to): Jonathan
Law High School, 20 Lansdale Ave., Milford, but meet at the parking lot on
the Milford Point Road side (the parking lot farthest from Rt. 1), Take I-95
Exit 34. At bottom of ramp turn left.
Lansdale Ave is the first right (Walgreens on the corner). Right on Lansdale Ave to the light at
Milford Point Rd. Right at the light, then immediate right into the parking
lot.
Ride Description: This
short ride travels over essentially flat terrain through interesting portions
of Milford with relatively light traffic and features some outstanding views
of L. I. Sound. It visits the
Audubon Center early in the ride, passes through Silver Sands State Park
using service roads and provides a view of Milford Harbor towards the end of
the ride.
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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Jonathan Law High School
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2.3
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Connecticut
Audubon Coastal Center (interesting displays inside; views from the 2nd
deck)
Look for the
osprey nests on platforms in the 840-acre Charles E. Wheeler Salt Marsh
Downtown
Bridgeport and the Shakespeare Theater in Stratford are visible across the
marsh
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4.2
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Walnut
Beach, a Milford city beach is on the right
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4.6
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Nettleton
Ave. was closed to through traffic when the state opened Silver Sands State
Park
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4.8
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Start ride
through Silver Sands State Park on service roads
This road
used to be a direct connection between Broadway and East Broadway, but was
closed when Silver Sands State Park opened. Portions are gravel for about a
third of a mile.
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5.6
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Beach view
at park exit
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6.5
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Terrific
views from Fort Trumbull toward Gulf Beach and the entrance to Milford
Harbor
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6.7
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Northeast
Fisheries Science Laboratory, operated by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration on right
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7.7
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View of
Milford Harbor from dock at end of High St
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10.3
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Jonathan Law High School
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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-New133
Route sheet: RS-New133
Ride
submitted by: SCCC (www.ctcycle.org/DPS, 6/16/07; updated
5/20/11)
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