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SCCC's Cheshire to Lake Compounce, Bristol Ride
NOTE: This Ride Description and its
corresponding Route Sheet may not have been checked for accuracy by the www.ctbikeroutes.org team
Total Distance: 31.85 miles Elevation Gain: 494 feet
Degree
of Difficulty Index: 494 ft / 30.5 mi = 16.20 ft/mi Terrain: Flat
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical
Region: Southwest Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): Cheshire
Starting
Location (detailed directions to): Lock 12 Historical Park, 487 North
Brooksvale Rd. (Rt. 42), Cheshire, 1 mile west of Rt. 10. From I-691, take
Exit 7 to Rt. 10 South for 6.5 miles. Right on Rt. 42 West for 1 mile, then
left into the parking lot. From Rt. 15 North take Exit 61. From Rt. 15 South,
take Exit 62. Head north on Rt. 10 for 6.3 miles, then left onto Rt. 42 West
for 1 mile, then left into the parking lot.
Ride
Description: This ride travels through rolling farm country in Cheshire,
en route to Lake Compounce (and beyond) on mostly flat terrain with little
shade along the way. The turnaround point and suggested lunch/snack stop is
a DunkinՠDonuts on Pine Street in Bristol.
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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Lock 12
Historical Park
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9.9
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Mt.
Southington ski area to the left
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13.5
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Briarwood
College for women campus on the right
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14.3
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Lake
Compounce amusement park service entrance to the left
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15.2
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DunkinՠDonuts;
suggested lunch/snack stop
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23.3
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Farmington
Canal Trail on left
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25.0
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Trailhead for
Farmington Canal Trail (and the end of the Southington section)
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30.5
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Lock 12
Historical 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
www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride description: Wu-New135
Route sheet: RS-New135
Ride submitted by: SCCC (www.ctcycle.org)/DPS, 6/19/07
Improved version of ride prepared and submitted by: Tom
Ebersold, 11/20/11
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