Stony
Creek Circuit Extended
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: 36.5 miles Elevation Gain: 1240 feet
Degree
of Difficulty Index: 1240 ft / 36.5 mi = 33.97 ft/mi Terrain: Flat to rolling
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical Region: South Central
Connecticut
Starting Location (city/town): Branford
Starting Location (detailed directions to): Walsh
Intermediate School, 185 Damascus Road, Branford; I-95 Exit 55 (Rt. 1); go
south on Rt. 1 for one third of a mile; left onto Windmill Hill Road at the
light just before Mobil; left at stop sign on Damascus Road; the school is on
the right; park in the small lot right before the school's driveway.
Ride Description: Start with an inland
pedal over somewhat rolling terrain, then head to the shore for many miles of
mostly flat riding with spectacular water views in Mulberry Point, Sachems
Head, Stony Creek and Indian Neck with a suggested mid-ride snack or lunch
stop at Stony Creek.
Facilities and Points
of Interest:
Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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3.1
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Van Wilgen's
Nursery on the right
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8.6
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Bishop's farm store on left (bathrooms)
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9.4
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Guilford
Green; various shops; views
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12.2
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Mulberry
Point's Indian Cove (views)
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14.5
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Chaffinch
Park (views)
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17.8
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Sachems Head
(views)
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24.6
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Stony Creek;
dock & gazebo; excursion boats; views
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24.9
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Possible lunch stop at Stony Creek market on the right
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31.1
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Indian Neck
(views)
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35.4
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Pine Orchard
Country Club golf course
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Ride
description: Wu-New140
Route
sheet: RS-New140
Ride
submitted by: Tom Ebersold/DPS, 6/27/07
(updated 9/5/10)
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