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SCCC Country-Breeze Metric Century 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: 65.9 miles
Elevation Gain: 4087 feet
Degree
of Difficulty Index: 4087 ft
/ 65.9 mi = 62.2 ft/mi Terrain:
Hilly
Killer
Hills: None;
but there are numerous hilly sections on the ride route
Geographical
Region: South Central
Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): Middletown
Starting
Location (detailed directions to):
From intersection of Randolph Rd (Rt. 155) and Rt. 17 in the
southern part of Middletown, take Randolph Rd west for ~ 0.7 miles; go left @
SS on Long Hill Rd for ~ 0.2 miles and turn right on Daniels St. Vinal Tech will be on your right in
0.1 miles
Ride
Description: This ride
follows the route of the supported ride offered by the Southern Connecticut
Cycle Club on 7/18/05. This is a
very challenging, lengthy and hilly ride that starts at Vinal Tech high
School in southern Middletown, moves quickly into Middlefield before dropping
south through Durham and Killingworth into Madison. It then heads north through Clinton, Killingworth, Chester
and Higganum before returning to the starting point. The ride is largely over back roads
with little traffic and lots of forested and rural scenery. There is just a bit of riding along
state roads Rt. 17, Rt. 148, Rt. 80, Rt. 154 and Randolph Rd (Rt. 155) where
you should be alert for relatively heavy and/or fast traffic. The route passes Cedar Lake at mile
cue 41.5 and visits Haddam Meadow State Park @ mile cue 48.8 amongst other
attractions.
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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Vinyl
Tech High School
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37.1
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Irene
Sheldon Park; bathrooms; water inside the park at the athletic fields
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41.5
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Cedar
Lake (views)
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48.8
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Haddam
Meadows State Park
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52.0
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Higganum
business district (places to re-provision available)
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65.9
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Vinyl
Tech High School
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride
description: Wu-New146
Route
sheet: RS-New146
Ride
submitted by: Betty Gunning/DPS,
8/8/07 (updated 9/3/07)
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