Hamden-Cheshire Circuit
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: 32.7 miles Elevation
Gain: 1440 ft
Degree of
Difficulty Index: 1440
ft / 32.7 mi = 44.04 ft/mi Terrain: Flat
to rolling
Killer Hills: None
Geographical Region: Southwest Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): Hamden
Starting
Location (detailed directions to): Start
at the main parking area at Brooksvale Park, Hamden, on Brooksvale Ave. near
the farm. From Rt. 15, Exit 61, head North on Whitney Ave. (becomes Rt. 10) for
5.6 miles. Left on Mt. Sanford Rd. (one block north of the Cheshire-Hamden town
line), next left on Brooksvale Ave., then right into Brooksvale Park (across
from 535 Brooksvale Ave.).
Ride
Description: Explore the quiet back roads
of Hamden and Cheshire, as you cycle past farms and fields with views of
Meriden Mountain, the Sleeping Giant, and the shady Quinnipiac Gorge. Many
miles of flat cruising with a few short hills to climb. Lunch in Southington.
Facilities
and Points of Interest:
Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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0.0
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Brooksvale Park, Hamden: farm, hiking and mountain biking trails
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7.5-9.9
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Cheshire is the bedding plant capital of Connecticut; all these
farms show why
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7.5
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View of Meriden Mountain to the right with all the antennas
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13.6
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Southington Country Club on right
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14.7
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Food Stop: Many options to choose from including Subway, Arby's,
Tops IGA, and McDonald's
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15.5
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Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society's Riverbound Farm, a 23 acre
nature sanctuary on right
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17.5
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Quinnipiac Gorge Trail, once the Meriden and Waterbury Railroad,
abandoned in 1924
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29.6
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Sleeping Giant State Park is on your left; you can clearly see
the Giant's head and torso
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Ride
description: Wu-New150
Route
sheet: RS-New150
Ride submitted
by: Tom Ebersold, 9/1/07 (updated
11/16/09)