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The North of East Granby 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: 27.9
miles Elevation
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Degree of Difficulty Index: nnnn ft / nn.n mi = nn.n
ft/mi Terrain: Flat/Rolling (Est'd)
Killer Hills: None
Geographical Region: North Central Connecticut
Starting Location (city/town): East Granby, Connecticut
Starting Location (detailed directions to): Liquor
Cabinet/DominoÕs Pizza parking lot, 50 Rainbow Rd. (Rte. 20) opposite from
the East St. intersection, East Granby. Park cars at the west end of
the parking lot per request of the business management.
Ride
Description: This scenic ride rolls gently past farms, fields, and
forests with views of the Metacomet Ridge to the west, and passes through the
Historic District of Suffield with its Main St. lined with stately homes, an
old fashioned town green, and Suffield Academy.
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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Businesses with
various venues including a DominoÕs Pizza and a liquor store
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1.4
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East Granby Farms
Recreation Area, scenic views of ridgeline along here
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4.3
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Suffield High
School campus
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7.3
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Daniel Christian
Little League Complex, port-a-potty
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11.2
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Entering Suffield
Historic District, stately old homes
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11.6
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Suffield Academy
and town green on left
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11.6+
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Highland Park Market
in shopping plaza on right
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21.5
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Scenic views of
ridgeline along Rt. 187
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22.7
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Bazin Bruce Park;
lunch @ the pavilion
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23.6
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Airways Public Golf
Course
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27.9
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Businesses with
various venues including a DominoÕs Pizza and a liquor store
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride description: Wu-New163
Route sheet: RS-New163
Ride submitted by: Carol Morin, 7/23/08 (updated 6/21/15)
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