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Essex to Old Saybrook Town Beach 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: 30.4
miles Elevation Gain: 496 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: 496 ft / 30.4 mi = 16.31 ft/mi
Terrain: Flat
Killer Hills: None
Geographical Region: South Central Connecticut
Starting Location (city/town): Essex
Starting Location (detailed directions to): From the
intersection of Rtes. 153 & 154 in the Centerbrook section of Essex (at
Rt. 9 Exit 4), go west on Rt. 154 (Main St.) for ~ 0.1 mi. and turn right on
access road to Essex Plaza (sign). Follow access road for another 0.1 mi. to
shopping plaza. Do not use store parking spaces. Park to the right and up a
little rise.
Ride
Description: On the way from Essex to Saybrook Point the ride passes
through two upscale Old Saybrook residential areas, Otter Cove and North
Cove. After departing Saybrook Point, the route visits Fenwick and Cornfield
Point en route to a possible stop at the Old Saybrook Town Beach on Rt. 154.
Continuing, the ride route dips down to Indiantown Beach where there is a
pavilion that is ideal for a lunch/snack break. The route then meanders on
back to the starting point with a stop in Essex Village. The entire ride
route is over mostly flat terrain and features many picturesque views of Long
Island Sound, the Connecticut River and upscale residential areas of Old
Saybrook and Essex.
Facilities
and Points of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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2.0
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Commence tour
of Otter Cove residential area
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10.0
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Commence
tour of North Cove residential area (views of the harbor)
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11.3
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Saybrook
Point (bathrooms; historical displays at park; ocean views)
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11.6
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Start
across causeway (views)
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12.2
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Commence tour
of Fenwick (9-hole golf course; mansions; views)
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15.7
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Cornfield
Point (views)
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16.4
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Old Saybrook
Town Beach (bathrooms; possible lunch/snack stop)
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18.9
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Indiantown
Beach w/ pavilion; possible lunch/snack break stopping point
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27.0
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Entering
Essex Village business district
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27.1
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Comfort
station to the rear of the post office and New Alliance Bank...next to park
w/ gazebo
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27.5
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Essex boat
launch & dock; Connecticut River Museum; views of the Connecticut River
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www.ctbikeroutes.org Ride description: Wu-New182
Route sheet: RS-New182
Ride submitted by: Carol Marchion, 7/10/09 (updated 8/3/09)
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