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2009 Summer Sea Breeze Ride – 100 Kilometer
Route
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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: 61.8 miles Elevation
Gain: 3222 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: 3222 ft / 61.8 mi = 52.13 ft/mi Terrain:
Rolling to hilly
Killer Hills: There
is a serious 0.7 mi. (double pitch) climb on Haddam Quarter Rd between mile
cues 27.9 & 28.8 and there is a lengthy, 2.5 mi. climb (not especially
steep) on Beaver Meadow Rd starting at mile cue 38.7.
Geographical Region:
South Central Connecticut
Starting Location (city/town): Madison
Starting Location (detailed directions to): From I-95 Exit 61, go north (away
from the ocean) on Rt. 79 for ~ 1 mile to the 1st traffic
light. Turn left on Green Hill
Rd and follow for ~ 1 mile to Polson Middle School (the old Daniel Hand HS)
on the left. Turn left on the
access road and park in the parking area furthest from the school. Note: use of the parking area is not
permitted while school is in session. Schedule your ride accordingly.
Ride
Description: This 100 K ride
passes through several upscale residential areas in Madison en route to and
from rural sections of Killingworth, Durham & Higganum with brief forays
into Guilford and Clinton along the way. It uses mostly back roads or residential roads with
limited automobile traffic and features a scenic 1.5 mile ride along the
Madison shoreline with spectacular views of Long Island Sound. Towards the end, the ride skirts
Madison's business district but passes by Madison Green and the beautiful
Congregational Church that overlooks the green.
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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Polson Middle School
(located adjacent to the recently constructed Daniel Hand High School in a
large, new campus); many athletic facilities and fields, including a
running track, are located inside the campus
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7.2
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Bridge over the Hammonasset
River
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29.1
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Miller's
Pond State Park; portable toilets
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34.0
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Higganum
business district
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52.4
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Heser's
Pond w/ gazebo on the left
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54.4
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Another
bridge crossing of the Hammonasset River
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57.0
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Commence 1.5 mile ride
along the Madison shoreline; spectacular ocean views
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57.7
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East Wharf
Beach; comfort station (seasonal)
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61.8
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Polson Middle School
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www.ctbikeroutes.org Ride description: Wu-New191
Route sheet: RS-New191
Ride
submitted by: Betty Gunning, 8/7/09
(updated 8/20/09)
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