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Farmington 50-mile 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: 50.18 miles Elevation
Gain: 1620 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: 1620
/ 50.18 mi = 32.28 ft/mi
Terrain: Flat to rolling
Killer Hills: None
Geographical Region: North
Central Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): Farmington
Starting
Location (detailed directions to): Tunxis Mead
Park. From Rt. 4 in Farmington center, go south on Rt. 10 approx. 1 mile past
Miss PorterŐs School. At 2nd traffic light go right on Meadow Rd; continue for
about 1 mile and go straight at fork on Red Oak Hill Rd; go right in ¼
mile on access road into Tunxis Mead Park. Parking lot is on Left next to
ball field in about ¼ mile.
Ride
Description: This excellent
ride travels north through the towns of Farmington, Collinsville, Canton, N.
Simsbury and N. Granby to the turnaround point near the Massachusetts border
and then continues south almost entirely on the Farmington Canal Heritage
Trail (entirely paved) though Granby, Simsbury and Avon.
Note: The Farmington Valley Greenway is
part of the planned 84 mile long Farmington Canal Heritage Trail that (when
completed) will eventually reach to Northampton, MA from its present starting point near Yale University
in New Haven.
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