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Bloomfield
Blast 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: 26.9 miles Elevation
Gain: 806 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: 806 ft / 26.9 mi = 29.96
ft/mi Terrain:
FL/RL
Killer Hills: None; but there are several short, sharp
ups on the route
Geographical Region: North
Central Connecticut
Starting Location (city/town): West
Hartford
Starting Location (detailed directions
to): Eisenhower Park, North Parking Lot. Eisenhower Park is located directly between Hall High
School and Northwest Catholic High School on Sheep Hill Drive, just off North
Main St. in West Hartford. Sheep
Hill Drive is @ 0.4 mile south of Simsbury Road (#185) on North Main St. (#218)
and < 1.0 mile north of Bishop's Corner (Albany Avenue) on North Main St.
Ride Description: A scenic spin
through Connecticut back roads in Bloomfield with a touch of East Granby and
Windsor. This ride has five or
six little climbs (hills) that last about ninety seconds per hill. Some (but not all) can be avoided if
you hate hills.
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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Eisenhower Park: bathrooms and other amenities available
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15.1
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Boat launch
to the Farmington River to the left; possible lunch/snack stop; adds ~ 0.3
miles to length of ride; cues have not been adjusted for this side trip; Note: cue not
included on route sheet
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20.2
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Small park
on the left just after crossing Adams Rd; possible lunch/snack stop
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21.4
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Golf course
on the left
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24.8
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Entering
Cigna Campus; large buildings; golf course; lovely landscaping
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26.9
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Eisenhower Park: bathrooms and other amenities available
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride
description: Wu-New198
Route
sheet: RS-New198
Ride
submitted by: Leland Tolo, 6/2/10 (updated 9/6/10)
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