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SCCC's Cruising to Killingworth 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: 36.1 miles Elevation Gain: 1,600 feet (est'd)
Degree of Difficulty Index:
1,600 ft / 36.1 mi = 44.32 ft/mi Terrain:
Rolling
Killer Hills: County
Road @ ~ 13.0 miles for about ¾ mile is a tough climb...not terribly
steep but a lengthy climb
Geographical Region: South
Central Connecticut
Starting Location
(city/town): Guilford
Starting Location (detailed
directions to): From I-95 Exit 57, go south on Rt. 1 for about 0.75
miles; immediately after passing Bishop's farm store on your left, turn right
onto Dunk Rock Road; in 0.1 miles turn left onto Farm View Lane. Turn
right into A. W. Cox School parking lot in about 0.1 miles.
Ride Description: This
is an inland tour through the rolling hills of Guilford, Madison,
Killingworth and Clinton with forested views and some quiet but occasionally
hilly back roads in the northern part of the route. Enjoy a long
descent along Green Hill Road about ¾ of the way into the ride.
A possible lunch stop is located on Rt. 81 at approx. mile cue 23.9.
See Facilities and Points of Interest section below for particulars.
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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A. W. Cox Elementary
School
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0.5
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Rear entrance to
Bishop's Orchards farm store
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8.0
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Roberts Food Market
shopping center entrance to the right
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10.4
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Summer Hill Nursery
– wholesale plant/shrub nursery operation to the right
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23.9
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Go right on Rt. 81 for
short distance to Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins; a Subway is across the
street
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29.1
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Daniel Hand High
School (Madison) on the left
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36.1
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A. W. Cox Elementary
School
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride description:
Wu-New211
Route sheet:
RS-New211
Ride submitted by:
Tom Ebersold/DPS, 10/21/12
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