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Stratford
Shore to Forest to Shore
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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: 35.0 miles Elevation
Gain: 1450 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: Terrain:
rolling hills and shoreline flats
Killer Hills: 1 (starting at about mile 12)
Geographical Region: Fairfield County
Starting Location (city/town):
Stratford CT
Starting Location (detailed directions
to): Lordship School, 254 Crown St. Stratford, CT 06615. Parking lot is
located on Pauline Street.
Ride Description: This ride takes you from the Stratford beaches, through
the center of Stratford, and up into the Roosevelt Forest. After crossing the
Sikorski Memorial Bridge, you return via the Milford shoreline, and back
through downtown Stratford before again visiting the shoreline. There are a
fair amount of urban high traffic areas and busy intersections that must be
traversed when going between shoreline and inland roads. Always use extra
caution.
Facilities and Points
of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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0.8
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Long
Beach Stratford
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2.2
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Stratford
sea wall
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2.5
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Russian
Beach Stratford
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3.8
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Stratford
Lighthouse
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4.9
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Short
Beach, Stratford
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14
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Roosevelt
Forest, Stratford
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16.4
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Sikorski
Memorial Bridge
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20.1
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Milford
Green (Tonys Bike Shop)
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21.5
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Milford
Sea wall
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22.5
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The
Greek Spot (restaurant)
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22.8
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Silver
Sands State Park, Milford
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25.5
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Audubon
Sanctuary
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride
description: Wu-229
Route
sheet: RS-229
Ride
submitted by: Andrew Martin
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