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Easing Past Essex Meadows 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: 32.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 1520 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: 1520 ft / 32.5 mi = 46.8
ft/mi Terrain: Rolling
Killer Hills: None
Geographical Region:
South Central
Connecticut
Starting Location (city/town): Rt. 9 Exit 8 (Old Exit 6) CPL (Rt. 148) in Chester
Ride Description: This
is a mellow (lots of flat riding with only a few modest hills) and scenic
ride that heads down through Deep River and Centerbrook on its way to Old
Saybrook and a possible lunch/snack stop at Cornfield Point. After the
lunch/snack stop the ride scoots back on some seldom traveled (by bicycle)
roads into Westbrook and Ivoryton before returning to the starting point.
Facilities and Points of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities - Points of Interest
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5.0
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Centerbrook
section of Essex
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6.3
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Essex
Meadows retirement community on the right (ride's namesake)
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13.8
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Cornfield
Point (views); possible lunch/snack stop
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21.3
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Westbrook
High School and Middle School on the right
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26.7
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Ivoryton
Green & Gazebo - Portalets
ususally available in parking lot
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride description: wu-new246
Route sheet: rs-new246
Ride submitted by: DPS 5/1/01 (revised PAR
03/12/2023)
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