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The Lunch at Fort Trumbull Ride
Total Distance: 34.6 miles Elevation
Gain: 701 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: 701 ft / 34.6 mi = 20.26 ft/mi Terrain: Flat to rolling
Killer Hills: None
Geographical Region:
Southeast Connecticut
City/Town:
Niantic (East Lyme)
Starting Location:
Samuel M. Peretz Park (formerly Bridebrook Park), Rt. 156 in Niantic
just east from Rocky Neck State Park.
Take I-95 Exit 72 (Rocky Neck Connector); at end w/ traffic light go
left on Rt. 156 past the entrance to Rocky Neck State Park and then turn left
into Bridebrook Park just before the Niantic Correctional Facility.
Ride Description:
This very mellow ride is over mostly flat terrain with a few modest
hills en route. It travels over
to New London along mostly shoreline venues including Black Point, the
Connecticut Seaside Regional Center, Harkness State Park, Mitchell College
and others to Fort Trumbull State Park.
The return trip uses a slightly different route for an interesting
change of pace. This ride is a
"keeper."
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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Samuel M.
Peretz Park (bathrooms)
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2.2
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Begin tour
of Black Point (pay attention to route sheet cueslots of turns)
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7.9
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McCook Park
(bathrooms); views
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8.6
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Niantic
business district; various facilities
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10.0
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Entrance
to Millstone Nuclear Power facility (no entry allowed since 9/11)
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13.4
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Seaside
Regional Center (Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation)now not
operational
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15.4
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Harkness
State Park (bathrooms
& water); views
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15.8
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Camp
Harkness (Department of Mental Retardation)
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17.9
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Views of
the Thames River
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18.9
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Mitchell
College campus
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20.0
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Pfizer
Research Center
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20.8
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Fort
Trumbull State Park; good spot for lunch or snack break (views); bathrooms & water
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22.2
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Lawrence
& Memorial Hospital
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22.5
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Michaels
Dairy & Mitchell College campus
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27.9
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New London
Country Club entrance
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34.6
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Samuel M.
Peretz Park (bathrooms)
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Wu-SL058 abb
DLB03055
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