Sonya's Haddam Meadows Ride - extended
Total Distance: 42.9
miles Elevation Gain: 2209
feet
Degree of Difficulty
Index: 2209 ft / 42.9 mi = 51.49 ft/mi Terrain:
Rolling to Hilly
Killer Hills: None
Geographic Region: South Central
City/Town: Chester
Starting Location: Rt. 9 Exit 9 CPL (Rt. 148) in Chester
Ride
Description: This mostly rolling ride passes through lots of forested
countryside with a stop @ Haddam Meadows State Park, after which it heads
north to Higganum before turning back into Killingworth. The route drops down
into the southern part of Killingworth to Rt. 148, heads east to Winthrop,
down onto a loop on the "Pond Meadows," and returns to the CPL via
Ivoryton, Centerbrook, Deep River and a corner of Chester.
Bring a lunch or snack as there is no good place to purchase it
en route.
Facilities:
Mile
|
Facility
|
9.5
|
Haddam Meadows
State Park: Portable toilets
|
12.5
|
Higganum:
(For a convenience store, continue straight here on Rt. 154 down a short,
steep hill)
|
19.4
|
For a
convenience store, go right here to SS at Rt. 81, then left (south) on Rt.
81 for 0.2 mi.
|
37.7
|
Centerbrook:
Convenience stores
|
WU-WE043 abb
DLB03067
|