Over the Bridge – Old Saybrook to Old Lyme
Total Distance: 50.9
miles Elevation Gain: 1710
feet
Degree of Difficulty
Index: 1710 ft / 50.9 mi = 33.60 ft/mi Terrain: Flat to
Rolling
Killer Hills: None
Geographic Region: South Central
City/Town: Old Saybrook
Starting Location: CPL @ junction of Rt. 154 & Bokum Rd,
Old Saybrook
Special Directions: Rt. 9 Exit 1 onto Rt. 154 south towards
Old Saybrook; CPL is on the right after 0.7 miles, just after passing Bokum
Rd w/ little island. CPL is near DPW garage.
Ride Description: This interesting ride travels over mostly
flat to rolling terrain on many scenic roads in the towns of Old Saybrook,
Old Lyme, East Lyme (Niantic), Salem and Lyme, while crossing the Connecticut
River (twice) via the bike path on the Baldwin Bridge. There is a great ice
cream stop near the end of the ride. There is a lunch stop at a roadside
cemetery
Facilities:
|
Mile
|
Facility
|
|
0.1
|
Convenience
Store on left
|
|
2.6
|
McDonald's
on right
|
|
4.8
|
General
Store to right
|
|
7.4
|
Saybrook
Point: Restrooms (straight across and, in season, to the right)
|
|
9.6
|
Old
Saybrook: Various facilities
|
|
12.3
|
Portable
Toilets at boat launch under bridge to the right
|
|
~16.0
|
Hallmark's
Ice Cream on right
|
|
25.9
|
Old cemetery
on left
|
|
38.3
|
Hamburg:
General Store
|
|
43.8
|
Restrooms
(summer only): Go left, then quickly left down drive into Hains Park
|
|
43.8+
|
Grocery
and Deli on left
|
|
47.0
|
Old Lyme:
Ice Cream Shop on right
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