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Ted's Tour de Manure (a.k.a. Close
Encounters of the Herd Kind)
Total Distance: 48.8 miles Elevation
Gain: 1945 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: 1945 ft / 48.8 mi = 39.86 ft/mi Terrain: Rolling
Killer Hills: None; but there are several long (but mellow)
uphill sections
Geographical Region:
North Central Connecticut
City/Town: East
Granby
Starting Location:
East Granby shopping plaza (Center Shops) parking lot, intersection of
Route 20 & 187 in East Granby (just west of Bradley International
Airport)
Ride Description:
This rural ride explores some of north central Connecticut's many
dairy farms maximizing the BPD (Bovines per Mile), with inevitable stops for
ice cream. You'll ride through
the region's cow towns (including East Granby, Granby, Simsbury, Canton,
Suffield and Granville and Southwick, Massachusetts. Both the Gran-Val Scoop
and the Granville Country Store are good choices for a lunch break.
Facilities and Points of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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~ 4.8
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Simsbury
Tri-Town Airport
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5.7
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Access
road into the International Skating Center of Connecticut to the right
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5.9
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Convenience store on right
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11.3
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Convenience store on right
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19.4
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Granby
Oak Treevery impressive (please do not block the road with your bikes)
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23.6
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Beginning
of long (~ 5.5 mile), gentle uphill slog to Granville
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28.3
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Gran-Val
Scoop on left; ice cream
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29.3
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Granville
Country Store @ Granville Green; food & beverages available
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29.4
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Start
of ~ 3-mile downhill swoop to the next turn (Whee!)
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37.2
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McDonald's
& Millies Country Convenience (deli) on left after crossing Route 10
& 202
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~38.4
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Views
of Congamond Lakes
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~39.5
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Convenience
store on left at intersection with Babbs Rd @ Epps Corner
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Wu-WE059 abb
DLB01092
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