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Anne's "Your Ass is Grassy
Hill and Way Worse" Ride - Extended
Total Distance: 44.1 miles Elevation
Gain: 2260 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: 2260 ft / 44.1 mi = 51.25 ft/mi Terrain: Rolling to hilly
Killer Hills: Several hilly sections
Geographical Region:
Southeast Connecticut
City/Town: Old
Lyme
Starting Location:
Old Lyme Shopping Center, Big Y parking lot, Route 1 in Old
Lyme. Heading east (north), take
I-95 Exit 70 (Route 156/Rt. 1)
just after crossing the Connecticut River on the Baldwin Bridge; go left @
the traffic light at the bottom of the exit ramp on Route 156/Route 1; @ 2nd light, go right on Route 1; the
Big Y parking lot will be on your right shortly @ the traffic light. Heading west (south) take I-95 Exit
70 (Route 1 Old Lyme); go straight @ bottom of exit ramp and the traffic
light onto Route 1; the Big Y parking lot will be on the left @ a traffic
light in about 0.4 mile.
Ride Description:
This challenging and very scenic ride travels up beside Rogers Lake on
Grassy Hill Road and then goes through Chesterfield en route to
the Montville area. After
passing the Montville High School, the route heads back west via back roads
and Route 82 to Salem and the suggested lunch/snack stop at Salem Creamery
(bring lunch since only dairy products are available at the Creamery). After the lunch break the ride
travels some great and typical bike routes (again mostly back roads) on the
return 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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0.0
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Old Lyme
Shopping Center with various shops; bathrooms available in the Big Y
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2.9
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Market
with deli on right
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3.0
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Rogers
Lake (views for the next couple miles)
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21.0
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Montville
High School on left
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29.5
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Salem
Creamery on leftsuggested lunch/snack stop
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38.4
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Tiffany
Farms, a 140-acre, 100-head dairy farm operation and the first farm in
Connecticut protected through the State's Farmland Preservation Program
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44.1
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Old Lyme
Shopping Center with various shops; bathrooms available in the Big Y
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
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