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Middletown Area/Sleeping Giant
Ride
Total Distance: 51.3 miles Elevation
Gain: 3037 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: 3037 ft / 51.3 mi = 59.20 ft/mi Terrain: Hilly
Killer Hills: A few toughies
Geographical Region:
South Central Connecticut
City/Town:
Middletown
Starting Location:
I-91 Exit 20 CPL on Country Club Road in Middletown
Ride Description:
This calorie burning ride has over 3000 ft of vertical as it wends its
way to Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden (suggested lunch stop) with an
early stop-off at Lyman Orchards farm store in Middlefield. After lunch the ride travels through
Hubbard Park in Meriden (there's an optional climb up to Castle Craig for any
of you masochists) before returning to the CPL. Your granny gear will get a workout on this ride.
Facilities and Points of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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4.6
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Convenience
store with deli on left
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6.0
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Lyman
Orchards farm store (bathrooms, water, snacks, duck pond)
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15.0
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Start
of "interesting" 2-mile rough road ride through the boonies
(occasional broken pavement) Note: It may be necessary to walk bike for
short distance
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25.5
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Sleeping
Giant State Parksuggested lunch stop
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26.5
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Wentworth's
Ice Cream on right
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39.4
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Enter
Hubbard Parkviews of Merimere Reservoir and Castle Craig ridge to left @ ~
40.0 mi.
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Note: While there aren't many Points
of Interest spelled
out above there is a lot to see during the ride. This is a challenging ride so don't tackle it unless you
are in good shape.
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