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This is a cue sheet for the Quick Somerville Hill Intervals Bicycle Map. You can print it out for later use.

Cumulative Distance Where Notes Direction Elevation
0km 0km Somerville Start at Ace Wheelworks, and head up Willow Ave. Fairly flat to start, just to get a brief warm-up. NE 27° 14m
0.49km 0.49km Turn right onto the bike path. A nice cruise across the flat bike path (gain 10 feet). ESE 107° 15m
0.92km 0.43km Turn right onto Cedar. We get our first hint of a hill as we approach Highland (30 foot climb). Pass two traffic lights, Highland and Summer. SW 209° 17m
1.15km 0.23km Top of first climb. SW 208° 26m
1.68km 0.54km Turn left onto Elm at the traffic light. SSE 148° 17m
1.93km 0.25km Turn left onto Porter. Now we climb Spring Hill. This is uneven, with steep parts. Cross Summer (stop sign), and the crest is at Crown Street. (90 feet). NE 30° 9m
2.4km 0.47km top of climb NE 28° 40m
2.57km 0.17km At Highland, U-turn and right back up again, steep but not as high as the last one (40 feet), then a fast downhill, cross Summer again, and back to Elm. SW 205° 31m
2.73km 0.16km top of climb SW 211° 40m
3.21km 0.48km Left onto Elm. SSE 145° 9m
3.34km 0.14km Left onto Somerville Ave. SE 122° 10m
3.45km 0.1km Left onto Lowell. The longest climb of the ride, but more steady than the last (100 feet). NE 27° 11m
3.95km 0.5km top of climb NE 28° 44m
4.14km 0.19km Right onto Highland (at a traffic light). SE 121° 34m
4.4km 0.26km Right onto Benton Rd. SW 207° 30m
4.7km 0.3km Continue "straight" (slight left/right) onto Harvard St. SW 203° 36m
4.92km 0.23km Turn right at the end onto Atherton. NW 295° 19m
5.03km 0.11km Turn right at the end onto Spring St . Why continue down, when we can climb up again? NE 25° 19m
5.26km 0.23km U-turn, and back down Spring. Continue all the way to the bottom of the hill (Somerville Ave). SW 205° 35m
5.64km 0.38km Left onto Somerville Ave. ESE 107° 8m
5.86km 0.22km Left onto Central Street, which has two climbs, the first is about 70 feet, and the second is Winter Hill, about 50 feet. NE 25° 8m
6.5km 0.64km top of climb NE 28° 34m
6.95km 0.45km second climb of Central starts here (more or less). NE 27° 25m
7.35km 0.4km Right onto Broadway. SE 124° 42m
7.76km 0.41km Right onto School Street (at a traffic light) SW 206° 25m
8.27km 0.51km Another climb here on School Street. Steep. SW 207° 12m
8.53km 0.26km top of climb SW 207° 32m
8.85km 0.32km Left onto Summer Street. SSE 144° 17m
9.18km 0.33km Turn right onto Bow (or is it Somerville here?) If you don't mind sidewalk, you can skip this loop to the right and go straight to Walnut Street. SW 208° 11m
9.32km 0.14km Left onto Somerville Ave. Traffic may be heavy and backed up. SE 124° 9m
9.58km 0.25km Left onto Bow St. NNW 352° 8m
9.68km 0.1km Right onto Walnut. Now we climb up Prospect Hill, the last climb of this ride. NE 31° 7m
9.99km 0.31km Right onto Boston St, and just a bit more hill to the top. SE 117° 32m
10.06km 0.08km top of climb SE 118° 34m
10.22km 0.16km Right onto Greenville St. SW 214° 30m
10.31km 0.09km Nice view here! Prospect Hill Park is in front of you. You could be done here. To continue down from the hill, turn left onto Munroe St. SSE 145° 30m
10.4km 0.09km Right onto Prospect Hill Ave. Watch for steep sharp curves ahead. W 260° 26m
10.57km 0.16km Congratulations! You`ve climbed about 700 feet. You can't go straight down from here. Depending on where you're going you can turn left or right. Note that you can go left from Columbus Ave to Warren Ave. Google maps shows it as one way the wrong way. NW 294° 21m