The way points of this bicycle route:
Start Park and Ride
R MD 424
L Rossback Rd
BL Rossback Rd turns into Patuxent River Rd
X MD 214
Caution: sharp left turn. May have standing water if recently rained.
R Sands Rd
L Ed Prout Rd
Pee Break! Slow.
L MD 408 Mt Zion Marlboro Rd - limited fast traffic view from the right
R MD 256 Greenock Rd
BL Brooks Woods Rd. Speed picks up.
R MD 258 W Bay Front Rd, pace generally slows after the turn allowing riders to catch back on.
L Mc Kendree Rd
R Jewell Rd
L Wilson Rd
Watch for road ice in the winter on the downhill followed by longish uphill.
L Sandsbury Rd, Caution blind from the left.
X MD Rt 2, 180 degrees around circle, turns into W Friendship Rd
R Walker Rd after traffic calming hump
BR Old Solomons Island Rd
Stop at the store for drinks. L on MD 260 E Chesapeake Beach Rd. If you get dropped on the first half and the group has left the store by the time you get there, take short cut #1 at Boyd Corner Rd
Follow MD 260
Short cut #1: L on Boyds Turn Rd, turns into Poplar Rd just before rejoining route on Friendship Rd (MD 261)
L MD 261 Bayside Rd
R 1st St
L Bay Ave
BL on Bay Front, follow 261
Speed picks up on Friendship Rd up the hill (split may occur)
R Fairhaven Rd. Fast.
S Town Point Rd
L Leitch Rd (split may occur on hill)
R Franklin Gibson Rd
THE WALL! A split in the group usually happens on this short steep hill. If you get dropped here or earlier spots and want to cut a little distance off, see short cut #2 at Harwood Rd/MD 2.
X MD 256 - fast blind traffic from the right and left over the hill
X MD 258 Bay Front Rd turns into Nutwell Sudley Rd
S turns into Sudley Rd
X MD 255 Owensville Rd turns into Owensville Sudley Rd
R MD Rt 2
Short cut #2: continue straight on MD 2. L on Birdsville Rd, X MD 214, turns into Davidsonville Rd (MD 424), continue N until the park and ride. This will shorten the route by 1-2 miles.
L Harwood Rd at light. Store if necessary.
S on Harwood turns into Patuxent River Rd
Caution: Sharp right turn
X MD 214
Sprint Finish! Ease up, ride home
BR Rossback Rd
R MD 424
L into Park and Ride
Finish Park and Ride
Welcome to Bikely, take a step by step tour of this path:
Press Start Tour - then use the navigation buttons below to move along the path.
General Ride Notes:
1. Speed of the ride varies from summer (fast/competitive - not as fast as Tue/Thu) to winter (slower/training - fixie friendly for stronger riders)
2. There is a rest stop/full service store at 25 miles
3. There is one opportunity to short cut the route and rejoin the group after the store if you get dropped on the first half and one opportunity to trim a few miles at the end
4. Start time is 9am during daylight savings time or 10am during the winter
Tagged with: Training, Onroad, Rural
