The way points of this bicycle route:
starting on Delavan Av going East
Right - Prospect St
Left - Horseneck Lane
Right - Shore Rd - (shorter to instead go Straight here, but misses nice water view of Greenwich harbor)
Left - enter Grass Island Park
Right - around loop in park
Left - to continue around loop
Left - to complete loop and exit from park
Right - Shore Rd, to its end
Right - Horseneck Lane, to its end
Left - Arch St
(main shopping street up hill, Metro North train station to right)
bear Right - Arch St (up hill)
more shops on to Left up hill, but it's a one-way street - (could consider walking up with bike, the turn around and ride back down)
Right - Greenwich Av (down hill) - (food options)
(street becomes Steamboat Rd, goes under Interstate-95)
Left - Museum Dr
bear Left (by Indian Harbor Dr)
bear Left - Bruce Park Dr - (instead of Davis Av)
(turn Right to make a loop around a lake, or around two lakes)
(turn Left to go make a loop around two pretty lakes)
Left - Indian Field Rd
(just after crossing over I-95) Right - Sound Shore Dr, to its end
Right - Station Dr, becomes Strickland Rd, to its end
Right - Route 1
Right - Riverside Av
(just after bridge over railroad) Left - Station Rd
first Right - Lake Dr
Left - Lake Dr (around east side of lake)
Right - Lake Drive South
Left - Riverside Av
(at roundabout) roughly straight across, slightly left onto Arch St, into tunnel under railroad
(view of Binney Park pond) continue on Arch St to its end
Right - Sound Beach Av
Right - Sound Beach Av, to its end
(food options)
(purchase tickets to enter Greenwich Point park for riding with great water views)
Right - Shore Rd
enter Greenwich Point park, with riding by great water views - (entry ticket often required especially at busier times -- but cannot purchase entry ticket here -- must first purchase in advance back north like around Old Greenwich)
continue Straight to ride around loop
(at finish of loop) Right - back toward exit from park
exit from park, continue Straight onto Shore Rd, to its end
Right - Cummings Point Rd
first Left - Gatehouse Rd, to its end
Right - Top Gallant Rd
Left - Southfield Av
Right into park
Left (from parking lot)
Right onto path out toward water
Left - on boardwalk along water
exit boardwalk, bear Left onto street
at end of street, Right - Southfield Av, later becomes Greenwich Av
bear Right - Pulaski St, to its end
Left - Washington St
(major train station of Metro North + Amtrak) - Right - Henry St
Left - Pacific St - (perhaps simpler is to continue straight on Henry St to its end, then Left on Canal St, but I didn't check that)
Right - Manhattan St / Dock St
bear Left, then Right to continue on Dock St
cross Canal St onto Jefferson St
Right - Magee Av
Left - Shippan Av
(optional visit to West Beach Park on right for good water views)
Right - enter Cummings Park
make a loop counter-clockwise around perimeter of beach area
bear Right to exit park to north
Right - Soundview Av
Left - Willowbrook Av
Right - Martin St
Left - George St, to its end
Right - Cove Rd
bear Right to enter Cove Island park
(little bridge over water)
ride counter-clockwise roughly around perimeter of island
Right - exit park onto Week Av, to its end
Right - Route 1
Right - Rings End Rd, to its end
Right - Pear Tree Point Rd
can visit park on Right
curve Left to continue on Pear Tree Point Rd, to its end
Left - Long Neck Point Rd, to its end
Right - Pear Tree Point Rd, soon becomes Goodwives River Rd, to its end
Right - Old Kings Highway South
Left - Old Kings Highway South
(after going under I-95) - Left - Corbin Dr - to its end
Right - Boston Post Rd / Route 1
(food options, Metro North train station)
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.
Description on Bikely: one-way ride east along the western Connecticut coast from Byram + Greenwich to Darien, mostly avoiding higher-traffic roads, and visiting the best views of the water. Offers several options for riding to the best water views, connecting to train stations, and for avoiding riding on the route 1. Connects from route Westchester Sound Coast -- search Bikely for [lisn2].
For more info and connections see www.roberts-1.com/x/m - routeID [lisn3].
Most people will not want to ride it exactly as in the route - (though we did on one nice summer day) - but it's easy to see how to skip the parts you don't want to try.
Detailed labels on points form a cue sheet (click on Show, select Cue Sheet).
Positions of points have been tweaked and partly tested for GPS navigation in the East-bound direction.
We've only ridden most of this route once so far, so it might have some problems or mistakes -- and it has not checked by us since 2009.
Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Scenic, Touring
