DROVES (2012 - ) mostly dirt road routes from East Burke, VT
- South Bayley-Hazen 90 miles - stores in Wells River and Danville
- Peacham-Danville 66 miles - stores in Danville
- North Bayley-Hazen 83 miles - stores in Craftsbury and Wheelock
- Almost Craftsbury - 61 miles - store in Wheelock
- Willoughby Lake Loop 45 miles - store at the Lake
- Radar Victory Loop - 44 miles - no services. Big climb to radar installation
- Victory Loop 30 miles - no services
- Reverse Victory Loop 30 miles - no services
- Stannard Danville - 68 miles, lunch at Bentleys
- Danville Dam - 70 miles, lunch at Bentleys
Original DROVES (2009-2011) from Ludlow to Waterbury/Waitsfield area and back
- Ludlow to Lincoln 73 miles then choose App Gap or Lincoln Gap to get to White Horse
- AppGapFinish +17 miles
- LincolnGapFinish +14 miles
- Waitsfield to Ludlow 82 miles
- Moretown and Roxbury Gaps 42 miles
These are rides I used to lead on a regular basis out of Lexington, MA
Ride Studio Cafe
1720 Mass Ave
Lexington, MA 02420
60ish miles
- Bakery On the Common (RSC to Natick)
- Blue Moon (RSC to Medfield) 67.1 miles RUSA permanent
- Medium/Snowy Option - 59 mile miles (cuts out all the dirt and trails).
- Short - 43.2 miles
- Bolton Flats (RSC to Bolton/Harvard)
- Brimstone and Sudbury Reservoir (RSC to Sudbury, Southboro)
- Concord - the long way (RSC to Carlisle, Concord, Sudbury, Lincoln)
- Harold Parker Plus Ryers Store (RSC to North Reading)
- Harvard/Fruitlands (RSC to Boxboro and Harvard)
- Haystack Observatory (RSC to Westford, Groton) RUSA permanent
- Paradise Lost Lake (RSC to Groton) RUSA Permanent
- Pegan Hill (RSC to Dover)
- Sawyer Hill (RSC to Hudson)
- South Harvard (RSC to Bolton and Harvard) RUSA permanent
100+ miles
- Hollis (RSC to Hollis, NH)
- Purgatory to Paradise (RSC to New Boston, Temple, Brookline NH) RUSA 227 km Permanent
- Purgatory Chasm (RSC to Sutton)
- Redemption Rock (Mt Wachusett) (RSC to Mt Wachusett) 106 miles
- Redemption Rock (Mt Wachuseet) - RUSA 200km permanent
Other Massachusetts Rides
- Framingham - Purgatory Chasm and photos
- Hingham - World's End
- Westminster, MA - Grace and Redemption and photos
New Hampshire Rides
- Milford, NH Purgatory to Pack and photos
Mostly dirt road routes from Brownsville, VT
Catskills Routes
- Woodstock, NY to Reservoir and back - 33 miles (link to Peekamoose)
- Peekamoose - credit to Riding The Catskills - 55 miles
- Woodstock Climbfest - 66 miles, 8200 feet
- Woodstock Climbing Century 99 miles, 9100 feet
- Phoenicia Climbfest - Crump Hill, Slide Mountain, Sugarloaf, Peekamoose - 75 miles, 6700 feet
- Mead Mountain, Phoenicia and Seven Sisters
- California Quarry and Seven Sisters
- Gunks from New Paltz (thanks Ron Roth)
- Dirt Roads of Delaware County (thanks Somerville Bikes)
Thanks for these routes. I am lucky to live near RSC so I have long list of routes here that I can ride to. One of the things I enjoyed most about the Hollis century recently was its choice of new-to-me ways to go through even fairly familiar territory.
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