Finger Lakes Cycling Club
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Texas Hollow - Connecticut Hill -- 47 miles

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WEST HILL START -- Start at the parking lot for the Cayuga Professional Center on Cliff Street (NY 96) just north of the hospital entrance. From the parking area, turn right (north).

At turn on road for
Start R NY 96 1.3
1.3 L Iradell Rd -- this climbs steadily up and over the ridge. 6.8
8.1 R Buck Hill Rd 0.7
8.8 L NY 228 into Mecklenburg. 2.2
11.0 L NY 79 -- go left for a bit 0.1
11.1 R Turnpike Rd. -- climb to the top of the hill to join 79. 0.6
11.7 L NY 79. (The fast descent in a couple miles has a stop sign at the bottom.) 5.2
16.9 L Texas Hollow Rd -- the first 5 miles of this road are not paved. The surface is good gravel, however, and should be no problem on a road bike. 6.5
23.4 Str This is a very steep descent to Odessa. Once down, keep going to Mill St, where you can see the main street across the bridge. 0.3
23.7   Right across the road is the diner -- a great place to stop for snacks -- or Belgian waffles. A "convenience store" is just to the right. 0
23.7 L NY 224 east (it would be a right turn out of the diner) 0.4
24.1 L NY 228 0.3
24.4 R Grant Rd 1.2
25.6 L CR 10 0.6
26.2 R CR 6 -- this is the Cayuta Lake route 5.7
31.9 R Chapman Rd. -- gravel road up hill is a bit tricky 0.9
32.8 R Buck Hill Rd 0.2
33.0 L Weatherby Rd 1.0
34.0 R Black Oak Rd 0.5
34.5 L Connecticut Hill Rd to stop sign 0.8
35.3 R TRO Connecticut Hill Rd 1.0
36.3 L Trumbulls Corners Rd 1.5
37.8 R NY 327 past entrance to upper Treman State Park 2.0
39.8 L Bear left on Park Rd, Gray Rd 0.4
40.2 L Colegrove Rd 1.0
41.2 L Bostwick Rd 0.3
41.5 R Van Dorn Rd -- be careful crossing NY 79 3.1
44.6 R Hayts Rd -- a downhill rhe rest of the way. 2.6
47.2   Finish