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Beautiful Back Roads Century Route
The Beautiful Back Roads Century route offers ride options of 12 / 27 / 44 / 64 / and 105 miles. The ride is gently rolling with superb road quality and very few cars. The ride starts from the parking lot of the Budweiser Brewery. Simply follow the marks out of the parking lot. The route is so well marked that you do not need a map and you don’t need to get worried about getting lost.
To get to the brewery, take I-75 North to exit 296. Turn right off exit and turn right at first light. Follow Busch Drive to the brewery.
Blankets Creek Mountain Biking
Bull Mountain Trail Head Bull Mountain Map
Follow Nimblewill Store directions below. After turning on Nimblewill Church Road, Continue on Nimblewill Church Road for about 2.1 miles. Ignore the turnoff to Jake Mountain Parking Area and continue to Forest Service Road 28-1. You will see a sign saying Bull Mountain Parking Lot. Turn right on 28-1. Follow 28-1 for .4 (that’s point 4) miles and you will come to another sign to Bull Mountain Parking. Take a left at the sign and continue for 1.6 miles to a big grassy parking area. Be sure to pay the $2:00 parking fee.
Directions: From Atlanta- take I-75 North to Exit 288 – turn left, follow street into Cartersville, cross Hwy 41 staying on Main Street through town. Veer left at your first fork ( towards Rockmart). At the next light, go straight, following signs for Etowah Indian Mounds. Veer right onto Pine Grove. Dellinger Park is on left.
Chasland Ride -
Maps and Cue sheets (aka The Serrano Memorial
Century Route)
Maps
Serrano 105,
Serrano 80, Serrano 60,
Serrano 40,
Serrano 20,
Serrano Cue Sheets (all
distances)
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From the North:
Turn Right on Monroe Youth Rd and a |
From the South: |
Columns Drive runs only one way off of Johnson Ferry Road NE, immediately North of the bridge at the Chattahoochee River. Click title for map.
Grizzle's Store (AKA) Nimblewill Store – Start of Dave’s Ride and other N. GA rides.
Take GA 400 North about 45 miles from I-285 and about 4 miles past the outlet mall to Burnt Stand Road. Turn left at Burnt Stand Road. Burnt Stand is a controlled intersection with a chevron station on left and a Ford dealer on the right. Follow Burnt Stand until it dead ends (2.7 miles) and turn right at Auraria Road. Continue on Auraria Road for 1.8 miles and turn left on Ben Higgins (just past the Citgo). Continue on Ben Higgins for 3.5 miles until it dead ends at Dawsonville Highway. Turn left on Dawsonville Highway and continue for 0.25 miles to Highway 52. Turn right on Highway 52 (towards Ellijay and Amicalola Falls). Continue on 52 for 4.8 miles to Nimblewill Church Road. Turn right at Nimblewill Church Road (old closed down country store (Grizzle's) on right with a sign which says 'custom homes'). Park in the old store parking lot. To continue to the Andrus' Mountain House, follow Nimblewill Church Road and take the 1st right onto Nimblewill Creek Road (gravel road) and follow for 1.1 miles. Turn left at the bank of mailboxes onto Mackaye Trail. The Andrus' Mountain House is the only house on Mackaye Trail
Holy Innocents School - Track Practice
Holy Innocents is on Mt. Vernon Road between Riverside Drive and Northside Dr. Take the Riverside exit off of I-285. Turn Left onto Riverside and then right onto Mt. Vernon (west). It is about 1/4 up on the right. Do NOT park inside the gated area - they lock them at 6:00 or so and you may get stuck.
Main Event is at the northwest corner of the Powers Ferry Road and Windy Hill Road intersection. Enter at the north side of the facility from the parking lot level.
2000 Powers Ferry Road SE, Suite A
Marietta, GA 30067
770.951.2120.
Mary Alice Park, Cumming, GA
Mary Alice is a Corps. park on Lake Lanier and has restroom facilities, picnic, beach and boat ramps. There is a $3.00 parking charge.
From Atlanta take GA 400 North to the GA SR 20 exit in Cumming,GA. Turn left at the light at the top of the ramp. Go east towards Buford and turn left onto Marketplace Boulevard. Follow Marketplace then turn Rt. on Buford Dam Rd. Follow Buford Dam Rd. and turn Lt. on Sanders Rd. Sanders Rd. will Dead end. Turn Rt and follow this road to Mary Alice Park.
Mountain House (Andrus' )
The Mountain House is located 1.1 miles from Grizzle's Store - Start of Dave’s Ride - see Grizzle's Store.
Nimblewill Store – see Grizzle's Store
Red Top Mountain
The Red Top mountain State Park is located at exit 285 off of I-75. To get to the lodge, follow the road over the bridge and follow the signs to the lodge. This is up near Cartersville, north of Acworth.
Serrano Memorial Century
Route
Maps
Serrano 105,
Serrano 80, Serrano 60,
Serrano 40,
Serrano 20,
Serrano Cue Sheets (all
distances)
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From the North:
Turn Right on Monroe Youth Rd and a |
From the South: |
Silk Sheets
The start is from the church or gas station / store in Campbellton. From I-20 & I-285 (west wall), go west 1 exit from I-285 on I-20. Take the Fulton Industrial Blvd exit and turn left at the end of the ramp. Travel 12 miles and you will come to a stop sign at the junction of SR 92. Turn right on 92 and you will see the church and store on your left. To start the ride, turn right out of the church driveway across from the store. On Sundays, park at the gas station or across the road from the gas station.
Silver Comet trail – Silver Comet Depot on the Floyd Road trailhead
Sutton School – Start of “Thursday Night Ride”
Sutton School is at the corner of Jett Road and Powers Ferry across from the Chastain Horse Park. Meet in the parking lot.
Swim Atlanta
Sugarloaf is located in the Publix Kid's Village Shopping
Center at 4850 Sugarloaf Parkway. The formal address is
4850 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite #702
Lawrenceville, GA 30044
Take I-85 North to SR 316
(University parkway to Athens) to Sugarloaf Parkway. Turn right (south) on
Sugarloaf Parkway to the Publix Kid's Village Shopping Center
Toto Creek Ride
GA 400 north, past the N. GA Premium Outlets. The next intersection is GA 53. Continue on GA 400 to the next light and turn right onto Harmony Church Rd. Go about 1 mile to the stop sign, and turn right onto Hwy. 136. Go approx. 1 mile on 136 and cross the lake bridge (you can see the cove swim area from here on your right). Toto Creek Park is immediately on the right.
Toto Creek Loop:
Leave Toto Creek
Park turning right onto Hwy. 136 (follow the yellow dogs & arrows). Turn
left onto Bark Camp Road. Turn right onto Bark Camp Drive and into the town
of Murrayville. Turn right onto Hwy. 60. Immediately get into the center
lane, because you will turn left after approx. 100 meters onto Hubert
Stephens (at the Murrayville Pharmacy). Stay on Hubert Stephens until you
turn left at the 4-way stop onto Mt. Vernon Rd. (this is also called Hwy.
283). Take 283 until it dead ends into Hwy. 52 and turn left onto 52. Stay
on 52, and you will come to a 4 way stop, where Hwy. 115 will merge in from
the right. Turn left at this stop sign, and continue on Hwy. 52 towards
Dahlonega. Cross the GA 400 extension, and continue on 52 until it dead ends
into Hwy. 60 in Dahlonega just between Walmart & the Reservoir. You are at
32 miles at this point, and because of the various options in the gaps, I
chose not to mark the course beyond here.
To continue and add 3
Gaps:
Turn right onto
Hwy. 60/19. Stay on 60/19 all the way to R Ranch (or Stone Pile Gap). Turn
right onto Hwy. 19 to go to Turner's Corner. Stay on 19 until it dead ends
into Hwy. 129 (This is Turner's Corner, and just before reaching this point
is a nice first store stop on your right). Turn left onto Hwy. 19/129. this
will take you up the first gap (Neel's). There is another optional rest stop
at the top of Neel's Gap. Continue on 19/129 and descend. Just after the
"runaway truck ramp" and Vogel State Park,
turn left onto Hwy. 180. This will take you up the second gap (Wolfpen).
Continue on 180 and descend. Then continue on 180 and the rolling route all
the way to Suches, where 180 dead ends into Hwy. 60. Here will be another
good second store stop on your right. Turn left onto Hwy. 60 and proceed up
the 3rd gap (Woody's). Continue on 60 and descend and back to R Ranch.
Continue 60/19 back to the Reservoir and turn left onto Hwy. 52. This is
where you will pick up the Toto Creek Loop again and the friendly yellow dog
markings that will guide you back. Just past the GA 400 extension
intersection is a nice final store stop on your right. Continue the marked
course to Toto Creek Park.
Total trip including 3 Gaps is 105 miles.
Track Practice
Holy
Innocents School
On Mt Vernon, 1 mile east of Northside and 300 yds west of Riverside
Tuesday Night Crit.
Marietta Training Crit-Training. Starts at 6:30 pm at the West Oak Business Park in Marietta. From Downtown Atlanta, take I-75 North to first Hwy. 5/Canton Hwy. exit. Turn right off of the exit. Turn right at the first light onto Sandy Plains Rd. At the second light, turn right into the West Oak Business Park. Look for the cyclists. This is a training race for racers and strong riders only. Aerobars or similar bar extensions are not allowed, and the yellow line rule is enforced. Ride is 60 minutes plus 5 laps. Daylight Savings Time only.
Yellow River Mountain Biking
Windtraining - Peachtree Road United Methodist Church (PRUMC)
PRUMC is located on Peachtree Road, just north of where West Paces Ferry, Roswell Road, and Peachtree Street all come together in the heart of Buckhead - across the road from Jeanne's Body Tech. The Church is a huge, pale yellow building and we are in the sports facility in the back. If you are coming from SR400 on Peachtree Road, turn right (northwest) at the light on the corner of Peachtree Road and West Shadowlawn Avenue. Go past the first driveway to the Church and turn left on Mathieson which takes you right into the rear parking area. There is a "turn around" where you can drop off your bike and trainer and ample parking. The PRUMC web site has links to a Directions & Maps Page and a Parking Page.
