SWEET SUGARLOAF CENTURY
Sunday, June 11, 2006 – Pierce Mill, Washington, D.C.
Crista Borras - emergency phone # 202-365-3738
KEY: R=right; L=left; BL=bear left; BR=bear right; S=straight; X=cross; Q=quick; tro=to remain on; SS=stop sign; T=T intersection; UM=unmarked; TL=traffic light; RR=railroad tracks; >=becomes; !XX!=cross metal bridge; DH!=on downhill; SC=shopping center; POI=point of interest; ORF=outdoor restroom facility; GR=gravel road; õ = DOG warning!; ö=cat!
CUM. P-P DIRECTIONS
Option A: for 54-mile ride, start from GlenVilah SC:
L Travilah from SC, QL Glen (SS);
advance to mi. 20.1 @ [*A*]______
0.0 0.0 R from parking lot
0.1 0.1 X Tilden St/UM to Pierce Mill &
pick up bikepath @ far end of lot
0.4 0.3 L Broad Branch Rd/SS/UM
0.9 0.5 L Brandywine St. – climb J
1.1 0.2 1st L 28th St
1.2 0.1 QR Albemarle St. @T; pass thru
several TLs & SSs between here & next turn
3.5 2.3 R Massachusetts Ave/SS
(S is No Outlet)
3.6 0.1 R to enter Westmoreland Circle,
Then 3rd R tro Massachusetts Ave,
Entering Montgomery County, MD
6.0 2.5 L Goldsboro Rd @T/TL
6.5 0.5 R MacArthur Blvd/SS
12.5 6.0 R Falls Rd
14.4 1.9 L River Rd/TL – Potomac Village
15.1 0.7 R Norton Rd
15.7 0.6 L S. Glen Rd/SS
16.9 1.2 L Glen Rd @T/SS
20.1 3.2 X Travilah Rd/SS –
Store on L [*A*]
20.8 0.7 BL Query Mill Rd/SS
21.4 0.6 R Esworthy Rd @T/SS
22.8 1.4 L MD112 Seneca Rd @T/SS
24.4 1.6 S River Rd
28.8 4.4 R Hughes Rd
32.5 3.7 X Westerly Ave/SS – Poolesville
32.8 0.3 X Wootten Avenue/SS;
continue thru SC
32.8 0.0 Selby’s Market on L (restrooms)
32.9 0.1 L Fisher Ave @T/SS/UM
33.0 0.1 Rest stop @ Corner Café on L
33.3 0.3 R MD109 Elgin Rd/SS
33.7 0.4 BL Beallsville Rd tro MD109
35.7 2.0 X MD28/TL – Beallsville______
**For 85-mile ride see Option B now**______
37.0 1.3 L Big Woods Rd
39.5 2.5 R MD28 Dickerson Rd @T/SS
39.5 0.0 QR Mt. Ephraim Rd, just after RR
underpass/SS
42.5 3.0 L entrance to Sugarloaf Mtn/SS;
climb up to West view;
Caution on descent!______
**To omit climb, BR on Comus Rd & advance
to mi. 45.7 now; saves 3.5 miles**______
45.7 3.2 L Comus Rd @ bottom/SS/T
46.0 0.3 S tro Comus Rd/SS
48.4 2.4 L MD109 Old Hundred Rd/SS
51.8 3.4 L MD355/TL – Lunch Stop
@ Hyattstown Deli on R
51.8 0.0 L MD355 from restaurant, then
QR MD109 Old Hundred Rd/TL
52.5 0.7 L Peach Tree Rd
55.6 3.1 L Comus Rd/SS
55.8 0.2 R Slidell Rd
59.5 3.7 X Barnesville Rd onto Bucklodge
Rd/SS
60.3 0.8 L Old Bucklodge Lane [*B*]
62.2 1.9 R White Grounds Rd @T/SS
63.1 0.9 BR tro White Grounds @Schaeffer
64.9 1.8 L MD28 @T/SS
64.95 0.05 QR Sugarland Rd
65.0 0.05 X MD107/SS
66.6 1.6 L Montevideo Rd
68.9 2.3 L River Rd @T/SS
69.9 1.0 S MD112 Seneca Rd
71.5 1.6 R Esworthy Rd
72.9 1.4 L Query Mill Rd
(DH, easy to miss!!)
73.5 0.6 R Glen Rd/SS
74.2 0.7 R Travilah Rd/SS
74.25 0.05 Rest Stop @ 7-Express in SC on R
**Option A (54-mile ride) ends here**______
74.3 0.05 L Travilah Rd from SC
74.3 0.0 QL Glen Rd/SS
74.6 0.3 1st R Squires Court
74.7 0.1 R Stonebarn Lane
75.3 0.6 R Split Creek Court @T/SS
75.5 0.2 R Travilah Rd @T/SS
75.7 0.2 L McCrossin Lane (POI: Dave
Berning's house, 2nd house on R)
76.2 0.5 At end of road, before driveway,
carry bikes L into field; walk ~
200 feet, then R thru bushes to street
76.3 0.1 L Centurion Way/UM
76.6 0.3 R Greenbriar Rd
77.0 0.4 L Palatine Drive
78.1 1.1 L Piney Meetinghouse Rd/SS
79.0 0.9 R Boswell Lane
79.7 0.7 S Glen Mill Rd/SS
80.0 0.3 R Circle Drive
80.4 0.4 R Newgate Rd
80.6 0.2 L St. James Rd @T/SS
81.4 0.8 L Ambleside Drive/SS
81.8 0.4 R Brookeford Rd
82.0 0.2 L Gregerscroft Rd @T/SS
82.2 0.2 L Glen Rd @T/SS
82.3 0.1 QR Bedfordshire Avenue
82.9 0.6 L Broad Green Drive @T/SS
83.0 0.1 QR Eldwick Way
83.5 0.5 R Falls Rd @T/SS
83.7 0.2 L Bells Mill Rd/TL
83.8 0.1 R Stapleford Hall Drive
84.6 0.8 R Democracy Blvd @T/SS
84.8 0.2 1st L Iron Gate Rd
85.4 0.6 R Sorrel Ave @T/SS
85.5 0.1 QL Hall Rd
85.7 0.2 2nd L Clydesdale St
85.8 0.1 QR Sotweed Drive
86.0 0.2 R/L onto Schultz (looks like a driveway)
86.1 0.1 X River Rd/SS (be patient!!);
> Persimmon Tree Rd
89.6 3.5 L MacArthur Blvd @T/SS
91.2 1.6 R Oxford Rd (sign to Clara Barton House)
91.3 0.1 L Glen Echo parking lot, then
L over wooden bridge and enter
Glen Echo Park (POI) (restrooms)
91.5 0.2 L @ main entrance onto frontage
road/thru parking lot
91.6 0.1? L MacArthur Boulevard/SS
91.7 0.1 QR Goldsboro Rd
92.2 0.5 R Massachusetts Ave/TL
92.3 0.1 QL Avalon Drive
92.6 0.3 L Ramsgate Rd @T/SS
92.9 0.3 R Cromwell Dr.
93.2 0.3 S Ridgefield Rd/SS
93.9 0.7 X Westbard Ave/TL
94.0 0.1 X River Rd/TL; > Brookside Drive
94.2 0.2 R Dorset Ave/SS
94.4 0.2 L Capital Crescent Trail
95.2 0.8 R thru parking lot, just before
trail ends @ Bethesda Ave
95.2 0.0 QR Woodmont Rd/SS
95.4 0.2 X Wisconsin Ave/TL; > Leland Rd
95.7 0.3 S East Avenue/SS (Leland bears L)
95.8 0.1 L Stanford St./SS
96.1 0.3 R to enter circle/SS/UM
96.2 0.1 R Rosemary St. (ignore Do Not Enter)
96.4 0.2 X Connecticut Ave/TL;
> Raymond St. (ignore Do Not Enter)
96.7 0.3 L Brookeville Rd @T/SS
97.3 0.6 R Woodbine Rd
97.9 0.6 R Beach Drive @T/SS
99.2 1.3 R (uphill) tro Beach Drive
99.3 0.1 S tro Beach Dr @ Wise Rd/SS
(top of hill)
101.2 1.9 X Joyce Rd/SS
102.8 1.6 X Broad Branch Rd into parking lot
(SS); follow path thru to next lot;
pass Mill on L, Art Barn on R
103.1 0.3 X Tilden St/SS/UM
103.2 0.1 QL into parking lot. FINIS.
OPTION B (85 miles):
35.7 2.0 X MD28/TL – Beallsville
38.5 2.8 R Selman Rd (just before RR tunnel)
39.1 0.6 R Peach Tree Rd/SS
39.5 0.4 L Whites Store Rd
41.3 1.8 L MD117 Bucklodge Rd @T/SS
41.9 0.6 R Old Bucklodge Lane
Advance to mi. 60.3 @ [*B*]