Why this ride
A low-speed shoreline ride built around river mouths and historic centres. The road: CT-154 and local roads. Distance and riding time are estimates from the checkpoints until the road is measured on this page.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Essex to Old Saybrook Shoreline
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 35 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 44 min
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Essex
Essex is the kind of Connecticut river town that makes visitors suspect it has been arranged for their benefit. It sits on the west bank of the Connecticut River, a few kilometres from Long Island Sound, and its main street runs down to a waterfront crowded with sailboats, cruisers and old brick warehouses. It was a shipbuilding village from the seventeen hundreds, and the Oliver Cromwell, a frigate of the Continental Navy, was launched here in 1776. The Griswold Inn, which opened the same year, still serves meals in a tavern full of ship paintings and old guns, and it is possibly the oldest continuously operating inn in the country.
2. Fenwick
3. Westbrook
4. Back to Essex
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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