Fairhaven To Myles Standish State Forest:
Leave Fairhaven Activity lot at 10 AM. (Next to Stop and Shop)
Ride the back roads to Myles Standish and continue riding in the State forest.
We will try our best to get a metric century completed.
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We will do another on Sunday with the Narragansett Bay Wheelmen
About this Sunday’s Ride
NBW #062 Joe Medeiros Ride
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Why this ride is special
- This was Joe Medeiros’s ride. He was a vital member of the NBW until his untimely passing
- This ride was nurtured by Joe Medeiros, a former club vice president. Under Joe’s guidance, this gently rolling ride through the rural countryside between Fall River, New Bedford and Freetown was improved and extended to 63 miles
- The map for this ride was our first computer drawn map by Rob Price
- Flat to rolling terrain
Towns & Villages we travel through
New Bedford – Dartmouth – Freetown – Assonet – Berkley – Myricks – Lakeville – Rochester
Some of the landmarks we pass by or nearby too
- Acushnet Ceder Swamp
- Freetown Fall River State Forest & SE Mass Bioreserve
- Berkley Nursery & Tree Farm (Blueberries)
- Assawompsett & Snipatuit Pond (don’t you just love those names)
- Country Whip Ice Cream
Start:
- 9 AM Summer Start
- Commuter Parking Lot on Pleasant St, New Bedford, 1/4 mile North of Route 140 Exit 6
- The GPS address is across the street from 1055 Mount Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA 02725
GPS Files – RideWithGps format (free to use)
- FYI – These links will be going away in the future. They will be accessed from the NBW’s club page on http://www.RideWithGPS.com from a page that looks like this:
- 17 mile ride with 700 feet of climbing
- 25 mile ride with 900 feet of climbing
- 47 mile ride with 1800 feet of climbing
- 63 mile ride with 2200 feet of climbing
- GPS Instructions for Garmin Units at bottom of email in FAQ section
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