*CANCELED* Medium(+) Level: Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail (Natural Surface)

This trail is NOT PAVED. It's cooler in the shade, and this ride is mostly shade!! Want to try an easier but "longer distance" ride? This is the one for you.

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The Ride: Summary
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• RIDE NAME: Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail
• START LOC: Torrey C. Brown Trail - Parking Lot 1 (100 spots)
• START GPS: https://goo.gl/maps/4jGpjG6BoTG2
• START PARKING PIC: https://goo.gl/rP7BSN
• ARRIVAL: 9:30 am (1.5 hour away from Alexandria)
• SPEECH: 9:45 am
• ROLLING: 10:00 am
• LEVEL: Medium(+) (+ is for distance, not difficulty)
• DISTANCE: 42 miles (round trip)
• PACE: 12-14mph
• TERRAIN: Packed Limestone, NOT PAVED
• RIDEWITHGPS ROUTE:
  CBG_TORREY_C_BROWN_2023
  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28214397

NOTES:

• You can do any mileage you want; however, you need to take advantage of the above stops to plan your distance/turn around point.
• Not hilly BUT incline all the way out (decline back)
• 28mm width (or greater) tires preferable
• "Canopy" trail, great for hot July days.
• Porto-Potties less than 0.5mile down the trail from the start.
• Monkton Station (& Monkton Hotel Cafe) @ Mile Marker 7
• Gnome Village (a "fun" stop) @ Mile Marker 11 (bring some cash for the pop up snack bar).

TIMINGS (APPROXIMATES):

• Rolling @ 10:00 am
• Arriving in New Freedom @ 12:00(ish) pm (lunch)
• Leaving New Freedom @ 1:00(ish) pm (after lunch and ice cream)
• Arriving back in parking lot @ 3:00(ish) pm

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The Ride : Detail
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For your riding pleasure, NoVA CBG presents the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail.

The Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail (formerly the Northern Central Railroad Trail) is a beautiful canopied crushed limestone trail that starts in Ashland, Maryland and heads north to the Pennsylvania border. Our destination is New Freedom, PA. Crushed Limestone rides slower than a paved trail and non-road bike tires are necessary. The trail is also "inclined" the entire way to New Freedom, PA.

New Freedom, PA. is home to Paesano's Pizza and Bonkey's Ice Cream and Snoballs.

The lunch plan is to get lunch from Paesano's Pizza in New Freedom PA. And for those that want some dessert, we can swing by Bonkey's Ice Cream and Snoballs (one block away from Paesano's) before heading back home.

Remember, after lunch we ride the declining slope all the way back to the start.

You MUST bring everything you would need to be out on the trail for the day (snacks, water, extra tube, etc...).

On Trail Stops will include:
(a) Monkton Station (& Monkton Hotel Cafe) @ Mile Marker 7 (snack/liquid/look at the train station).
(b) Gnome Village (a "fun" stop) @ Mile Marker 11 (snack/liquid "honor system" stand).

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The Meeting Spot:
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Torrey C. Brown Trail Parking Lot 1
Nearest Address:
1320 Paper Mill Rd
Cockeysville, MD
GPS: https://goo.gl/maps/4jGpjG6BoTG2

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The Ride After The Ride:
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No RATR... Lunch IN the ride:

Paesano's Pizza
1 West Main Street
New Freedom, PA 17349
Saturday: 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM
https://www.facebook.com/PaesanosNewFreedom

Bonkey's Ice Cream & Snoballs
28 E Franklin Street
New Freedom, PA 17349
(in the Old Movie Theater 1 block East of Heritage Rail Trail)
Sat/Sun 12-9PM
http://bonkeys.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Bonkeys