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Patuxent River Rural Legacy Bicycle Ride

When
Sat, June 13, 2015
7:00 AM
Location
Picnic Grounds of Jug Bay Natural Area, 16000 Croom Airport Rd, Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772

Registration

Early Registration – $15.00
Registration until March 31
Late Registration and on Registration on Day of Ride – $40.00
Registration – $25.00
Registration April 1 to June 11

Click REGISTER and fill out the online registration form. Then you can pay online through the secure PayPal website with a credit card or PayPal account, or you can mail a check to OHBTC, P.O. Box 81, Oxon Hill, MD 20750-0081.

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Enjoy scenic, rural cycling at the Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club's 16th annual ride to showcase Prince George’s County’s Patuxent River Rural Legacy Area, where farms, wetlands, and woods are being protected from development with Maryland’s Rural Legacy Program.

Starting Location
The picnic grounds in the Jug Bay Natural Area of Patuxent River Park, 16000 Croom Airport Rd, Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772.

DIRECTIONS: From Croom Road, take Croom Airport Road. Go 2.9 miles to the Picnic Pavilion and Group Camp Area of the Patuxent River Park. Some GPS devices would have you go the Patuxent River Park Visitor Center. Do NOT go to the Visitor Center, but follow the sign to the Picnic Pavilion and Group Camping Area and continue on Croom Airport Road. When Croom Airport Road turns left at the Columbia Air Center Memorial, turn right, go through the gate toward the picnic area. and follow directions from the parking volunteers.

Routes
Scenic routes of 22, 35, 44 and 64 miles on paved, country roads.For route maps, elevation profiles and GPS files, go to http://ridewithgps.com/users/7576/routes

Ride With GPS files at http://ridewithgps.com/users/7576/routes
Download cuesheets (cue sheets will also be available at check-in )
Download route map

Rest Stops

The routes of 35, 44 and 64 miles have a rest stop at a beach-park where Magruder’s Ferry once crossed the Patuxent. The 64-mile route also has a rest stop at the Town of Eagle Harbor in a shady yard overlooking the Patuxent. All routes have a rest stop at the Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary.

Check-in and start riding between 7:00 AM and 9:30 AM. Riders doing the 64 miles should start by 8:00, riders doing the 44 miles should start by 8:30, riders doing the the 35 miles by 9:00, and riders doing the 22 miles by 9:30.

Your registration fee includes marked routes, SAG support, cue sheet, food and drinks at rest stops and an after-ride picnic.

Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club
P.O. Box 81
Oxon Hill, MD 20750-0081

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