Enjoy scenic, rural cycling at the Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club's 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.
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 These routes are from the 2023 event, 25, 37, 46, 55 and 65 miles. They are preliminary and subject to change. Please do not download any route or print a cue sheet until close to the event. We will keep you informed and announce any changes via email and through this page and the RideWithGPS page.
https://ridewithgps.com/events/301666-2024-patuxent-river-rural-legacy-ride
Rest Stops
The routes of 37, 46, 55 and 65 miles have a rest stop at a beach-park where Magruder’s Ferry once crossed the Patuxent. The 65-mile route also has a rest stop at the Town of Eagle Harbor overlooking the Patuxent. All routes, including the 25, have a rest stop at the Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary.
Check-in and start riding between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM. Riders doing the 65 miles should start by 8:00, riders doing the 46 miles should start by 8:30, riders doing the the 37 miles by 9:00, and riders doing the 25 miles by 9:30.
Your registration fee includes Ride With GPS routes and free use of the Ride With GPS phone app, SAG support, food and drinks at rest stops and an after-ride picnic.
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IMPORTANT Notes: This event is rain or shine. There are no refunds for registration fees and no on-site registration on the day of the ride.
Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail ClubP.O. Box 81 Oxon Hill, MD 20750-0081
