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RAW - Ride Around Winnipesaukee |
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| Name: |
Ride Around Winnipesaukee (RAW)
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| Location: |
Around Winnipesaukee
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| Distance: |
About 70 miles
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| Difficulty: |
Varied terrain including some good-sized hills.
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| Start: |
There are lots of places to start on this ride. Here are some ideas for where to park:
- The intersection of 11 and 11C
- Park in the Patrick’s Pub parking lot
- or follow the signs to Meadowbrook and park there
- In the off-season (before Memorial Day or after Labor Day), you can park in the Sawyers lot
- Wolfeboro
- Moultonborough
- Meredith (public parking by the town locks)
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| Description: |
This
ride is a loop that goes all the way around the big lake. The following
is a list of roads to take if you go around the lake clockwise. This
list starts in Gilford at the intersection of 11 and 11C – if you start
someplace else, just locate your start below and loop back to the top
of the list.
- Route 11 South to Alton Bay
- This
stretch has some nice views of the lake and some scenic overlooks.
There are sections with terrific, extra-wide shoulders that are a
pleasure to ride on, especially if you are with a group. But there are
also some sections where the shoulder disappears and you’ve got a white
line and then the dirt! If you are heading south, this bad stretch of
shoulders starts just beyond Ellacoya State park and continues for
several miles.
- In Alton Bay, take 28A North.
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that the section of road leaving Alton Bay has some narrow shoulders on
some winding roads and hills. Take care through this section.
- 28A connects to 28 North. Take 28 North
- At the intersection of 28 North and 109, take 109 North
- Continue on 109 until you get to Route 25 in Moultonborough. Take 25 South
- When you get to Meredith, Take Route 3 South
- When you get to Weirs Beach, take 11B South. This will take you back to the starting point at the intersection of 11B and 11
A note about the Wolfeboro to Weirs Beach section - I found a nice
write-up in the Boston Globe describing the route from Wolfeboro's Back
Bay to Weirs Beach with a return trip via the Mount Washington cruise
ship. Click Here to read the article
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Alternate Route:
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The following is an alternate 67 mile route around Lake Winnipesaukee that is used by the annual "Take The Lake Challenge" that is part of the WOW Fest each September. WOW Fest is sponsored by the WOW Trail organization that is building and maintaining a "rail with trail" 4-season paved path through Laconia.
This course starts and ends at the Laconia Athletic and Swim Club in Laconia:
- Start at Laconia Athletic & Swim Club
- North on Parade Rd. (RT.106) Follow for 7.85mi
- Turn left at Meredith Traffic Circle onto Rt.3. Follow for 1.35mi.
- Turn right at Meredith traffic lights onto Rt. 25 Follow for 10.15mi
- Turn right onto Rt. 109. Follow for 17.53mi.
- Stay straight onto Rt.28. Follow for 10.45mi
- Turn right onto Wolfeboro Rd. Follow for .30mi
- Turn right onto Rt. 11 Follow for 17 mi.
- When Rt. 3 meets the Laconia Town Line it will turn into Union Ave.
- Stay straight and follow Union Ave. for 1.8mi.
- Yield right onto Messer St. Follow for .75mi
- At the end of Messer St. turn right onto Church St.
- Turn right onto North Main St.
- Back to LASC
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| Submitted By: |
Jim Zimmermann |
Provided courtesy of Lakes Region Bicycling
www.LakesRegionBicycling.com
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