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Fontaine Rider’s Choice

Short Route GPS
Short Route Map & Cue Sheet
Medium Route GPS
Medium Route Map & Cue Sheet
Long Route GPS
Long Route Map & GPS

Distances: 34 / 39 / 47 miles
Climbing:  65 / 75 / 80 feet per mile

​Description: These three routes start together from the Fontaine Research Park, leave town on Old Lynchburg Road, and stay together for the first 18 miles. The short route returns fairly directly via Old Lynchburg Road back to Fontaine. The other two routes add extra miles and extra climbs before returning via US 250 and through campus.

Stores: Mile 16 (Crossroads Store)

Alerts: There are steep, somewhat technical descents at mile 22 (long route; possible gravel), on Dry Bridge Road (mile 27/34; medium and long routes), and on Tilman Road (mile 28/36; medium and long routes).

Starting Point

   Fontaine Research Park
   419 Ray C. Hunt Drive
   Charlottesville, VA 22903
   GPS: 38.025806, -78.526585

At Fontaine Research Park on Ray C. Hunt Drive, Turn right at the top of the entrance road and park at the back of the large parking lot on the right, near the woods.

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