Harney – Sam's Creek
A cycling route starting in Taneytown, Maryland, United States of America.
Overview
About this route
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";">Harney is a small town (actually, just a few houses on a four corner intersection) that is about 20 minutes south of </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";">Gettysburg</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";"> on Highway 134 (which runs right by the Travel lodge in </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";">Gettysburg</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";">!). </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";"></span>
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";">This </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";">Maryland</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";"> remote start gets you right into the best </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";">Maryland</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";"> has to offer in rolling hills and interesting winding roads following Buffalo Creek and Sam's Creek. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";"></span>
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";">You have lots of options to shorten or extend these two basic loops. In fact, the 70Km Loop is simply the top half of the 102Km loop with a bee-line to </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";">Union</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";">Bridge</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";"> for an early lunch!</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed";"></span> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Note the caution on the steel grate bridge on </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Harney Road West</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "DejaVu Sans Condensed"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> of Harney in the cue sheets! We don't take that road because this is a very dangerous bridge for cyclists coming down a steep hill trying to make a hard right turn on the bridge! If you are making up your own route, make a note of that!</span>
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- Duration
- 104 km
- Distance
- 497 m
- Ascent
- 497 m
- Descent
- ---
- Avg. speed
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- Max. altitude
Route quality
Waytypes & surfaces along the route
Waytypes
Road
67.2 km
(65 %)
Quiet road
29.8 km
(29 %)
Surfaces
Paved
49.8 km
(48 %)
Unpaved
3.2 km
(3 %)
Asphalt
49.6 km
(48 %)
Unpaved (undefined)
3.2 km
(3 %)
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