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2008 Tour Maps and Route Cue Sheet

Discover Hartford 2008 Route Map - poster size 9-2-08 final.pdf (includes walking tour)

Discover Hartford 2008 Route Map - rider size 9-2-08 final.pdf

Route Cue Sheet

2008 Discover Hartford Bicycling and Walking Tour Description:

The 2008 Tour has a bicycling tour with 2 routes, a 10 mile and a 25 mile route, including many of Hartford’s magnificent parks.  There is also a 1 mile historic walking tour. 

Join thousands of people in motion, discovering all that is good and positive about Connecticut's Capital City. See new schools, stunning scenery, famous memorials and historic sites and exciting new housing downtown and around town. Bring home a treasure trove of information about the city, having spent a delightful day on a bicycle or on foot in Hartford's downtown, neighborhoods and backwaters.

Bicycling Routes

The 2008 routes are based on the 2007 routes, but include new places and new directions for a fresh view of the City.   

The 10 mile route goes through the northern half of the City to take the 10 mile rider to gems they missed last year, such as the riverfront parks and Keney Park and its golf course.  Added this year is:

·         Hartford Circus Fire Memorial:  optional stop and talk with Rick Davey, the investigator that showed the fire was arson and identified “Little Miss 1565”.

·         Asylum Hill Neighborhood:  features homes newly renovated by NINA, a non-profit community group dedicated to home ownership, public safety, education and economic development.

·          Downtown and the new residential tower that is the Hartford 21 Building.

 The 25 mile route, which can be expanded to 31 miles with optional loops, starts by following the 10 mile route.  The route then splits off after the Asylum Hill neighborhood and goes through the southern half of the City in more detail than last year.  Still included are fabulous Elizabeth Park and the renovated Pope Park. 

 New this year are:

 The optional loops are:

 Here’s an outline of web links for the location and organizations you’ll see along the way:

 10 Mile Route

·         Bushnell   Park  (2 web links)

·         Sheldon / Charter Oak Neighborhood

·         Charter Oak Memorial Park

·         Charter Oak Cultural Center

·         Charter Oak Place - historic homes

·         new Dutch Point housing

·         Church of the Good Shepard

·         Riverfront - ride along the riverfront’s longest section of paved path by Riverfront Recapture

·         Riverside Park

·         North East Neighborhood – new Stowe Village on the former site of the Hartford Circus Fire

·         Hartford Circus Fire Memorial - optional stop with Circus Fire investigator and Rick Davey

·         Keney Park and Golf Course – first rest stop is at the golf course clubhouse

·         Keney Park South

·         Ebony Horsewomen

·         Saint Francis Hospital – new wing under construction

·         Asylum Hill Neighborhood – Ashley Street and its renovated historic homes by NINA

·         Union Station

·         Hartford 21 Building – new residential skyscraper in downtown

·         Bushnell   Park  (2 web links)

25 Mile Route

·         Elizabeth  Park  (2 web links)

·         Hartford Seminary

·         UConn Law School

·         Mark Twain House

·         Harriet Beecher Stowe House

·         new Hartford Public High School

·         Knox Parks Foundation

·         rededicated Pope Park – named after Hartford’s own “Father of the American Bicycle”

·         Prince Technical School – newly rebuilt

·         Sunset Behind the Rocks Rising Star Block – Brookfield Street

·         South Park River Greenway – new path under construction

·         Forster Heights Park – new playscape

·         Cedar Hill Cemetery - resting place for Katharine Hepburn, Samuel Colt, J. P. Morgan

·         Goodwin Park and Golf Course – new to the route this year

·         South Meadows - tunnels under the highway

·         Trash Museum

·         Regional   Market  (2 web links)

·         Charter Oak Landing

·         Sports and Medicine Sciences Academy – new magnet school –

·         Colt Building – an anchor for a future national park?

·         Connecticut Convention Center

·         Marriott Hotel

·         Connecticut Science Center - under construction

·         Old State House and Visitors Center

·         Hartford   Stage  (2 web links)

·         Hartford 21 - new residential skyscraper in downtown

·         Bushnell   Park  (2 web links)

Walking Route

All photos by John Duval.

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