Covered Bridge Ride (Keene, NH)

Covered Bridge Ride Cue Sheet

Road
Start: Wal Mart Parking Lot (Keene, NH)
Route: 23+ Miles
Terrain: Easy to Moderate

Start in the Wal-Mart Parking Lot, Keene, NH
Head south on Winchester Street

0.25 Cross Route 101
0.92 Left Matthews Road
3.00 Left across bridge
Cressom Bridge, Town Lattice Design; built 1812 rebuilt 1859 and mid-1990s.
3.15 Veer Right
3.68 Left Eaton Drive
4.00 Right on Route 32
5.42 Left on Carlton Road at Covered Bridge #7 sign

Carlton Bridge: Queenpost style; 1789, rebuilt 1869
6.54 Scissors-like crossing; veer left, then descend to right

6.61 Left onto unsigned Flat Roof Mill Road

6.73 Veer right over Bridge *****onto Old Richmond Road

7.46 Veer left onto Hale Road****
9.11 at T go right onto Route 32
9.57 Left onto Warmac Road ***Sandy
10.42 ***Sandy***left onto unsigned Swanzey Lake Rd.

11.28 Right onto East Shore Drive
11.68 becomes Dirt
12.54 veer Left through Pilgrim Pines *** regroup by beach

13.77 Right onto Swanzey lake Road
15.53 Right at T towards West Swanzey

17.05 Left onto Main Street/Christian Hill Rd at 3 way stop 17.28 cross Thompson Bridge
Thompson Bridge: built 1832 by Zodiac Taft
17.36 right at 1st Rd after Bridge
17.8 right onto Route 10
18.33 Right onto Sawyer's Crossing Rd at Covered Bridge #6 sign
19.81 Left onto Ash Hills Road
20.32 Cross Route 12 base Hill Road
22.4 Rt onto Route 9
23.08 Left onto Winchester Street
23.15 Back at Start