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The farms along Sixes Bridge Road were beautiful… There were lots of water crossings over a variety of bridge types… We stopped after riding through the Roddy Road covered bridge to use the restrooms and refuel at a park just on the other side… We stopped for a group picture after riding through the Utica Road covered bridge.Īpproaching the Loy’s Covered Bridge – 11.85 miles into our ride…Īpproaching the Roddy Road Covered Bridge – 17.22 mile into our ride… The farm girl in me loved the beautiful rolling hills, crops, farm animals, and machinery we saw as we rode through the countryside.Ī special thank you goes to my husband Bill for capturing most of the following images with his GoPro (affiliate link).Īpproaching the Utica Road Covered Bridge – 5.02 miles into our ride… The 52-mile Frederick County, Maryland Three Covered Bridges bike tour took us past beautiful farms just an hour’s drive west of the nation’s capital. Ride with GPS: Link to turn-by-turn navigation cue sheet.Start/Finish: Walkersville Community Park.

Ride Name: 52-Mile Frederick County, Maryland Three Covered Bridges Bike Tour.

It was my longest ride to date, surpassing a 50-miler 2 years ago. Half way through the ride, we stopped at a gas station to buy water and Gatorade to top off our bottles, and then stopped a few more times to fuel and hydrate. Shortly after our start, we rode for a couple of miles through an almost chilly pocket of 68° however, it warmed gradually over the course of our ride and it was 93° as we pulled back into the parking lot at the Walkersville Community Park. We started our ride at Walkersville Community Park in Walkersville, MD in bright sunshine and a delightfully crisp 72°, not bad for July 4th. Goodbye Firecracker 5k, hello Maryland Three Covered Bridges Bike Tour! With the pandemic and an injury canceling any hopes of running in my annual race, I had no reason not to join in on the fun.

He intentionally kept the course as flat as he could in hopes of luring me into riding with them. Disclaimer: This post recapping our 52-Mile Frederick County, Maryland Three Covered Bridges Bike Tour contains affiliate links…Įarlier in the week, Bill planned a 52-mile Independence Day ride with his Worldgate cycling buddies for 7 AM in Frederick County, MD.