Valley Garden Ride

 

Directions to Valley Garden Park are as follows:  If you are coming North on 52 from Wilmington turn left on route 82 (also says Campbell/ Kirk Rd). If you are going South on 52 it is a right turn @ 1 mile after entrance to Winterthur on route 82 (Campbell/Kirk) At a light. Go @ .5 or .6 & amp; small entrance to Valley Garden Park will be on your Left. Or you can come East on 82.

 

GREENVILLE, DE/ DILWORTHTOWN ,PA -@  34 MILES/HILLS

Start: Valley Garden Park

Rte 82 @  .5 W. of Rte 52

 

Line   Go   Cumul.      Directions

 

 1      00.0     00.0   R from parking lot

 2      00.6          .6   L on 52 at Light

 3        1.2        1.8    Pass entrance to Winterthur

 4          .3        2.1    R on Pyles Ford Rd. Don’t miss

 5          .9        3.0    R at T Center Meeting Rd

 6          .3        3.3    BL TRO Center Meeting

 7          .3        3.6    X Monchanin/Rte 100 onto Smithbridge Rd.

 8          .9        4.5        RR Caution

          .5        5.0    1 yr old covered bridge-stop to look

10         .2        5.2    L on Ridge & up

11       1.9        7.1    L on Heyburn

12       1.0        8.1    R-L on RTE 1, then Harvey Rd (L)

13       1.5        9.6    L at T on Oakland after gradual up

14         .9      10.5    BL at SS onto Birmingham

15       1.7      12.2    L on Meetinghouse. This is site of Battle of

                                       Brandywine which GW lost.

16       1.3      13.5    L at T Creek Rd/ Rte 100

17       2.1      15.6    R at Light on RTE 1

18         .4       16,0    L at Light Fairville Rd

19         .9      16.9     L before 2nd RR TRO Fairville

20         .9      17.8     BR TRO Fairville at SS

21       1.0      18.8     X Cossart – No sign

22         .3      19.1     X Rte. 52 at SS – fast traffic

23         .4       19.5                BR TRO Fairville

24         .8      20.3     L at T on Springmill. For an extra 7 mi., go

                                       R & go to line 30

25         .3      20.6     L at T Burnt Mill Rd

26       1.3      21.9     R on Rte 52/Kennett Pike

27      2.1      24.0      Pass Winterthur

28      1.2      25.2      R on 82

29        .5      25.7       L into Valley Green Park

 

30       .6      20.9        R at T on Norway

31       .8       21.7       Over RR then L on Burrows Run/Rosedale

                                       OR—L on Hillendale & then L on

                                       McFarland—slightly shorter

32     1.6      23.6         L on McFarland

33       .4      24.0         X Hillendale

34       .3      24.3         L at T Keep following 82 S

35     5.3      29.6         82 goes up, curves L, then……

36       .3       29.9         BL on Pyles Ford. Caution—hard to see

                                       oncoming traffic. OR—stay on 82 til Valley

                                       Garden – shorter, with steeper hills.

37     1.5      31.4         R on Old Kennett – 3rd SS ?

38       .3       31.7        R on 52

39     1.2      32.9         R on 82

40       .5       33.4        L into Valley Garden

 

Legend:   R/L –Right/Left Turn  BL/BR –Bear Left/Right   Q – Quick   S – Straight

TL – Traffic Light     TRO – To Remain On    X – Cross   SS – Stop Sign

 

 

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