Bike routes in Newport

ribuck97 - 2009-07-07 11:31 PM

I live in Portsmouth now.

Honestly.... if its a nice day out, avoid Newport for a training ride.  The traffic can be just horrendous.  I would try and go out early.  Getting a 3 hour long ride on the island can be tough.  Doing Jamestown is also nice (See attached file)

Let me know what hotel you are at and I can give you a route.  Basically do the following:

1. Head south towards ocean drive...
2. Follow the loop around till the corner of Bellevue and Memorial.
3. Left on Memorial heading north towards the beaches
4. Bear right at the ABC (Atlantic Beach Club)
5. Bear right just past the surfers at second beach
6. Head toward the point and loop around.
7. Make a right onto Hanging Rock Road
8. Follow Hanging Rock to Indian Ave to Old Mill La
9. Left on Old Mill to Wapping Rd
10. Right on Wapping Rd
11. Follow Wapping Rd to Sandy Point Rd
12. Optional:  Make a right onto Sandy Point and head to the beach and do hill repeats
13. Head back down Wapping Rd until a stop sign at Wyatt Rd
14. Left onto Wyatt Rd
15. Left onto Berkely Ave
16. Go straight at the intersection of Berkely and Green End
17. Becomes Paradise Ave
18. Follow Paradise Ave up Purgatory hill and back down past ABC
19. Make left onto Memorial and back up to Bellevue
20. Option:  Turn right and do Ocean Dr loop again.

Should end up being almost 40 miles depending on where your hotel is.  The route avoids the two really dangerous roads, East Main and West Main.