Western Connecticut Routes

Of all the ways to explore Western Connecticut, electric biking on the backroads puts you in that gorgeous scenery, not just alongside it. 

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The Sherman

From Sherman, Connecticut, cross into New York State and ride "The Oblong", a slice of historic disputed territory now given to forest and farm.

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The Macedonia: A Western Connecticut Ride

The Macedonia Brook tumbles alongside the start of this 16-mile ride in Kent, Connecticut. With plenty of hardpack and gravel, hybrid e-bikes are well-suited to the route.

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The Steep Rock

This isn’t farm country, but rolling woods and dirt roads for miles. Streams and the Shepaug River flow under bridges at several turns, and in the fall, the rivers are lit from above by the golden leaves of massive sugar maples and yellow birch. 11.5 miles.

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A Weathered timber frame house along an unpaved road in the Western Connecticut countryside

The Macedonia: A Western Connecticut Ride

The Macedonia Brook tumbles alongside the start of this 16-mile ride in Kent, Connecticut. With plenty of hardpack and gravel, hybrid e-bikes are well-suited to the route.

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The Garrison

Watch carefully for signs of the Revolutionary War — canon balls, milestones and markers — along this lovely wooded route in Putnam County. Bring the wide tires, and watch out for washboard rough roads.

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The Omega

Go slow on these gentle country roads. No big hills, just pretty farms and classic mid-Hudson Valley scenery.

Rustic wooden bridge over a stream in Franklin Parker Preserve.

Further Afield: Franklin Parker Preserve

Old cranberry bogs, twisted pitch pine forests and remarkable wetlands teeming with animal life and rare plants are the enchanting backdrop for this electric bike ride through the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.