Lily Pons Loop/Monocacy Madcap

Start: Monocacy Elementary School on Barnesville Road in Montgomery County.
>From the Beltway, take I-270 North 22 miles andexit onto MD 109 South (Old
Hundred Road) toward Barnesville.  Continue 5.3 miles and turn right at T
only Barnesville Road.  Continue one mile; school is on the right. 

This ride appears in the Greater Washington Area Bicycling Atlas.

Lily Pons Loop/Monocacy Madcap

 0.0  R  Barnesville Rd.                        32.1  R  Quebec School Rd. at T
                                                         become Marker St. again
 1.3  L  Mt. Ephraim Rd.
                                                33.8  L  Mount Church Rd.
 1.9  R  Mouth of the Monocacy Rd.
                                                35.6  L  Gapland Rd. at T
 2.2  R  MD 28, Dickerson Rd.
                                                36.1  L  MD 17 in Burkissville
 4.0  R  Park Mills Rd.                                  at SS

 9.2  L  Rest stop at market                    37.4  R  Picnic Woods Rd.

 9.4  L  Flint Hill Rd.                         39.8  L  Gapland Rd.

10.5  L  MD 80, Fingerboard Rd. at SS           42.2  L  MD 180, Jefferson Pike

12.1  R  MD 83, Buckeystown Pike                42.7  R  Rest stop at market

13.3  L  Manor Wood Rd.                         43.1  R  Lander Rd.

16.1  R  Ballenger Creek Rd.                    43.3  L  Mountville Rd. just
                                                         after overpass
17.6  L  south Renn Rd.
                                                45.4  X  US 50 at bottom of steep
19.0  L  Elmer Derr Rd.                                  hill.  USE CAUTION
         at T (unmarked)
                                                48.1     Optional rest stop at 
19.6  R  to remain on Elmer Derr Rd.                     market in Adamstown

19.7  L  MD 180, Jefferson Pike at T            49.3 R,L Right and then dogleg left
         after tunnel (unmarked)                         on Orland Rd. becomes Lily 
                                                         Pons Rd. after Buckeystown Pi.
21.2  R  Holter Rd., becomes
         Franklin Rd.                           51.8  R  Park Mills Rd. at T
        
27.3 BR  south Church St. at T                  55.0  L  MD 28 Dickerson Rd. at T
         (unmarked)                                      (unmarked)

27.4  L  Alt US 40 (Main St.)                   56.8  L  Mouth of the Monocacy Rd.
         in Middletown
                                                57.3  L  Mt. Ephraim Rd.
27.4  L  Rest stop at 
         ice cream parlor                       57.9  R  Barnesville Rd.

28.5  L  Marker St.                             59.2  L  Monocacy Elementary School

30.3  L  Marker St.

31.8 BL  Marker St.