Three Bumps
This a a straight shot out MD Rt. 28 over rolling hills to Point of Rocks.
Then tag on another 6 miles out Rt. 464 for some good hill climbing work
over the "Three Bumps". Then turn around and limp back home.
START: I270 to Exit 9, I370 and Sam Eig Highway. Take the exit for Sam
Eig Highway. Turn right at the 2nd light, Diamondback Drive. Go until
it T's into Muddy Branch. There should be a Giant Foods in front of you.
Turn right onto Muddy Branch. Continue for one mile, until the light at
West Side Dr. Go through the light and take the next right turn into the
parking lot. Take the next right and go past the Blockbuster and turn right
again at the French Resturant, Le Paradis. Bikes USA is on your right.
Three Bumps
Stores at: 18.8, 27.3, 39.6, 50.3
0.0 L onto Muddy Branch
2.1 R onto Rt 28 (Watch for traffic for next 4-5 miles)
4.2 X Rt 124, Quince Orchard Rd.
6.6 S past Rt 112, Senca Rd in Darnstown - Traffic lightens up
10.0 S past Rt 107
15.5 X Rt 109 in Beallsville
17.7 R at blinking light to stay on Rt 28
21.1 S Past Park Mills Rd
22.6 L to stay on Rt 28. Going straight will put you on Rt 85
27.3 R onto Ballenger Creek Rd in Point of Rocks
28.3 L onto Rt 464
28.4 X Rt 15 - Traffic!
29.2 Crest the warm up hill
30.5 Crest the first bump
31.2 Crest the second bump
33.2 Cross over Catoctin Creek
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33.6 Crest the third and final bump TURN AROUND
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36.7 Second bump again POTHOLES on downhill just before this climb!
37.4 First bump again
39.5 X Rt 15 POTHOLES on approach to Rt 15!
39.6 R Ballenger Creek Rd
40.6 L Rt 28
45.3 R at T to stay on Rt 28
46.8 S past Park Mills Rd
50.2 L at blinking light to stay on 28
52.4 X Rt 109 in Beallsville
61.3 S past Rt 112 in Darnstown - Traffic picks up into Gaithersburg
63.7 X Rt 124, Quince Orchard Rd
65.8 L onto Muddy Branch
67.9 R into parking lot.