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Northern VA rides
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:43 pm
by alaskaflyer
I'm in the southeastern part of VA and am going to meet up with a buddy from the DC area, was wondering if anyone knows of any good rides up in that area, looking to do about a 2 to 3 day total trip on some nice twisty backroads.
Thanks in advance
Gary
Re: Northern VA rides
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:54 pm
by R4R&R
There are only pieces of good roads in the Northern VA area, with lots of traffic in between. You need to go west. From Northern Va, head west on I-66 to I-81 south. The second exit, US-55 west gets real good. But stay on the 'old' 55, avoid the new US-55. There are some other roads in western Maryland too, but honestly, West Virginia is hard to beat for number of roads, overall road quality, road 'fun' factor, and scenery.
There are other decent roads in the area, but nothing real twisty.
Re: Northern VA rides
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:43 pm
by MikeCam
Limited distance roads:
Between US 50 and VA 7 - Snickersville Turnpike (CR 734) and Blue Ridge Mountain Road (CR 601). Also, St Louis Road (CR 611), Atoka Road (CR 713)(across US 50), Leeds Manor Road (CR 688) (across VA 55), Crest Hill Road (CR 647) (back to US 50). All of these in the vicinity of Middleburg, Markham, and Marshall, Virginia. 40 miles west of DC along I-66. You'll need a good topo map such as Delorme', as 600/700 series roads do not always make the state road maps.