DC Randonneurs 400 Kilometer ACP-Sanctioned Brevet

DC Randonneurs 400 Kilometer ACP-Sanctioned Brevet Saturday, May 21, 2011 Start at Hampton Inn & Suites, 1565 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick MD. Official start time 0400; time limit 27.0 hours. Control points open and close at times designated; there may be one or more secret controls without time constraints. Riders who make a wrong turn must return to the point at which they left the route before continuing. CUM. P-P DIRECTIONS 24.2 0.3 BR 690 Mountain Rd (673 bears L) **CONTROL #1** Hampton Inn & Suites, 28.0 3.8 R tro 690 Mountain Rd @ 693 1565 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick MD 301-696-1565 31.3 3.3 R VA9 Charlestown Pike @T/SS – Opens 04:00, closes 05:00 Hillsboro 0.0 0.0 L Taney Ave/SS/UM 32.0 0.7 L 719 Stony Point Rd 0.5 0.5 R Wilson Place 33.3 1.3 L Woodgrove Rd tro 719 @ 751 (sign hidden behind tree before turn) 37.9 4.6 X Bus. 7 tro 719/SS – Round Hill; 0.9 0.4 X W. 7th St. > New Cut Rd; 1.5 0.6 R Rosemont Ave @T/SS > Airmont Rd leaving town 1.6 0.1 L Baughman’s Lane/TL 41.4 3.5 **CONTROL #2** Info Control 2.6 1.0 R W. Patrick St US40/TL @ SS, intersection Snickersville Tpk & 3.4 0.8 L McCain Dr/TL Airmont Rd – SE (opposite L) corner. 4.2 0.8 L Butterfly Lane @T/SS Answer question on your control card 5.0 0.8 R MD180 Jefferson Pike/TL (ORF behind store on L) (store opens 12.3 7.3 BR tro MD180 @ entrance to US340 07:00) 13.7 1.4 X over US340 41.4 0.0 West on 734 Snickersville Tpk 17.1 3.4 BR to enter roundabout @ MD17 (R from original direction on Airmont Rd, rd 17.2 0.1 3 R MD17 South – Sheetz on R heading toward mountain) 17.4 0.2 BR tro MD17 @ roundabout 44.6 3.2 Bluemont Store on L opens 7 am 17.6 0.2 BR tro MD17 @ roundabout 45.4 0.8 L VA7 Harry Byrd Hwy @T/SS – traffic! KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: 45.9 0.5 enter Clarke County - Snickers Gap R=right UM=unmarked L=left T=T intersection BL=bear left TL=traffic light BR=bear right RR!=railroad tracks 48.6 2.7 X bridge over Shenandoah River/ S=straight >=becomes caution @ expansion joints X=cross DH=downhill Q=quick ORF=outdoor 49.9 1.3 R 612 Shepherds Mills Rd – restroom Store on R opens 06:00 (restroom) tro=to remain on facility 51.9 2.0 R 608 Wickliffe Rd/SS SS=stop sign ETM=easy to miss 54.1 2.2 enter Jefferson County WV; > CR25 Kabletown Rd 54.4 0.3 R tro Kabletown @T/SS 18.3 0.7 R tro MD17/TL 61.6 7.2 R WV9 Charles Town Rd @T/SS – 19.2 0.9 BR tro MD17 @ roundabout Store on L (ORF) (sign to Leesburg) – Brunswick 61.8 0.2 QL CR9/3 Cattail Run Rd 19.3 0.1 X bridge over Potomac River and (quick steep climb) enter Loudoun County VA – 64.0 2.2 X Keys Ferry Rd; > Marlowe Rd sections of rough road surface; entire 65.2 1.2 X US340/TL – Sheetz on R; gutter full of debris; > CR24 Old Country Club Rd/UM > VA287 Berlin Tpk 65.9 0.7 X bad RR!/DH! 21.9 2.6 R 673 W. Broad Way – 67.2 1.3 R CR17 Flowing Springs Rd @T/SS Lovettsville; 67.5 0.3 L CR18 Daniel Rd > Irish Corner Rd leaving town 69.4 1.9 L Shenandoah Junction Rd/SS – 23.9 2.0 BL tro 673 Irish Corner Rd @ 853 Shenandoah Junction 69.5 0.1 X RR! 98.8 2.8 R CR9/5 Cherry Run Rd @T/SS/UM 69.5 0.0 QR CR16 Ridge Rd 100.2 1.4 X bridge over Cherry Run and 69.9 0.4 X RR! enter Morgan County/UM 100.6 0.4 S CR5 Householder Rd/SS

73.2 3.3 R CR16/1 Gardners Lane/ETM!! 73.4 0.2 X BAD RR! 100.9 0.3 BL tro Householder Rd 73.7 0.3 L CR16/5 Morgan Grove Rd @T/SS @ Chessie Lane – Cherry Run 74.9 1.2 X RR! 101.9 1.0 BL CR10 tro Householder @ fork 75.1 0.2 R WV480 Kearneysville Pike/TL (CR10/1 Poole Rd goes R) 75.6 0.5 R Minden St (across from cemetery) – 104.2 2.3 S River Rd CR1/UM/sign "to 522" Shepherdstown 110.9 6.7 X BAD diagonal RR! 75.8 0.2 BL Church St @T/UM 111.5 0.6 R US522 @T/yield sign 75.9 0.1 R Fairmont St 111.6 0.1 X bridge over Potomac River and 76.0 0.1 L King St @T/UM enter Washington County MD 76.2 0.2 *CONTROL #3* Shepherdstown 112.2 0.6 exit R after bridge “to MD144” Sweet Shop on L @ German St. 112.3 0.1 QR Virginia Ave/UM (sign "to 144") 100 W. German St, 304-876-2432 112.4 0.1 L Main St MD144 @T/SS – Opens 07:37, closes 12:12 Sheetz on L,/Subway on R – 76.2 0.0 L tro King St from control; Hancock X German St/SS 112.5 0.1 R Pennsylvania Ave/TL 76.3 0.1 L High St/SS 112.6 0.1 *CONTROL #4* C&O Bikes 76.5 0.2 R Duke St. WV480/SS on R 76.6 0.1 L Shepherd Grade 9 S. Pennsylvania Ave, 301-678- 78.1 1.5 BR tro Shepherd Grade 6665 @ Scrabble Rd Opens 09:19, closes 16:04 81.1 3.0 R Scrabble Rd/SS Cues continue on next page

81.4 0.3 Enter Berkeley County/UM 86.5 5.1 R CR5 Bedington Rd KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: 87.2 0.7 X bumpy RR! R=right UM=unmarked 87.9 0.7 X US11/SS; > CR8 Nipetown Rd – L=left T=T intersection Crossroads Store on L (restroom) BL=bear left TL=traffic light BR=bear right RR!=railroad 89.7 1.8 BL tro Nipetown Rd @T tracks (Ropp Drive goes R) S=straight >=becomes 90.5 0.8 R CR1 Harlan Spring Rd @T/SS X=cross DH=downhill Q=quick ORF=outdoor 91.4 0.9 POI: Don Quixote on R! restroom 92.4 1.0 L WV901 @T/SS/UM tro=to remain on facility 93.4 1.0 BL tro WV901/SS/UM SS=stop sign ETM=easy to miss 93.6 0.2 X bumpy RR! 94.1 0.5 X bumpy RR! 94.1 0.0 QR CR3/2 Allensville Rd 96.0 1.9 L tro CR3/2 Allensville Rd @ CR2/3 Beards Crossing 155.1 0.0 QL Salem Rd

112.6 0.0 L from control, then QR onto bike path (Western MD Rail Trail) 155.3 0.2 L Letterkenny Rd @T/SS/UM 117.0 4.4 L steep dirt/gravel path/ETM! – 155.9 0.6 enter Cumberland Valley Business walk bike (Little Pool plaque on R Park/TL; > Coffey Ave across from path, ~ 50 feet after 156.0 0.1 water & food @ golf course pro yellow hiker sign on R) shop just off route to L, end of 117.0 0.0 R in parking lot Bloom Ave – street sign hidden 117.1 0.1 L I-70 access road @T/SS by tree – clubhouse is behind right (ignore “no left turn” sign) side of building that has 3 cupolas 117.2 0.1 X MD615 onto Hollow Rd/SS 157.2 1.2 X multiple diagonal RR! 119.5 2.3 Country Crossroad Deli on R 157.6 0.4 X PA997/TL, then immediately: 121.0 1.5 enter Franklin County PA; 157.6 0.0 QBL PA433 North Rowe Run Rd > PA456 Little Cove Rd; 162.7 5.1 R PA533 Orrstown Rd/SS – X bridge over Licking Creek Orrstown 121.1 0.1 QBR tro PA456 @ Red Rock Rd 163.9 1.2 L Mongul Hill Rd 122.6 1.5 !X metal grate bridge/DH! 163.9 0.0 QR Stonewall Rd 130.5 7.9 camp store @ Saunderosa 165.0 1.1 X Roxbury Rd tro Stonewall/SS Campground on L (restrooms, 166.8 1.8 X bridge over Middle Spring great milkshakes!) (closes 10pm) Creek & enter Cumberland County 133.2 2.7 R PA16 Buchanan Trail/SS 166.9 0.1 QR McClays Mill Rd @T/SS/UM 166.9 0.0 QL Middle Spring Rd @T/SS/UM

134.7 1.5 L Mountain Rd (sign to Fort Loudon) - Cove Gap 134.7 0.0 QBR Dickey Rd 167.4 0.5 BR tro Middle Spring @T 137.1 2.4 R PA75 Fort Loudon Rd @T/SS (@ Hale Rd) 137.4 0.3 L Orchard Rd 167.4 0.0 QX PA696 Newburg Rd/SS; 138.6 1.2 R Lemar Dr @T/SS > Gephart Rd 138.9 0.3 L PA416 Mercersburg Rd/SS 168.8 1.4 L Mud Level Rd @T/SS/UM 141.0 2.1 R Brandts Church Rd 169.1 0.3 X Britton Rd tro Mud Level/SS; 142.4 1.4 L Pioneer Drive/SS/UM – do NOT > 4002 go S onto Valley Camp! 172.1 3.0 R/L tro Mud Level @T/SS/UM 145.1 2.7 R US30 Lincoln Way @T/SS/UM – 173.3 1.2 R Oakville Rd 3005 @T/SS St. Thomas 173.4 0.1 QL Red Shed Rd 145.2 0.1 QL Schoolhouse Rd 174.3 0.9 L PA533 Shippensburg Rd @T/SS 145.3 0.1 Unimart/BP on L (restrooms) 174.6 0.3 R Nealy Rd 145.7 0.4 L St. Thomas-Edenville Rd @T/SS 176.5 1.9 L Big Spring Rd 3007/SS 145.9 0.2 1st R Loudon Rd 178.0 1.5 R Big Spring Ave @T (no SS) 149.3 3.4 S 4010 Edenville Rd/SS/UM; 178.3 0.3 BR tro Big Spring Ave @ fountain pass Criders Church Rd on R 178.4 0.1 *CONTROL #5* Kane’s 152.6 3.3 BL Short Cut Rd (after Keefer Rd) Subs on R 152.8 0.2 BL Lawyers Rd @T/SS/UM corner, 2 W. Big Spring Ave, 153.1 0.3 BR Funk Rd/UM Newville PA, 717-776-7827 155.1 2.0 R Letterkenny Rd W. @T/SS Control Opens 12:38, closes 23:12 Note: Between 22:00 & 23:12 only 214.9 0.1 **CONTROL #6** 7-11 on cold food (subs), fries & drinks will R be available (oven unplugged @ 63 N. Washington Street, 22:00) Gettysburg PA Opens 14:27, closes 03:04 (5/22)

178.4 0.0 L Big Spring Ave from control, Cues continue on next page retracing route 178.5 0.1 BL @ fountain tro Big Spring Ave 178.8 0.3 L Big Spring Rd **EMERGENCY PHONE #**: (to continue retracing route) Chris Mento: 443-668-2085 181.5 2.7 L Springfield Rd (quick steep uphill) We monitor all riders, so please DO call to inform us if 182.5 1.0 X US11/SS; > Quarry Hill Rd you abandon, or if you will miss the 7AM, Sunday time limit. If no answer, leave a voice mail message. 183.3 0.8 BR tro Quarry Hill Rd @ Kelly Rd Sorry, but “Tired” is not considered an emergency. 183.8 0.5 L tro Quarry Hill @T/SS (McCullough Rd goes R) 184.5 0.7 X PA174 tro Quarry Hill/SS/UM 184.8 0.3 X RR!/SS 185.0 0.2 L Pine Rd 3006 @T/SS/UM 187.9 2.9 R PA233/SS – Keck’s Store on L closes 6 PM 189.4 1.5 spring on L 193.3 3.9 R tro PA233 @T/SS - Pine Grove Furnace State Park 197.1 3.8 Enter Adams County 199.6 2.5 L Shippensburg Rd 201.3 1.7 R 4010 tro Shippensburg Rd @T/SS (Wenksville Rd goes L) 203.0 1.7 L PA234 Narrows Rd @T/SS

206.2 3.2 L Main St tro PA234 – Arendtsville – Store on R (no restroom) 206.3 0.1 QR Gettysburg St @ bank/ETM!; > Mummasburg Rd leaving town 212.0 5.7 X Herrs Ridge Rd/SS 213.0 1.0 R Doubleday/UM (just before DH; small observation tower on L after turn) 213.6 0.6 L Reynolds Ave/SS 213.9 0.3 L US30 Buford Ave/TL – Gettysburg 214.6 0.7 BL Chambersburg St tro US30/TL- restaurant on R 214.8 0.2 L Washington St/TL 214.9 0.0 L Washington St. from store 214.9 0.0 X Chambersburg St. US30/TL – 245.6 1.1 X Mountaindale Rd/SS poor road surface! 247.1 1.5 L Opossumtown Pike 215.6 0.7 X Steinwehr Ave Bus.15/TL; 248.1 1.0 BR tro Opossumtown Pike > PA134 Taneytown Rd @ Sundays Lane 218.7 3.1 X over US15 w/caution @ ramps 248.7 0.6 BL tro Opossumtown Pike @ Ford 220.1 1.4 R Barlow Rd 2001 (just before 250.2 1.5 R tro Opossumtown Pike/SS bridge; do NOT turn earlier onto (Willowbrook Rd goes L) Barlow-Greenmount!) 252.2 2.0 X Thomas Johnson Drive/TL 222.3 2.2 R 3002 Mason Dixon Rd @T/SS 252.2 0.0 R entrance to Hampton Inn – 222.6 0.3 1st L Horner Rd/DH/ETM!/ Caution: gravel! some gravel in turn! **CONTROL #7** Hampton Inn & Suites, 223.2 0.6 X bridge over Marsh Creek and 1565 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick MD enter Frederick County MD/UM 301-696-1565 224.1 0.9 X Harney Rd/SS; Opens 16:08, closes 07:00 (5/22) > Bollinger School Rd 226.8 2.7 X Taneytown Pike MD140/SS/UM **EMERGENCY PHONE #**: 227.5 0.7 L Toms Creek Church Rd @T/SS Chris Mento: 443-668-2085 228.4 0.9 R Simmons Rd @T/SS We monitor all riders, so please DO call to inform us if 229.2 0.8 R Keysville Rd @T/SS; you abandon, or if you will miss the 7AM, Sunday time X wooden bridge over Toms Creek limit. If no answer, leave a voice mail message. Sorry, but “Tired” is not considered an emergency. 229.3 0.1 QL Four Points Rd @T

CONTROLS:

Hampton Inn & Suites 230.4 1.1 R tro Four Points Rd @T/SS/UM 1565 Opossumtown Pike (Sixes Bridge Rd goes L) Frederick MD 21702 231.4 1.0 BR MD76 Motters Station Rd/SS – 301-696-1565 Caution: vertical cracks in road! 232.4 1.0 L Old Kiln Rd Shepherdstown Sweet Shop 234.9 2.5 L Roddy Rd @T/SS 100 West German Street 235.7 0.8 R Roddy Creek Rd Shepherdstown WV 25443 (just before covered bridge) 304-876-2432 236.2 0.5 L Albert Staub Rd MD806 236.5 0.3 L Emmitsburg Rd C&O Bikes 237.2 0.7 L Church St MD806/550 @T/SS – 9 S. Pennsylvania Avenue Hancock MD 21750 Thurmont 301-678-6665 237.6 0.4 X Main St MD77/TL 237.7 0.1 QBR Frederick Rd tro MD806 – Kane’s Subs Stores & fast food ahead ; 2 West Big Spring Avenue 238.4 0.7 X Thurmont Blvd/TL; Newville PA 17241 > Catoctin Furnace Rd 717-776-7827 241.6 3.2 X US15 w/caution/SS; > Auburn Rd 7-11 243.5 1.9 R US15 @T/SS/traffic! 63 N. Washington Street 244.0 0.5 R Fish Hatchery Rd Gettysburg PA 244.5 0.5 L Bethel Rd 717-334-9423 Last edit 5/17/11