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Ride Directions
0.0 Approximate
20 mile route along scenic country roads. One
challenging hill. Ride begins
and ends at the Brownsville
Pioneer Park. In
addition to parking, there are bathroom and
picnic facilities available. The
park has limited camping
facilities and a covered pavilion for
group use. See
About
Brownsville for details.
Exit
on Park
0.1 Intersection
Park & Main. LinnCounty
Museum straight ahead
100 ft.
Coffee and home made snacks available atMain
St.
Coffee just to the right.0.2
Right
on to Averill
0.3 Left
on Kirk
1.0 Look
to your left at this point to see an old Hop barn.
Just aheadthe road turns right and becomes Northern
Dr.
3.0 Scenic
view and potential stopping point
along
the Calapooia River.
3.2 Intersection
of Mt. Home Rd. Continuestraight
on Northern Dr.
Beautiful views of small pastures
with lambs in spring. Wild
turkeys
may be seen along this stretch.
6.9 Left
on Hwy 228. Hwy
228, a part of the national scenic byway
system, can
be busy with trafficbut you won’t be on it long.
7.0 McKercher
Park. Can stopto
picnic or splash in
the white water.
8.0 Right
on Courtney Creek Rd.
Thisis the location of the Crawfords-
ville Covered Bridge.
Morethan worth a short stopfor photos.
About 100 yds east along Hwy
228 is the Crawfordsville Store.
Soft drinks and snacks are available.The
store has a restroom.
Follow
Courtney Creek Rd when leaving the bridge. This
road
is winding with one
incline and descent. Traffic
is non-existent.
Look for deer or even elk alongthe way.
8.8 Begin
Incline
10.0 Summit
Not a greatclimb but your legs will know you
did something.
10.9 Road
flattens never to go up or down again.
11.5 Intersection
of Little Valley Ln.
12.5 Location
of Courtney Creek School operational
between 1850 &1926. Outhouse in rear.
16.2 Left.
Hwy 228
17.2 Location
of AtaVista Farms. Henry&
Eliza Spalding
invited by Brown to form a school.at
this site. School
later became Lewis & Clark college.
Spalding was a
minister, school commissioner, Indian
agent,gold miner
and farmer.
Eliza’s tombstoneis oldest in cemetery.
18.3 Right
on Main St.
18.7 Left
on Park
18.8 Pioneer
Park
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