Where to Ride



This section gives you information on Blacksburg area road rides.

Maps: The yellow line on the maps indicates the route, and ordered yellow dots locate important turns. The text by each dot shows the name and route number of the road you are turning onto. The maps are not all on the same scale.

Elevation Profiles: These can make the routes look hillier than they really are. The profiles don't all have the same vertical stretch.

Cue Sheets:The mileages are the approximate distance covered, starting from the Chapel. The total route distance is the round trip distance back to the Chapel.

Rides named with an asterisk* start and end some place other than Blacksburg. They may or may not be too far to ride from here.

Rides shown in bold are new as of October 2006.
The Rides
Floyd County/Allegheny Springs Loop55 mi
Mt. Tabor - Craig Creek Loop47 mi
New River - Spruce Run Loop32 mi
Clover Hollow Race Course31 mi
Mountain Lake45 mi
Maggie Valley - Sinking Creek Valley80 mi
Bradshaw - Blacksburg Rd.53 mi
Graysontown55 mi
Lowman's Ferry74 mi
Twelve O'Clock Knob Loop113 mi
Allegheny Springs - Parkway Loop83 mi
Gravel Hill/Sandy Ridge/Catawba27/32/44 mi
Carroll County Loop99 mi
Short Rides8/9/13 mi
Shooting Creek - Fivemile Mtn.*31 mi
Captain Loop45 mi
Botetourt County Loop83 mi
Sweet Springs / Potts Creek *84 / 70 mi
Burke's Garden Loop *92 mi
Cahas Mountain Loop *74 mi
Indian Valley - Parkway Loop * 78 mi
Whitegate81 mi
Walker Mountains87 mi



Copyright Note: The elevation profiles, maps and mileages were generated using DeLorme TopoUSA 3.0 software, and are allowed by the software license to be used only by the Virginia Tech Cycling Club.