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Choose Your Route

Every route is a great ride past farms, along Rustic Roads. Here is more information on the stops, views and terrain to help you decide. 
Moderately hilly routes of approximately 10, 18, 25 and 62 miles will depart from Barnesville School (At the corner of Peach Tree and Barnesville Rd).  All routes offer beautiful scenery and stay mainly on quiet roads. All routes have a mile or two where the traffic is slightly heavier, such as Route 28 and Comus Road approaching Sugarloaf Mountain, but even there, the traffic isn't overwhelming. There are no bike paths or trails on these routes. There will be no spray painted arrows or signs. A majority of these are on rustic roads. As such, we are not allowed to mark them. Note: If you are using Cue Sheets, do not use the ones on the GPS files but print out the PDF ones that will be linked separately here (and will be available at check in). The GPS created cue sheets are always full of errors. ​Learn more about the stops here. 
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Oh, Hello Sugarloaf!
 If you prefer to ride in a group, we will have route captains leading all four routes (and we thank them)! The route captains will be departing Barnesville School at the times listed below:
10-mile: 9 a.m.
18-mile: 10:30 a.m.
25-mile: 10 a.m.
62-mile: 8:15 a.m.
  • 62  miles- GPS Here /Cue Sheet This is it - the Metric Century! A sampler of all the different parts of the western Ag Reserve, including Sugarloaf Country. Three Farm Rest Stops will be fully stocked with snacks and hydration options - first the Gothic dairy barn at Linden Farm on Rustic Martinsburg Rd then skirt the base of Sugarloaf to RB Savage and Sons Farm Market then on to a historic horse farm on Old Bucklodge Rd. The Picnic at Kingsbury's Orchard is at mile 57.8 before the last push back to the start at Barnesville School.
  • 25 miles - GPS Here / Cue Sheet A ride up to Sugarloaf Country  and a stop at RB Savage and Sons Farm Market  the picnic at Kingsbury Orchard is at mile 19. 
  • 18 miles - GPS Here / Cue Sheet  A ride up to Sugarloaf Country  and a stop at RB Savage and Sons Farm Market  the picnic at Kingsbury Orchard is at mile 16.
  • ~10 miles (does not start till 9) -   family-friendly out and back with a shorter or longer route choice: 
    Choice 1 (6 Miles)  GPS Here/Cue Sheet– Out and back from Barnesville School to Stargazing Farm (3mi each way), retrieve your car and then there is parking available at the picnic at Kingsbury’s Orchard for this route only.  Please note that Peach Tree and White Store are not steep but rolling roads.
    Choice 2 (10 Miles)  GPS Here/Cue Sheet upon coming back onto Peach Tree Road from Stargazing Farm, continue left and keep going until you reach the Orchard for the picnic- Barnesville School is just 3 miles back up Peach Tree Rd. once you are finished at the Picnic  (The Stargazing Farm Animal Sanctuary will offer light refreshments for both choices under this route and you can meet the lucky animals who have found their forever home there)​
(Novice riders are encouraged to try one of the shorter routes, or enjoy one of the ~10 mile options)
The registration table will open at 7:45 am. It is a show-and-go start to allow riders to take their time and enjoy the ride an stops at their own pace to get to the picnic between 11-3. Please do not leave the start before  8am to give the stops time to get ready to receive you! Please note: the 10 mile does not start till 9!
**Routes subject to minor updates due to changes in road conditions. We recommend waiting until shortly before the event to download GPS files and cue sheets**  Cue sheets will also be available at registration.
ABOUT US
What We Do
A Brief History
Board & AC
Staff & Volunteers
Contact
​​Buy MCA Gear
ABOUT Ag RESERVE
History of the Ag
Benefits of the Ag
Farm Facts
Threats to the Ag
​A Place with Purpose
NEWS
EVENTS
Local Events
Growing Legacy
Royce Hanson Award
SUPPORT LOCAL
Ag Guide
Local Food Connection
Community Supported Agriculture
Restaurants & Retail
​Artists of the Reserve
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
​Land Link
Producer's Resources
Directory of Services
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Montgomery Countryside Alliance
P.O Box 24, Poolesville, MD  20837
301-461-9831  •  ​info@mocoalliance.org
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MCA is proud to announce that we have been recognized for a third time as one of the best small charities in the D.C. region by Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington. A panel of 110 expert reviewers from area foundations, corporate giving programs, and peer non-profit organizations evaluated 270 applications.

​MCA is known as an effective and innovative non-profit whose efforts to preserve and promote Montgomery County’s nationally recognized 93,000 acre Ag Reserve have brought increased public and governmental support of local food production and farmland and open space preservation. Most importantly, MCA’s efforts are putting more farmers on the ground and keeping them there.
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