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pixel.gif (807 bytes)Deer Lakes Park & Wagman Observatory
A Team Caffeine Bike Ride
46 miles

Ride dates and times
pixel.gif (807 bytes)Monday May 28, 2001, 3:00pm

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A pleasant country ride to Deer Lakes Park and back. Hilly and rolling with some good climbs and great downhill runs!

Squaw Run bubbles clear and pure through Fox Chapel alongside Squaw Run Road. One of the most scenic areas along Squaw Run is the Trillium Trail. This natural area is most attractive in the spring when the trillium and other wildflowers blanket the hillsides.
pixel.gif (807 bytes)See Squaw Run Creek home to fewer critters to read a Post-Gazette article about Squaw Run wildlife.

At 1340 ft elevation, Wagman Observatory hill is one of the highest points in Allegheny County and affords an almost 100% view of the sky. It is believed that Native American tribes in the area, such as the Seneca, once used the hill as a lookout for watching game and the activities of neighboring tribes. The observatory houses two telescopes – an 11" refractor and a 20" reflector.
pixel.gif (807 bytes)See Facilities of the AAAP for more information about Wagman Observatory.

Cox Comb Hill Road climbs out of New Kensington and then descends a series of rolling hills into Oakmont. We'll stop for ice cream at BrrKee's Ice Cream and Yogurt and then take Verona Rd and Lincoln Rd back to town.

Ride To Then
0.0 LEFT N Highland Av
0.3 0.3 LEFT Bunkerhill St
0.2 0.5 RIGHT The Hill Rd
0.8 1.3 LEFT Butler St
1.0 2.3 RIGHT across RD Fleming Br
0.4 2.7 LEFT LANE to Sharpsburg
0.1 2.8 RIGHT Main St
3.2 6.0 LEFT Fox Chapel Rd
1.1 7.1 LEFT at Y Squaw Run Rd
2.3 9.4 RIGHT Dorseyville Rd
3.7 13.1 BEAR LEFT to stay on Dorseyville Rd
pixel.gif (807 bytes) pixel.gif (807 bytes) pixel.gif (807 bytes) Steep & windy down to Saxonburg Blvd
0.4 13.5 RIGHT Saxonburg Rd
4.4 17.9 Joins Orange Belt - Bairdford Rd
0.1 18.0 RIGHT Stay on OJ Belt
0.3 18.3 LEFT Stay on OJ Belt
0.6 18.9 LEFT Starr Rd
1.1 20.0 LEFT Superior Rd (Little Deer Creek Valley Rd)
pixel.gif (807 bytes) pixel.gif (807 bytes) pixel.gif (807 bytes) Buy snacks in Russelton
0.4 20.4 RIGHT at Graphics Garage
1.6 22.0 RIGHT Bakerstown Rd
0.5 22.5 BEAR RIGHT Gillespie Rd
0.5 23.0 RIGHT Kurn Rd
Up short steep hill
0.6 23.6 Wagman Observatory
pixel.gif (807 bytes) pixel.gif (807 bytes) pixel.gif (807 bytes) Snack break; port-a-potty break
23.6 Turn around and go back down short steep hill the way you came up
It's all downhill to Freeport Rd
0.2 23.8 RIGHT Fairfield Rd
1.1 24.9 LEFT Baileys Run Rd
1.8 26.7 JOIN Days Run Rd
0.6 27.3 RIGHT Freeport Rd
1.7 29.0 LEFT CL Schmitt Br
0.4 29.4 LOOK LEFT to see Wholesale Transmission - "Miraculous Transplants Performed Daily"
0.1 29.5 RIGHT 5th Av
0.2 29.7 LEFT 7th St
0.1 29.8 RIGHT Constitution Blvd
0.2 30.0 JOG LEFT/RIGHT Freeport St
0.4 30.4 JOIN Greensburg Rd
0.1 30.5 RIGHT Logans Ferry Rd to Oakmont
0.8 31.3 BEAR RIGHT Cox Comb Hill Rd
3.5 34.8 CONTINUE Hulton Rd
1.4 36.2 LEFT Allegheny Av (after crossing tracks)
0.4 36.6 pixel.gif (807 bytes) BrrKee's Ice Cream!
0.4 37.0 LEFT College Ave
37.0 RIGHT Allegheny River Blvd
0.7 37.7 LEFT Wildwood Ave
0.4 38.1 CONTINUE Verona Rd
1.7 39.8 CONTINUE Verona Rd
0.9 40.7 RIGHT Lincoln Rd
2.0 42.7 BEAR LEFT at Y to stay on Lincoln Ave
1.9 44.6 BEAR RIGHT to join Frankstown Ave
0.1 44.7 RIGHT E Liberty Blvd
0.4 45.1 RIGHT N Sheridan Av
0.7 45.8 LEFT Bryant St
0.1 45.9 Tazza D'Oro
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