Date/Time	Description	Length	Terrain	Difficulty
Saturday, June 11, 9AM	Discover the East Coast Greenway - Part I: Travel North from New Haven to Cheshire and learn about plans to connect the former rail trail to Northmampton, MA. Visit historic lock 12 in Cheshire before returning to New Haven. A representative of ECG will lead the ride and provide information and background on the trail.	26 miles, 3.5 hours	Flat, paved off road trail	Moderate
Saturday, June 11, 2PM	Gardens & Greenspaces: Towards a Sustainable Community Visit many of New Havens gardens and greenspaces. This bike tour will visit New Haven's abundance of community gardens, as well as parks and conservation areas. Hidden gems within the city! Come ride with us and see the other side of what New Haven can offer. The last stop will be the garden at Springside Ave. in Westville where the New Haven Land Trust will be holding a fundraising event that is not affiliated with this ride. For more information on the event please visit http://www.newhavenlandtrust.org/gardenparty.	12 miles, 2.5 hours	Flat, city roads with stops	Easy
Sunday, June 12, 9AM	Pierre Lallement commemorative ride: In April 1866, Ansonia resident Pierre Lallement introduced the art of cycling to the American public by riding from Ansonia to the New Haven Green. Join this commemorative ride and retrace the route that the inventor of the bicycle followed 145 years ago.	30 miles, 3.5 hours	Hilly roads	Challenging
Sunday, June 12, 2PM	Shared Experiences: New Haven & International Sister Cities: New Haven has a long and rich tradition of cultural exchange with its sister cities around the world, such as Leon, Amalfi, Tetlanohcan, Hue, Afula, Freetown, and Avignon. This tour will highlight the relationships between New Haven and its partners in other countries with guest speakers, presentations, music, art, and food.	10 miles, 2.5 hours	Flat, city roads with stops	Easy
Wednesday, June 15, 5:30PM	Regicide Ride: For several weeks in the spring and summer of 1661, the fugitive judges Edward Whalley and William Goffe, wanted for having signed the death warrant for King Charles I in 1649, hid from British authorities in Judges' Cave atop West Rock. Retrace history and visit Judges' Cave, with stops at points of interest on each of the streets named for Whalley, Goffe and the third regicide, John Dixwell.	12 miles, 2 hours	City roads with one steep climb	Moderate
Saturday, June 18, 9AM	Discover the East Coast Greenway - Part II: Travel South on the East Coast Greenway and ride the Vision Trail to the New Haven Harbor, Harbor side trail, continuing on the Long Wharf Nature Preserve, into West Haven, Savin Rock Trail, travel along the shore ending at Silver Sands State Park in Milford and returning to New Haven. A representative of ECG will lead the ride and provide information and background on the trail.	30 miles, 4 hours	Flat, mostly on-road (short section on dirt/gravel)	Moderate
Saturday, June 18, 2PM	Architecture and History of Westville: Take a first-hand look at the history and architecture of Westville, a diverse village that has seen more than 300 years of development, including some of New Haven's finest houses, urban parks, and commercial buildings.	10 miles, 2 hours	Flat, city roads with stops	Easy
Sunday, June 19, 9AM	Foraging Tour: Most gourmet food grows itself and is accessible to everyone who cares to notice it, right here in New Haven. Zaac, an organizer with the Connecticut-Westchester Mycological Association, will assist in our discovery and collection (bring a cloth bag and a field guide, if you have it) of nutritious tendrils, sweet fruits, medicinal roots, and protein-rich mushrooms.	12 miles, 3 hours	Flat, city roads with stops	Easy
Sunday, June 19, 2PM	Freedom Trail: Take a bike tour through history to visit many of New Haven's sites on the Connecticut Freedom Trail. Sites where African-Americans made their journey from slavery to freedom which include monuments, historic homes, churches, gravesites, parts of the Underground Railroad and the Amistad Trail.	10 miles, 2.5 hours	Flat, city roads, with stops	Easy
Wednesday, June 22, 5:30PM	Lighthouse Point, Shoreline Greenway Trail, Ice Cream!: Ride to historic Lighthouse Point and see the Carousel and beaches and learn about the plans to construct a non-motorized, recreational trail from Lighthouse Point to Hammonasset Beach in Madison. We will ride an open section of the trail in East Haven and then celebrate with ice cream at Sand Pipers on the East Haven shore to kick-off the summer Wednesday night Ice Cream Social rides.	20 miles, 2.5 hours	Flat on-road with 1 mile on gravel trail	Moderate
Saturday, June 25, 9AM	Photography Tour: Take a tour with a Milford Photo photography veteran. Learn about nature photography, lighting, composition, and how to better use your SLR or digital camera. Please pre-register for this bike tour at: http://www.meetup.com/milfordphotography/	10 miles, 2 hours	Flat, city roads, with stops	Easy
Saturday, June 25, 2PM	Scavenger Hunt/Alley Cat: Discover New Haven by bicycle in this Scavenger Hunt style bike tour. Untangle clues as a group or by yourself to find points in the city to receive your next clue. Prize for winning team.	12 miles, 2.5 hours	Flat, city roads, with stops	Easy