This is a nice 30 mile ride that will give you a pretty good sense of cycling on the Eastern Shore. The link is below.
On the Oxford Road, you'll cross Peachblossom Creek -- beautiful views to the east, toward the Tred Avon River (which isn't really a river -- it's a tidal inlet off the Bay). Once you get on the Easton-Trappe Ro
ad, you're in Eastern Shore farm country. During the Winter and early Spring, there were fields of hay, which has been harvested and replaced with soybeans. Of course, there are fields (and fields) of corn. It was wonderful watching the corn crop through its life cycle -- from sprouts in the Spring, to "high as your thigh on the 4th of July" (actually, the corn was much taller), to July/August harvest. There's still corn on the stalk -- should be available for the rest of the month.
Trappe is a nice Eastern Shore town. The actor Robert Mitchum had a farm near Trappe, and the town has a restaurant called Mitchum's Steak House. You can turn right onto Maple Ave in the middle of Trappe (which is how I mapped the route), or you can ride down Main Street for a short distance and see some of the nice old houses -- one of which dates from the early 1700s.
As you head out of Trappe, Maple Ave becomes Island Creek Road. Between miles 9 and 10, you'll see Trappe Landing Road on the left. You should ride down to Trappe Landing, which is a working watermen's docking area, so you may see some oyster and crab boats. It's a beautiful spot on LaTrappe Creek, an inlet of the Choptank River.
After mile 11, Island Creek Road splits. I usually bear right onto South Island Creek Road. During the this part of the ride, there are dense woods on both sides of the road, with some large farms/estates (many with "names") to your left. These places are on the Choptank River -- you can see the river at certain spots. These houses must have beautiful views.
Just after mile 1
4, South Island Creek Road ends at Chloras Point Road. You can make a right, which will take you back to the northern leg of Island Creek Road. But you should go left on Chloras Point Road and then make a right onto Peace Cliff Road and take it to its end -- extraordinary views across Island Creek.
You then turn back and take Chloras Point to Island Creek to Sanderstown Road. A couple of lefts and you're back on the Oxford Road, south of where you first turned off. You'll cross Trippe Creek a
nd, again,
Peachblossom Creek. As you're getting close to home, slow down as you pass Cooke's Hope on the right. Cooke's Hope was part of a land grant by the Lord Baron of Baltimore to Major Miles Cooke in 1659. It's now a "planned community," but for what it is, it's not too bad -- lots of open fields. Make sure you check out the "Oreo" cattle -- more formally known as Belted Galloways.
Enjoy the ride.
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On the Oxford Road, you'll cross Peachblossom Creek -- beautiful views to the east, toward the Tred Avon River (which isn't really a river -- it's a tidal inlet off the Bay). Once you get on the Easton-Trappe Ro
ad, you're in Eastern Shore farm country. During the Winter and early Spring, there were fields of hay, which has been harvested and replaced with soybeans. Of course, there are fields (and fields) of corn. It was wonderful watching the corn crop through its life cycle -- from sprouts in the Spring, to "high as your thigh on the 4th of July" (actually, the corn was much taller), to July/August harvest. There's still corn on the stalk -- should be available for the rest of the month.Trappe is a nice Eastern Shore town. The actor Robert Mitchum had a farm near Trappe, and the town has a restaurant called Mitchum's Steak House. You can turn right onto Maple Ave in the middle of Trappe (which is how I mapped the route), or you can ride down Main Street for a short distance and see some of the nice old houses -- one of which dates from the early 1700s.
As you head out of Trappe, Maple Ave becomes Island Creek Road. Between miles 9 and 10, you'll see Trappe Landing Road on the left. You should ride down to Trappe Landing, which is a working watermen's docking area, so you may see some oyster and crab boats. It's a beautiful spot on LaTrappe Creek, an inlet of the Choptank River.
After mile 11, Island Creek Road splits. I usually bear right onto South Island Creek Road. During the this part of the ride, there are dense woods on both sides of the road, with some large farms/estates (many with "names") to your left. These places are on the Choptank River -- you can see the river at certain spots. These houses must have beautiful views.
Just after mile 1
4, South Island Creek Road ends at Chloras Point Road. You can make a right, which will take you back to the northern leg of Island Creek Road. But you should go left on Chloras Point Road and then make a right onto Peace Cliff Road and take it to its end -- extraordinary views across Island Creek.You then turn back and take Chloras Point to Island Creek to Sanderstown Road. A couple of lefts and you're back on the Oxford Road, south of where you first turned off. You'll cross Trippe Creek a
nd, again,Peachblossom Creek. As you're getting close to home, slow down as you pass Cooke's Hope on the right. Cooke's Hope was part of a land grant by the Lord Baron of Baltimore to Major Miles Cooke in 1659. It's now a "planned community," but for what it is, it's not too bad -- lots of open fields. Make sure you check out the "Oreo" cattle -- more formally known as Belted Galloways.
Enjoy the ride.
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