Kent County MD Cycling

Challenging bike routes covering the entire county.

Rock Hall Ramble (50Mi) | Historic County Loop (81Mi) | Pump House Primer (82)

Rock Hall Ramble

This 50-mile ride is a kind of "sea to summit" tour, covering the ground between the Kent County seat and Rock Hall.

It passes several fascinating sites, including Old St. Paul's, the oldest surviving Anglican Church on the Eastern Shore; and Chesapeake Farms, the DuPont Company's agricultural research center. It also offers the shops and restaurants of Rock Hall, as well as stops and facilities at Tolchester Marina at the end of Route 21 and at the store on Route 20 in Fairlee.

To see a small map of the leg from Rock Hall to Eastern Neck Island and back again, click on the direction, "Continue south on Route 445" below.

To see a larger printable map of the route, click on the image map.

Mileage	Direction	Route
0.0	Go south on Rte 213	from Washington College
0.5	Turn right	Cross Street
2.0	Pass	CRYCC
4.8	Turn right at Pomona Store	Pomona-Lankford Rd
6.3	Turn right	Lankford-Pomona Rd
8.2	Cross	Broad Neck Rd
10.6	Pass	Old St. Paul's
10.8	Pass	Chesapeake Farms
11.5	Turn left	Route 20
15.5	Turn left	Main St. (Rte 445)
15.6	Turn right	Sharp Street
or	Continue south	Route 445

31.4	Cross	Route 20
37.2	Turn left	Route 21
38.2	Arrive	Chesapeake Bay
	Return	Continue north on Route 445
39.1	Turn left	Bay Shore Road
43.3	Turn right	Route 298
	Continue	Through Fairlee
43.7	Turn left	Route 20
48.7	Turn left	Route 291
49.3	Turn left	Route 213
49.7	Arrive	Washington College

This tour is 81 miles long, so our sketch map is sketchier. Much of the route, however, is covered by other, shorter routes for which there are more detailed maps. This is a real "challenging ride," but traverses some beautiful countryside and offers several views of the Chesapeake Bay.

Historic County Loop

Click on the map for a larger, prtintable image

Mileage	Direction	Route
0.0	Go south on Rte 213	from Washington College
0.5	Turn right	Cross Street
2.0	Pass	CRYCC
4.8	Turn left at Pomona Store	Pomona-Lankford Rd
6.3	Turn left	Lankford-Pomona Rd
8.2	Cross	Broad Neck Rd
10.6	Pass	Old St. Paul's
10.8	Pass	Chesapeake Farms
11.5	Turn left	Route 20
15.5	Turn right in Rock Hall	Main St. (Rte 445)
21.3	Turn left	Route 21
22.3	Arrive	Chesapeake Bay
	Return	Continue north on Route 445
23.2	Turn left	Bay Shore Rd
27.4	Turn left in Fairlee	Route 298
30.2	Pass	Melitota
31.6	Turn left	St. James-Newtown Rd
31.9	Turn right	St. James-Smithville Rd
34.0	Turn right	Route 297

34.3	Turn left	Montabellow Lake Rd
35.5	Cross	Cooper's Lane
36.5	Bear right	Bessick's Corner Rd
38.2	Turn left	Route 292
41.4	Arrive	Betterton
	Return on 292	to Still Pond
45.4	Arrive	Still Pond
	Continue	on Route 566
46.6	Turn left	Route 298
47.9	Cross	Route 448
49.2	Turn left	Route 213
51.6	Cross	Route 444
55.7	Pass through	Galena
59.6	Cross under	US Route 301
60.0	Turn right	Route 299
64.0	Pass through	Massey
67.7	Arrive	Millington
67.7	Turn right	Route 291
69.2	Cross over	US Route 301
76.6	Cross	Morgnec Road
79.1	Cross	Morgnec Creek
80.9	Turn left	Route 213
81.4	Arrive	Washington College

Pump House Primer

This 82-mile tour takes riders from Chestertown in Kent County to the C & D Canal in Cecil County and back again. It, too, is a "challenging ride," particularly as there is more relief in Cecil County than in Kent.

In spite of this added difficulty, however, it's a wonderful tour and well worth the extra time required. The map below provides a detailed view only of the complex route the tour follows in Cecil County. The route from Chestertown to Cecilton is fairly straightforward, but you can see a small inset of it by clicking on the direction, "Go north on Route 213 from Washington College" below.

Click on the map for a larger, prtintable image

Mileage	Direction	Route
0.0	Go north on Route 213	From Washington College
0.2	Cross	Rte 291
1.3	Pass	Airport
2.3	Pass	Rosehill
5.4	Pass	Urieville Lake
6.6	Pass	Fair Hill Dairy
7.8	Arrive	Kennedyville
9.6	Pass	Vonnie's Restaurant
10.2	Pass	Old Shrewsbury Church
11.0	Cross	Rte 444
14.9	Turn left in Galena	Route 213
16.8	Cross Sassafras R.	Cecil County
19.9	Turn right in Cecilton	Route 282
25.2	Turn left in Warwick	Water Street
25.5	Bear right	Old Telegraph Rd.
28.6	Turn left at pond	Old Telegraph Rd
29.5	Continue straight	Old Telegraph Rd
30.7	Cross	No-name Rd
32.6	Turn left	Route 286
34.0	Pass	C&D Canal Museum

34.0	Pass	Dockside Restaurant
34.6	Turn left	George Street
34.8	Turn left	Route 342
37.6	Turn left	Route 310
38.2	Turn right	St. Augustine Rd
39.9	Bear right	Old Telegraph Rd
40.7	Bear right at pond	Old Telegraph Road
44.7	Bear right	Rumsey Road
44.9	Turn Right	Church Road
46.5	Turrn left	Bohemia Church Rd
51.5	Turn left	Route 213
51.7	Turn right	Mill Lane
52.8	Turn right	Lovers Lane
53.7	Pass	Frazer's Lake
54.9	Turn left	Glebe Road
56.7	Pass	St. Steven's Church
56.8	Turn left	Route 282
57.5	Pass through	Earleville
57.7	Turn right	Grove Neck Rd
57.7	Turn left immediately	Sandy Bottom Road
62.7	Turn right	Route 213
64.7	Cross	Sassafras River
81.5	Arrive	Washington College

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