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Ride Name | Bella Vista Greenway (NSW Safe Cycling) |
Distance | 28 |
Grade | Easy Medium |
RDI | 6.905556 (metres climbed = 246.627) Calculate your REE |
Usual Start | Balcombe Heights Estate |
Usual Pace | steady |
Coffee Stop | Arthur St Cafe, Baulkham Hills |
Features | Hills greenways and beautiful urban architecture. Bella Vista Farm. Memorial Ave Bridge. Old Windsor Rd cycleway. |
Suitability | Comfortable Riding undulating terrain including some short sharp pinches. Contains one short sharp pinches at over 8% gradient and half a dozen or so at 4-5%. Riders must have low gearing or eBike to suit. |
Short Description | Ride the greenways of the Hills, through Baulkham Hills, Kellyville, and Bella Vista. Return via Old Windsor Road cycleway and paths and backroads of Baulkham Hills and Winston Hills. |
Full Description | Ride the greenways of the Hills. Discover cycle paths of Crestwood Reserve before making the climb over to Bella Vista. Ride up and over the beautiful Bella Vista Farm. Ride through the greenway of Bella Vista and Kellyville and over the Memorial Ave Bridge. Return via the Old Windsor Road Cycleway before making a bee line back to the start through paths and backroads of Baulkham Hills and Winston Hills. You need to be comfortable riding undulating terrain including some short sharp pinches. This ride contains one short sharp pinches at over 8% gradient for 200m and half a dozen or so at 4-5%. Riders must have low gearing or eBike to suit. Over time the gap of the greenway from Free Settlers Drive to Balmoral Rd will be developed making the greenway all off road from Norwest Boulevard Memorial Ave and beyond. Many water and toilet stops available. 7km Point Bella Vista Farm. 15km Kellyville Metro Station. 19km Circa Norwest Shopping Centre (also alternate Coffee Stop) just off route. 22km Sierra Place Reserve (Water). This ride does normally start from transport. However, there is plenty of parking available within Balcombe Heights Estate. Alternatively the ride can start at Bella Vista or Kellyville Metro stations. An alternate route near the end would be to use back streets of Baulkham Hills to reach Cropley Drive. However, to stay in Baulkham Hills you would need to climb over the steep Watkins Rd. |
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RWGPS No | 32923859 |
Elevation Gain | 246.627 |
First Lat | -33.763 |
First Lng | 150.982 |
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