Roosevelt Riders Oct 5

by dave burkie
3 months ago
Near Harris City, US

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ROUTE INFORMATION
ROUTE LENGTH 37.353 miles
ASCENT 2831 ft
DESCENT 2755 ft
HILLS 43.3%
TERRAIN Road
START LAT: 32.908524, LNG: -84.694941
Come Ride The Roosevelt One Hundred
Saturday, October 5, 2024
37 Miles
DRAW #1 REGISTRATION AT 9 AM - AT WARM SPRINGS VFW
• KICKSTANDS UP AT 11:00 AM
• Ride GA Hwy 41 Alt to Warm Springs.
• At Traffic light, turn right onto Ga 85 Alt / 27 Alt
• Go approx. ¾ mile to 401 Little White House Rd
• Turn Right into Historic Site
DRAW #2 IN LOWER PARKING LOT
STATE HISTORIC MARKER #01 ROOSVELT’S LITTLE WHITE HOUSE STATE HISTORIC SITE
• Exit Historic Site and Turn right onto Whitehouse Highway
(STATE HISTORIC MARKER)#04 ROOSEVELT’S FARM
• Turn sharp right onto Pine Mountain Highway 190
(STATE HISTORIC MARKER) FDR’S LONG LEAF TREE FARM
• Turn left onto Dowdell’s Knob Rd.
POI: Statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt
POI: Grill used by FDR at Picnics
(STATE HISTORIC MARKER) THIS WAS HIS GEORGIA
• Exit Dowdell’s Knob Rd and turn left on Ga Hwy 190
POI: Stone entrance into FD Roosevelt State Park (Georgia's largest State Park)
DRAW#3 CCC BUILT OVERLOOK FOR LAKE FRANKLIN AND PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY
POI: CCC built overlook into the Pine Mountain Valley
(STATE HISTORIC MARKER) CCC BUILT STONE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL BRIDGE


BEGIN OPTIONAL ROUTE TO PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY (GA HWY 354 TO GA HWY 116 – D STREET TO GA HWY 190 IN FDR STATE PARK)
POI: Community Picnic Pavilion and the ball field built by the WPA
STATE HISTORIC MARKER FOR PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY (THE LAST OFFICIAL STATE HISTORIC MARKER APPROVED BY THE STATE)
POI: Roosevelt Memorial Church, named in honor of the president who established the Valley project
END OPTIONAL ROUTE
POI: Stone Tavern today used as a registration building for Roosevelt State Park
POI: Bronze statue ofdedicated to the Civilian Conservation Corps that built the park
• Turn left onto Lake Delanor Rd
POI: Stone and log cabins built by the Civilian Conservation Corps
POI: Lake Delanor built by the CCC
POI: Dam and spillway built by the CCC, “ Roosevelt’s Tree Army”
• Continue driving through the tent and RV campgrounds until you come to a stop sign at Ga Hwy 354
POI: Entrance of CCC CAMP 4463 - SP 13 - 08/17/1935 – Chipley, Ga. Now Pine Mountain, Ga.
• Turn left onto Ga Hwy 354W and proceed to traffic light, Ga Hwy 27N
• Turn right on Ga Hwy 27N
POI: mural of FDR fishing on the side of the building at the intersection of east Harris and Ga Hwy 27
• Continue North on Ga Hwy 27 and turn right on Ga Hwy 18
POI: White Sulphur Springs where FDR had a famous possum dinner while Governor of NY in 1930
• Continue to Ga Hwy 194 and turn right towards Warm Springs (approximately 8 miles)
• Turn right at the stop sign own Ga Hwy 41Alt.
• Turn right onto Golf Course Rd. at Roosevelt’s Historic Pools and Springs
(STATE HISTORIC MARKER) DRAW #4 THIS IS THE EDSEL FORD POOL COMPLEX BUILT BY THEN NY GOVENOR ROOSEVELT IN 1928 AND TODAY IS A MUSEUM.
• Continue on Golf Course Rd to the stop sign and turn right
POI: The Center for Therapeutic Recreation is where the new swimming pools are located
• Turn right onto pine Rd.
• Turn left onto Parkway lane
• Veer left on Oak Rd to Magnolia / Oak Rd.
(STATE HISTORIC MARKER) GEORGIA HALL BUILT BY FDR 1933
• Turn right onto Oak Rd at stop sign
POI: Franklin Roosevelt Warm Springs Foundation Museum with parking
• Continue Oak Rd. to stop sign. Turn right onto Ga Hwy 41 Alt (Roosevelt Hwy - Spring Street)
POI: FDR mural painted on the Warm Springs Welcome Center. Location of the original train depot.
POI: WW1 bomb dedicated on October 3rd 1928 to honor FDR's return to latex after leaving Warm Springs to become governor of New York
• Proceed through the light at the intersection to a four way stop
POI: Sarah Delano Roosevelt community building built by the WPA and dedicated by president Roosevelt in honor of his mother
• Turn right at stop sign and proceed to Main Street
• Turn right on Main Street and arrive at Xtreme Riders
DRAW 5 COWBOY TOWN (END OF ROUTE