The Dam Grant Options Ride is 67 miles and starts at the Cove Park ballfields near Hampton Cove. The route includes one mountain and a few hills but is mostly a flat to rolling. There are three optional very challenging climbs, and an option to visit the Guntersville Dam. Directions to start, at the Cove Park ballfields near Hampton Cove:

If traveling over Monte Sano on Highway 431 (east on Governors Drive): go 4.8 miles after passing Monte Sano Boulevard and turn Left at Old 431/Sutton Road. Travel 1.6 miles and turn right onto Old 431. The ballfields are on the right.

If traveling over Cecil Ashburn Drive: continue straight on Sutton Road for 0.7 miles and go straight across Highway 431. From the intersection go 1.6 miles and turn right onto Old 431. The ballfields are on the right.

Miles Turn  Description Leg
0.0 Right  out of Cove Park parking lot onto Old Highway 431 3.1
3.1 Left-Right  across Highway 431 to continue on Old Highway 431 2.2
5.3 Left  on Wilson Mann Road 1.7
5.7 Straight  across on Wilson Mann Road -
7.0 Right  on Piney Woods Road 1.2
8.2 Left  on Lyons Road 1.3
9.5 Right  on Low Gap Road 1.1
10.6 Right  on Old Gurley Pike 2.4
13.0 Left  on Main Drive in New Hope 3.9
16.2 Optional  Climb #1: Left up/down Simpson Point Road -
16.9 Left  on Highway 431 0.2
17.1 Right  on Merrill Mountain Road 0.7
17.8 Optional  Climb #2: Straight up/down Merrill Mountain -
17.8 Left  on Walker Road 1.7
19.5 Optional  Right on Guntersville Dam Road out/back to Guntersville Dam (adds 5.7 miles) -
19.5 Left  on Guntersville Dam Road 0.9
20.4 Right  on New Hope Highway South after crossing Highway 431 1.8
21.7 Optional  Climb #3: Right up/down Bishop Mountain
22.2 Left  on Highway 431 1.3
23.5 Left  on Cottonville Road 3.7
23.7 Climb  Gunters Mountain (Grant) -
27.2 Bear Right  onto Simpson Point Road 2.6
Miles Turn  Description Leg
29.8 Right  on Segler Road 0.9
30.7 Straight  across onto Randles Road 2.0
32.7 Left  on Davis Hill Road 0.8
33.5 Right  on Word Mountain Road 0.1
33.6 Right  on Cathedral Caverns Highway 0.8
34.4 Rest Stop  at convenience store -
34.4 Right  on Elkins Road (curves before main intersection) 1.4
35.8 Right  on Old Union Road 0.5
36.3 Left  on Columbus City Road 1.7
38.0 Right  on Free Home Road 0.5
38.5 Left  on Blueberry Lane 0.5
39.0 Straight  to continue on Ester Road 0.4
39.4 Straight  to continue on Shady Side Drive 0.7
40.1 Right  on Swearengin Road 2.6
42.7 Left  on Babe Wright Road 2.6
44.2 Descend  Gunters Mountain (Grant) -
45.3 Left  on Cathedral Caverns Road 3.7
49.0 Right  on Cathedral Caverns Highway 0.8
49.8 Right  on Kennamer Cove Circle 2.0
51.8 Straight  across onto Jim Tom Hodge Road 0.2
52.0 Left  on Mill Road 2.2
54.2 Rest Stop  at intersection -
54.2 Right  on Butler Mill Road 2.5
56.7 Right  on New Hope Cedar Point Road 1.1
57.8 Left  on Cherry Tree Road 7.5
65.3 Right  on Old Highway 431 1.2
66.5 Finish  at the Cove Park Ballfields -