Counter-Clockwise Hytop Metric Loop |
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| Description: The Hytop Loop is 62 miles and has some of the most beautiful and unusual roads in the area, lightly traveled with good pavement. The ride begins with a three-mile climb, the first mile at 8% but then easing to 6% and 7%. After the climb the route is mostly rolling with a few hills and some spectacular descents. | |||
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Directions to start (about 40 minutes from the Huntsville city limits): Travel East on HWY-72 to AL-65 (~11 miles, two miles past Gurley) and turn Left/North Travel North on AL-65 to "T" intersection with AL-146 (~18 miles) |
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| Miles | Turn | Description | Leg |
| 0.0 | East | on AL-146 | 7.0 |
| 1.0 | Climb | the Cumberland Plateau | - |
| 7.0 | Left | on AL-79 | 25.0 |
| 17.5 | Continue | AL-79 becomes TN-16 at Tennessee state line | - |
| 29.3 | Rest Stop | at the "Pure" Market, on left Currently CLOSED |
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| 30.0 | Descend | the Cumberland Plateau | - |
| 32.0 | Left | on Farris Chapel Road | 1.0 |
| 33.0 | Left | on Farris Lane (watch - hidden roadsign) | 0.7 |
| 33.7 | Left | on Roggli Road | 0.1 |
| 33.8 | Right | on Shockley Road | 0.5 |
| 34.3 | Left | on Crawford Lane | 0.6 |
| 34.9 | Left | on Buncombe Road (first left - roadsign missing) | 5.6 |
| 40.5 | Left | on Hickory Grove Road (watch - easy to miss) | 1.0 |
| 41.5 | Right | to continue on Hickory Grove Road | 3.0 |
| 44.5 | Bear Left | on Beans Creek Road (not "Old") | 1.1 |
| 45.3 | Continue | Beans Creek Road becomes Alabama Street | - |
| 45.6 | Right-Left-Right | to Main Street | 0.2 |
| 45.8 | Rest Stop | at convenience store in Huntland | - |
| 45.8 | South | on Main Street | 1.2 |
| 46.0 | Continue | Main Street becomes Elora Road | - |
| 47.0 | Left | on Owens Lane | 1.0 |
| 48.0 | Right | on TN-97 at "T" | 14.0 |
| 51.0 | Continue | TN-97 becomes AL-65 at Alabama state line | - |
| 62.0 | Finish | where AL-65 turns right at AL-146 | - |