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Event Ride: Thanksgiving in Mountain Cove

Duration
Half-day
BASE PRICE
$99
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY
Recreational
Book Tour
type
Guided
DISTANCE
22 miles

Overview

Join this special event version of our classic and favorite ride: the Mountain Cove Ramble. Enjoy one of our favorite rides followed by a community Thanksgiving dinner. We will start and end at the Cedar Grove Community Center, and we'll help provide Christmas gifts for local disadvantaged children by donating $35 for each rider who joins us.

If you're a novice who has tired of the same old close-to-home routes but may not want to head out alone into new territory, this fully supported tour with support vehicle and ride-along guide is for you. Still not sure? We have e-bikes!

If you're experienced--join us anyhow. This loop ranks among the favorite routes for local cyclists--and for good reason:

It's remote with little traffic.

It's generally flat to lightly rolling with just two notable hills but nothing long or steep.

And the scenery will keep us stopping again and again for photos--of barns, farms, old churches and the ever-present Lookout Mountain on the ride south and Pigeon Mountain on the ride north.

Highlights

  • Rural, quiet back roads of Northwest Georgia
  • Scenic farmlands and mountain views
  • Deep sense of local history
  • Community Thanksgiving Dinner at Cedar Grove Community Center

Difficulty

Recreational
Level 2 of 4

Generally flat to lightly rolling with just two notable hills but nothing long or steep.

Itinerary

We'll cover 22 miles on a total of three roads! We'll meet at Cedar Grove Community Center and ride a half-mile to the family-owned century-old farm at the base of Lookout Mountain. There, we can enter a corral and hang out with a small herd of very affectionate goats. We then head a short distance south on West Cove Road until we reach the wonderfully named Hog Jowl Road. We'll ride through a canopy of century-old trees to the Cove Store, a country store at the southern end of the so-called "cove," where Pigeon and Lookout Mountains intersect. We'll then backtrack a mile on Hog Jowl, continue north along rolling countryside, cross over a gradual crest, and return south to our cars and dinner.

Dates & Pricing

Dates and Times

November 27, 2021.

Transfer from Chattanooga at 12:30 pm

Ride at 2:00 pm

Tour operates with a minimum of 4 people.

Prices

Tour: $99 per person

Electric-assist bicycle rental: $85

Hybrid touring bike rental: $49

Van transfer: $29 per person

All equipment and transportation subject to availability.

Inclusions
  • Ride-along guide
  • Support vehicle
  • Snacks and water en route
  • Round-trip transfer from Chattanooga (vaccination certificate and masks required)
  • Hybrid touring bike (subject to availability)
  • $35 per person donation for community program providing Christmas gifts for disadvantaged children in Walker County
Map
Gallery

We'll cover 22 miles on a total of three roads! We'll meet at Cedar Grove Community Center and ride a half-mile to the family-owned century-old farm at the base of Lookout Mountain. There, we can enter a corral and hang out with a small herd of very affectionate goats. We then head a short distance south on West Cove Road until we reach the wonderfully named Hog Jowl Road. We'll ride through a canopy of century-old trees to the Cove Store, a country store at the southern end of the so-called "cove," where Pigeon and Lookout Mountains intersect. We'll then backtrack a mile on Hog Jowl, continue north along rolling countryside, cross over a gradual crest, and return south to our cars and dinner.

  • Rural, quiet back roads of Northwest Georgia
  • Scenic farmlands and mountain views
  • Deep sense of local history
  • Community Thanksgiving Dinner at Cedar Grove Community Center

Recreational
Level 2 of 4

Generally flat to lightly rolling with just two notable hills but nothing long or steep.

Dates and Times

November 27, 2021.

Transfer from Chattanooga at 12:30 pm

Ride at 2:00 pm

Tour operates with a minimum of 4 people.

Prices

Tour: $99 per person

Electric-assist bicycle rental: $85

Hybrid touring bike rental: $49

Van transfer: $29 per person

All equipment and transportation subject to availability.

  • Ride-along guide
  • Support vehicle
  • Snacks and water en route
  • Round-trip transfer from Chattanooga (vaccination certificate and masks required)
  • Hybrid touring bike (subject to availability)
  • $35 per person donation for community program providing Christmas gifts for disadvantaged children in Walker County
Maps are for reference only and may not be the actual routes used.
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