Tour de Apple Valley (Metric Half Century)

The Tour de Apple Valley is an annual charity ride put on by Chuck and Pat Hanson. It starts at Civic Center Park in Apple Valley. There are metric century (62 mile) and metric half-century (30 mile) rides. It has been well supported by local businesses, and well received by local riders. Proceeds support the Apple Valley Police Activity League.

Road conditions

You can check the pages for each individual road for specific conditions, but overall metric half-century route is a bit smoother when ridden clockwise as opposed to counter-clockwise (the Tour is ridden counter-clockwise). The reason for this is that when you ride clockwise, you are climbing (that is, going more slowly) on the roads that are more bumpy, and descending on roads that are smoother.

Maps

Cue Sheet — Metric Half Century

Leg Dir Type Notes Total
Start Civic Center Park 0.0
0.1 → Right Turn N on Dale Evans Pkwy 0.1
0.4 → Right Turn E on Thunderbird Rd 0.5
2.0 → Right Turn S on Central Rd 2.5
1.5 ← Left Turn E on Esaws Ave 4.0
0.5 ← Left Turn N on Ocotilla Rd 4.5
1.0 → Right Turn E on Standing Rock Ave 5.5
2.5 ← Left Turn N on Laguna Seca Dr 7.9
1.5 ← Left Turn W on Cahuilla Rd 9.4
2.0 → Right Turn N on Joshua Rd 11.4
0.9 ← Left Turn W on Waalew Rd 12.3
0.9 → Right Turn N on Central Rd 13.2
4.1 ← Left Turn W on Quarry Rd 17.3
2.6 ← Left Turn SW on Stoddard Wells Rd 19.8
1.3 ← Left Turn E on Johnson Rd 21.2
2.4 → Right Turn S on Navajo Rd 23.6
1.3 → Right Turn W on Altadena St 24.9
0.5 ← Left Turn S on Dakota Rd 25.4
0.9 → Right Turn SW on Corwin Rd 26.2
0.6 ← Left Turn S on Dale Evans Pkwy 26.9
0.6 → Right Turn W on Waalew Rd 27.4
0.1 ← Left Turn S on Dale Evans Pkwy 27.5
2.3 ← Left Turn SE into Civic Center Park 29.8
0.1 Finish Civic Center Park 29.9

Variations

As mentioned above, these routes can be ridden clockwise (as it is for the Tour) or counter-clockwise.

Notes

For the 2011 Tour de Apple Valley, it appears there will be two SAGs, and they will be in the same location as last year: One at the corner of Joshua and Waalew, and one in front of the Walmart Distribution Center on Johnson.