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.
For 2010, town officials allowed the ride route to cross Highway 18 East. Previously, it had been restricted to roads north of of the highway. This meant that instead of riders doing either one or two laps of a 30-mile route, everyone followed the same route for the first 30 miles, with metric century riders then following a route taking them to other parts of the town.
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
Note: This map and cue sheet are for the second half of the ride only.
Cue Sheet — Metric Century
| Leg | Dir | Type | Notes | Total |
| ← | Left | Turn left onto Central Rd | 2.0 | |
| 7.5 | → | Right | Turn right onto Roundup Way | 9.5 |
| 2.0 | ↑ | Straight | Continue onto Rock Springs Rd | 11.5 |
| 4.6 | ← | Left | Turn left onto Apple Valley Rd | 16.1 |
| 8.2 | → | Right | Turn right onto Tao Rd | 24.3 |
| 2.8 | → | Right | Turn right onto Waalew Rd | 27.1 |
| 1.7 | → | Right | Turn right onto Navajo Rd | 28.9 |
| 1.9 | → | Right | Turn right onto Thunderbird Rd | 30.8 |
| 1.0 | ← | Left | Turn left onto Dale Evans Pkwy | 31.8 |
| 0.4 | ↑ | Straight | Turn left | 32.1 |
Variations
As mentioned above, these routes can be ridden clockwise (as it is for the Tour) or counter-clockwise.