Tioga Center to Candor, Return Via Halsey Valley

35.5 Miles - Terrain 3 View Route and Terrain - no climb indicated -see note.

Total Climb 1405 Feet - While Climbing 79 feet per mile - Average Grade 1.50%^{What's This?}

Meeting Place - Baptist Church on Halsey Valley Road in Tioga Center

Directions to start: From Binghamton, take NY 17 W to the 2nd Owego exit and take NY 17C west through Owego to Tioga Center. As you enter Tioga Center on 17C turn right onto Halsey Valley Road and go about 1/2 mile. The church is on the left. Please park in the lower end of the lot away from the church bldg.

To Candor

• Exiting parking lot Right onto Halsey Valley
• At T, Left onto NY17
• At bottom of hill, Left on Glen Mary Road
  (Just before RR overpass)
• After Stop at West Beecher Hill Road Continue Straight on Glen Mary
• Left at Y onto Catatonk Creek Road
• Right at T on Catatonk Hill Road
• Left at T after Stop onto NY96
• Following NY96 make Left in Candor (Service station at corner)

Return to Tioga Center

• Continue on NY96 - about 5 miles to
• Left on East Spencer Road
• At T, Left on Halsey Valley Road (CR7) to Halsey Valley
• Continue south on Halsey Valley Road
• Right into Church parking lot

Contact - Jay K.

Places to Eat:

Candor Restaurants

Spencer Restaurants   Going into Spencer adds about 3 miles to the ride.

Notes -

• Though no climb is indicated, everyone knows there is a good hill right after turning east on NY17. From the turn off NY17 at the bottom of the hill, all the way to several miles on Halsey Valley, the route climbs gently.
• This is a variation of the Halsey Valley loop. Starting in Tioga Center has two advantages - (1) major hill is immediate, while cyclists are still fresh (2) ride avoids Owego and Owego traffic

  © Prepared by Jay - March 11, 2015