Ottawa-to-Calabogie Backroads

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Many of the good rides around Ottawa start from Calabogie. You can get there quickly by taking Highway 17 West to regional road 508. However, that involves spending 30-40 minutes on Highway 17, which is not very interesting riding. Here is a route that takes longer but is more enjoyable:

First, you need to go to Almonte, entering town on the main road (formerly called "regional road 49" -- I'll have to look up its new number). To get there, either:

Take Highway 17 West out of Ottawa, and watch for the Almonte turn off, then exit and head South; or

Take Highway 17 West to Kanata, and exit on the Eagleson Road / March Road exit. Take March Road North. Stay on this road forever. It curves around toward the west, then toward the south, and eventually becomes the road into Almonte.

Now that you're entering Almonte on the main road, stay on this road right through town. (Unless you want to pause at the beautiful falls in town.) In town, the road you are on starts out called "Ottawa Road" and then changes its name to "Almonte Road". There is a convenient gas station on your right just as you leave town.

Keep going straight. You will eventually pass through a little village called "Middletown".

Keep going straight. You will come to a T-intersection, at Hopetown, with Highway 511. You are about 25 Km from Almonte. Turn right, North, onto 511, and follow it 36 Km into Calabogie. Stay on 511 as it curls through town, and you will end up at a T-intersection with Highway 508, and a gas station & restaurant called Munfords (sp?) that is the start for many great rides.

From my place in Kanata, it's 99.8 Km to Munford's by this route.