2019 Funk Bottoms Gravel-The Course

Here are the much-anticipated details on the 9th Funk Bottoms Gravel course.  We will start at the Glenmont Park at 8:00 am sharp on Saturday, June 15th.

Course notes can be found on the Maps page. Learn about the history of the FBG and past winners here. 

Registration on BikeReg https://www.bikereg.com/funk-bottoms-gravel-100200

Course Notes, GPX file, and Cue Sheet

The course will be marked the day before with color-coded turns.  All Starboard turns will have green signs and all Port turns will have red signs Think like a pirate as you navigate the gravel seas of Ohio.  There will also be arrows painted on the ground before turns. 

This year we have found a new home in Glenmont. As usual, the course will be a mix of previously used roads and new roads.  The ever-popular hike-a-bike from 2017 will be back on the course this year.  If you liked the abandoned bridge from that year, well  we have a treat in store for you.  

Gravel, mud, ghost towns, rock quarries, hills, Bigfoot, this years course has something for everyone.  Did I mention the hills? Good. Just in case we forgot, we added a few more.  For the numbers geeks, here is some data from this years course. There will be 10 sections that are not gravel for a total of 7.8 miles. To make up for all the pavement there will only be 6.1 flat miles.

Course map on ridewithgps.com

100K  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29626799

200K https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29738998

Leg	Dir	Notes	Total
	→	Right on Clifton St	0.2
0.3	←	slight Left on TWP RD 29	0.5
2.1	→	Right on CO Hwy 6	2.6
0.2	←	Left on TWP RD 34	2.7
2.1	→	Right on US 62	4.9
0.2	←	Left on TWP RD 28	5.1
1.5	←	Left on TWP Hwy 324/  130	6.6
0.6		Left on Twp 22/67	7.2
1.4	→	Right on TWP RD 67	8.1
2.4	→	Right on CO RD 53	10.4
0.3	→	Right on TWP RD 324	10.7
2.1	←	Left on TWP RD 326	12.8
1.8	→	Right on CO RD 19	14.6
0.2	→	slight Right on TWP RD 19	14.8
2.6	→	Right on CO RD 33	17.4
2	→	slight Right on CO RD 401	19.4
0.7	→	slight Right on CO RD 20	20.1
1.4	←	Left on SR 206	21.5
0.1	→	Right on TWP RD 356	21.6
1.6	←	slight Left on TWP RD 357	23.2
1	→	Right on TWP RD 368	24.2
2.7	←	Left on Tiverton TWP RD 368	26.9
3.3	→	Right on Hunter RD	30.2
0.1	→	Right to get on to HCT	30.3
0	←	Left on HCT	30.3
0.6	→	Right to gravel pit	31
0	→	Follow access road	31
0.2	↑	Continue on Brinkhaven Rd	31.3
3.8	←	Left on Brinkhaven RD	35
1.3	←	Left on Nashville RD SR 514	36.3
0.3	→	Right on Wally RD	36.6
0.2	←	Left on Beam RD	36.8
1.2	←	Left on Big Hill	38.8
0.4	←	Left on Gessling RD	39.2
0.4	→	Right on Jericho RD	39.6
0.5	→	Right on Temple RD	40.2
1.9	→	Right on TWP Hwy 3352	42.1
0.1	←	Left on TWP Hwy 539	42.3
1.2	→	Right on TWP RD 210	43.5
0.2	→	Right on TWP RD 208	43.7
0.6	←	Left on TWP RD 211	44.2
2.4	→	Slight Left/Right on TWP Rd 211	46.6
2.7	←	Left on OH-514 N	49.3
0.7	→	Right on Millersburg St	50
0.6	→	Right on TWP Rd 219	50.6
1.1	←	Left on Co Rd 280	51.7
0.3	↑	Continue on TWP Rd 217	52
0.8	→	Right on TWP Rd 218	52.7
1	←	Left on Co Rd 280	53.7
0.5	←	Left on Co Hwy 51	54.2
0.7	→	Right on TWP Rd 259	54.9
2	→	Right on TWP Rd 258	56.9
1.2	←	Left on TWP Rd 257	58.1
0.2	→	Slight Right on TWP Rd 256	58.4
0.4	←	Left on TWP Rd 255	58.7
1.1	→	Right on TWP Rd 252	59.8
1.6	←	Left on TWP Rd 36	61.4
		USE CAUTION AT BOTTOM OF HILL
2.1	←	Left on OH-520 E	63.5
0.6	→	Right on TWP Rd 31	64
0.1	→	Right on Old RR tracks	64.1
2.5	→	Right on Clifton St	66.5
0.1	←	Left on Galatian St	66.6
		Through parking lot across Bridge