The 10th Annual Burwell Bike Tour
   Bicycle Touring in Beautiful West Georgia

Saturday, October 11, 2008
Registration is closed for this event.
You may still register on the morning of the event.
See our photos from 2006!

This event is a bicycle century ride with shorter options out of Burwell, Georgia, near Bowdon, 60 miles west of Atlanta. In support of the Sudden Infant Death Foundation, roads are well marked and rest stops are well stocked.
Ride options of 5, 16, 36, 50, and 100 miles. Walk options of 1/4mile and 2.3 miles.

Elevation profiles and maps! Click these links for the pdf's...
100 mile map      100 mile profile      50 mile map      50 mile
36 mile map      36 mile profile     16 mile map      16 mile profile

Great scenery on this ride...4

Route visits parts of West Carroll County, South Haralson County, and Heard County Georgia, and a small part of East Alabama.

Registration 8:00am - 9:00am at Shiloh United Methodist Church, 1874 Burwell Road, Carrollton, GA (Carroll County)
Start times 9:00am for the riders and 10:00am for the walkers.
Refreshments and showers at FINISH.

Please mark your calendars. Helmets required. Participants are responsible for obeying all traffic laws. Map and directions to event at bottom of this page.
For a printable map and directions CLICK HERE.
Click HERE for an expanded map of a larger area.

Camping - John Tanner State Park 770-830-2222 and
Shiloh United Methodist Church 770-258-5788

Hotels - Jameson Inn, Carrollton 770-834-2600 and
Holiday Inn Express 770-838-0508

Send eMail to (info at burwellbiketour.org) for more information.
Or call Eric or Gina Powell 770-258-8662
Scott Eason 770-258-5788
Carol Windom 770-258-2266


Directions to the event.
From Atlanta, travel I-20 west to Exit 24 (Villa rica/Carrollton). Turn left onto Highway 61 South and follow it 11.1 miles to the 166 West Bypass at Carrollton. Turn left onto the bypass (just past Ryan's Steakhouse) and follow it 5.8 miles to its end. Turn left at the traffic light onto Highway 166 West. Follow Highway 166 west for 2.4 miles (you will cross the Little Tallapoosa River). Turn right onto Burwell Road. The Bowdon Road Shoppette is located at this intersection. Follow Burwell Road 3.1 miles to the 4-way stop. Go straight throught the 4-way stop. Shiloh UM Church and the Burwell Bike Tour are 3/10 mile on the left.

From Alabama, travel I-20 East to the Heflin Ranburn exit. Go to Ranburne and then to Bowdon, GA. From the first traffic light in the center of Bowdon, go straight through on Highwway 166 East. Travel 3.1 miles. Turn left onto Garrett Circle (the right lane will divide into two lanes just before this turn). Go 3/10 mile and turn left onto Davenport Mill Road. Go 9/10 mile to the first stop sign. Turn right and Shiloh UM Church and the Burwell Bike Tour are immediately on your right.

Look for Shiloh UM Church

Online Registration for this event compliments of
Perpetual Motion - where friends don't let friends ride junk!
and WGa-Net, an eNetFirst subsidiary.

Walk or ride for SIDS