RIDE ROUTES AND MEETING TIMES MAY CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
PLEASE NOTE: We will send an email with updated information to all riders on the Wednesday before the ride. To ensure you receive that email, PLEASE add [email protected] to your contacts.
Ride Check-in
Rider check-in will be from 5pm until 8pm on Friday September 12th and from 7:00am until 8:00am on Saturday September 13th at the Prescott Resort, 1500 E. Highway 89A in Prescott. There will be a rider Safety Briefing which will occur at 8:15am, in the lower parking lot with kickstands up by 8:30am.
Turn-by-Turn Route Map
8:45am – We will leave the lower Prescott Resort parking lot, turning right onto State Route 89A, then left onto Prescott Lakes Parkway and continue on Prescott Lakes Parkway to Willow Lake Road. We will make a left turn onto Willow Lake Road and continue on Willow Lake Road to Commerce Drive. We will turn left onto Commerce Drive.
9:05am – After arriving at the Arizona Department of Public Safety Office, 1111 Commerce Drive (designated meeting location) we will honor a fallen Trooper with a memorial ceremony.
9:20am – From the Arizona Department of Public Safety Office, we will make a left turn onto Commerce Drive and continue to Pioneer Parkway. At this intersection, we will turn right onto Pioneer Parkway, following it to SR89A.
10:30am – Staying on SR89A, through Jerome, into Cottonwood and to the Maverick Gas Station, 690 W. Highway 89A in Cottonwood (corner of Mingus Avenue and Highway 89A). We will have an approximate 30-minute relief break/refueling stop (designated meeting location).
10:50am – After leaving the Maverick, we will travel east on Mingus Avenue/Cornville Road (County Road 30) through Cornville to Beaverhead Flats Road (County Road 78, approximately 4 miles east of Cornville). If for any reason riders become separated during this portion of the run, a designated rider will be at this intersection to assist getting the group back together.
We will turn left on Beaverhead Flats Road and continue to SR179. Riders will turn left on SR179, travel through the Village of Oak Creek to the FOURTH Round-a-Bout at Chapel Hill Road. We will turn right and enter the parking lot of the Sedona Lutheran Church.
11:45am – Arrive at Sedona Fire Department Station #6, 2675 State Route 179, Sedona (designated meeting location).
12:10pm – We will depart Sedona Fire Department Station 6 and travel south on SR179 to Interstate 17. We will travel north on I-17.
PLEASE NOTE: We try to ride through Oak Creek Canyon during this route; however, this year SR89A is closed north of Sedona through Oak Creek Canyon.
2:10pm – We will have a short relief/refueling break at the Swift Travel Center, 3099 W. Shamrell Boulevard (designated meeting location). We expect law enforcement personnel to meet us at this location and escort us into Flagstaff.
2:20pm – We will depart the Swift travel center
After the relief break, we will continue across I-17 to Beulah Blvd. We will continue north on Beulah to the intersection of South Woodlands Village Blvd. At this intersection riders will turn left on Woodlands Village Blvd., and continue to Route 66. At this intersection we will turn right on Route 66 to the intersection of Riordan Road then right on West Metz Walk and to the Oregano’s Restaurant 1061 S. Plaza Way.
2:30pm – All riders from each route will arrive at Oregano’s Restaurant. Once all riders have arrived, all riders will ride together for memorial memorial ceremonies for two Flagstaff Police Department officers. We can expect Flagstaff Police Department and Flagstaff Fire Department to assist us in making our way to Officer Tyler Stewart’s monument.
3:00pm – Arrive at GOAZ motorcycle for the barbecue.
Total mileage approximately 125 miles. Plan for approximately five to five and one-half hours (with stops) of travel time.