mickison wrote:
have you tried ridewithgps for finding routes you're not familiar with? That seems to be the best IMO. easy to create routes in it as well and load them on to your garmin device.I appreciate the helpful suggestion. I tried it a few years ago, and found it hard to find what I was looking for. The interface may have improved since then. I think the advantage of using Strava for this is knowing how many people do a certain route, and how often - data that ridewithgps does not have. But I don't use Strava yet, so I'm going off the experiences of others.