Denville NJ Transit RR Station (start)> Lincoln Park> Denville NJ Transit RR Station (end)
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Very hilly!
Updated cue sheet.
HS 3/31/15
Garrison Metro North station (start)> 9D south> 7 Lakes Drive> Perkins Memorial Drive> 7 Lakes Drive> 106 east> Lake Welch Drive> Tiorati Brook Rd> 7 Lakes Drive> 106 west> 17A> Brammertown Rd> Arden Valley Rd> Tiorati Circle> Rt 6 west> 293> 218> Mtn Rd> 9W> Beacon Metro North Station (end)
I hope you like to climb.
Mind the turn off Lake Welch Rd to Tiorati Brook Rd. You can easily fly by it. If you do, you will find yourself on the Palisades Parkway.
The ride stops at Tiorati Circle 3 times where there is water. Return options to Garrison or Beacon. You can even ride back to NYC but not on cue sheet.
HS 3/4/2021
Dover Plains RR Station > Bog Hollow Rd > Skiff Mtn Rd > Rt 4 > E St/Sharon Mtn Rd > White Hollow Rd > Salmon Kill Rd > Salisbury > Rt 41 > Mt Washington Rd > Bash Bish Falls Rd > Copake Falls > Harlem Valley Rail Trail > Millerton > Harlem Valley Rail Trail > Rt 343 > Amenia > Rt 22 > Wassaic RR Station
This ride is frontloaded as far as climbing goes; most of the vertical is done in the first third of the ride.
Dover Plains, NY to East Street, CT -20 miles, rolling then climb/ descent
East Street, CT to Salisbury, CT - 16 miles, climb/ descent then rolling
Salisbury, CT to Copake Falls, NY - 25 miles, rolling then climb/ descent
Copake Falls, NY to Millerton, NY - 13 miles, mostly flat
Millerton, NY to Wassaic RR Station - 11 miles, flat
Poughkeepsie Metro North railroad station (start)> Mid Hudson Bridge> Hudson Valley Rail Trail> 299> Springtown Rd> Mtn Rest Rd> 213 west> Leggett Rd> Peak Rd> 213 west> 28A west> Reservoir Rd> Mtn Rd/Shokan Rd> Pitcairn Rd> Boyce Rd> Ohayo Mtn Rd> Meads Mtn Rd> McDaniel Rd> Glasco Tpk> Chestnut Hll Rd> W Hurley Rd> Dike Rd> 28A west> Dug Hill Rd> Hurley Mtn Rd> Binnewater Rd> Elting Rd> Springtown Rd> River Rd> 213 east> Dashville Rd> Martin Sweedish Rd> Plutarch Rd> N Elting Corners Rd> Lilly Lake Rd> Hudson Valley Rail Trail> Haviland Rd> Mid Hudson Bridge> Poughkeepsie Metro North railroad station (end)
This A-STS route was created by Ron Gentile and submitted by Nick Gigliotti.
It covers a lot of ground. Great views as it crosses the Ashokan Resevoir, climbing soon after.
HS 2/23/2021
Southeast Metro North railroad platform(start)> Farm to Market Rd> Big Elm Rd> 164 east> 22 north> Thunder Ridge Rd> S Quaker Hill Rd> 37 north> Church Rd> 7 north> S Kent Rd> Geer Mtn Rd> 341 east> Brick School Rd> 45 north> Brook Rd> Great Hollow Rd> 128 west> W Cornwall Rd> 343 west> Leedsville Rd> Amenia Union Rd> Kent Rd> Bog Hollow Rd> 341 east> S Kent Rd> Spooner Hill Rd> Bulls Bridge Rd> Dog Tail Corners Rd> 55 east> Hoyt Rd> 39 south> Taber Rd> N Quaker Hill Rd> S Quaker Hill Rd> 311 south> Cornwall Hill Rd> 164 east> Farm to Market Rd> Southeast Metro North railroad platform(end)
Lots of climbing in this loop of hilly countryside.
Thanks to Gérald Seppey and Felipe Diaz-Griffero for submitting this route. If there is an actual author, contact us and we will give you credit.
Don't forget your Metro North bike permit.
HS 2/24/2021
Peekskill Metro North trail platform(start)> Sprout Brook Rd> Cimarron Rd> Oscawana Heights Rd> Pudding St> Richardsville Rd> 301 west> Nimham Rd> Farmers Mills Rd> Church Hill Rd> 52 west> Mooney Hill Rd> Denton Rd> Holmes Rd> 292 north> Bundy Hill Rd> Harmony Hill Rd> 55 east> Quaker Hill Rd> Kirby Hill Rd> Wakeman Hill Rd> 37 north> 39 north> Taber Rd> N Quaker Hill Rd> S Quaker Hill Rd> 311 south> 292 north> Holmes Rd> 8 Grape Hollow Rd> Mountain Top Rd> Leetown Rd> Rushmore Rd> Miller Hill Rd> Farmers Mills Rd> 301 west> Cold Spring, Metro North southbound railroad platform(end)
A good cross section of Putnam County as you ride the hills to the east. Lots of climbing of all sorts to knock yourself out on.
Don't forget your Metro North bike permit.
HS 2/22/2021