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Trenton/Lumberville-Bull's Island/Trenton

Submitted by HSchiffman on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 10:10
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Trenton Transit Center (NJ Transit/Amtrak, take train from NYC Penn Station) (start)> Calhoun St Bridge> Delaware Canal towpath> Lumberville, PA> Bulls Bridge> Delaware & Raritan Canal towpath> Trenton Transit Center (end)

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Hank Schiffman
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Gravel Grinding
Mid New Jersey South
Level(s): 
B
C
Vertical Gain: 
570
Difficulty: 
52
Difficulty Rating: 
2 out of 5

Extension of Trenton/New Hope-Lambertville/Trenton route. Ridden hard, this is a very good workout for all levels as gravel surfaces offer resistance, and there are few interuptions. Winds can blow up and down the river valley. In fair weather winds tend to be on your tail on the return.

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Trenton/Washington Crossing/Trenton

Submitted by HSchiffman on Sun, 06/01/2014 - 14:29
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Trenton Transit Center (NJ Transit/Amtrak, take train from NYC Penn Station) (start)> Calhoun St Bridge> Delaware Canal towpath> Washington Crossing Bridge> Delaware & Raritan Canal towpath> Trenton Transit Center (end)

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Hank Schiffman
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Gravel Grinding
Mid New Jersey South
Level(s): 
C
Vertical Gain: 
200
Difficulty: 
22
Difficulty Rating: 
1 out of 5

Trains from NYC Penn Station run hourly, riding time 90 minutes each way. 2 bikes can be carried on either end of the double decker train cars, flipping seats up. You can secure your bikes with thin rope, sitting on seats across the aisle.

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Trenton/ New Hope - Lambertville / Trenton

Submitted by HSchiffman on Fri, 06/06/2014 - 10:56
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Trenton Transit Center (NJ Transit/Amtrak, take train from NYC Penn Station) (start)> Calhoun St Bridge> Delaware Canal towpath> New Hope, PA> Lambertville, NJ > Delaware & Raritan Canal towpath> Trenton Transit Center (end)

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Hank Schiffman
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Gravel Grinding
Mid New Jersey South
Level(s): 
B
C
Vertical Gain: 
400
Difficulty: 
72
Difficulty Rating: 
1 out of 5

Delaware Canal towpath in PA to New Hope, back on Delaware Raritan Canal towpath in NJ. Gravel surfaces great for hybrids and mtn bikes, suitable for road bikes, but I think you would want to have at least 20 mm tires.

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Jockey Hollow, Black River, The Great Swamp

Submitted by HSchiffman on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 11:45
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Short Hills NJ Transit RR Station (start)> Highland Av> Parsonage Hill Rd> Passaic Ave> Fairmount Ave> Meyersville Rd> New Vernon Rd > Long Hill Rd> Village Rd > Glen Alpine Rd > Tempe Wick Rd> Tour Rd> Tempe Wick Rd> Rt 510 / Old Rt 24 > Oakdale Rd> Pleasant Hill Rd> Dover--Chester Rd> Rt 510 / E Main St> Tempe Wick Rd > Glen Alpine> Woodland> Passaic Ave> Parsonage Hill Rd> Short Hills NJ Transit RR Station (end)

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Mitchell Rubenstein
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
New Jersey/Rockland County
Level(s): 
A
B
Vertical Gain: 
4500
Difficulty: 
120
Difficulty Rating: 
3 out of 5

NYC Penn Station - Short Hills, NJ.  train times as of 1/2011 and bike shops listed on original cue sheet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jockey_Hollow

HS 3/25/15

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Gethsemane Cemetery Historic Ride

Submitted by BCantrell on Sat, 01/01/2011 - 11:36
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Claremont Playground (start) > GW Bridge > Husdon Terrace > Booth > Tenafly > Queen Anne Rd > State St > Moonachie > Little Ferry (Cemetery & Lunch) > Union St > Fairleigh Dickenson bike path > Tryon Ave > Hudson Ave > Walnut > RSD > Grant's Tomb (end)

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Carol Waaser
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
New Jersey/Rockland County
Level(s): 
B
C
Vertical Gain: 
1520
Difficulty: 
51
Difficulty Rating: 
2 out of 5

Historic mid-19th Century African-American burial ground with markers and plaques that tell the history. Call ahead to arrange for the cemetery to be open and an historian to meet you there (201-336-7267). Lunch at Palermo's Cafe & Bakery immediately after your history lesson. There's a coffee/pit stop in West Englewood at mile 11, but the town closes down on Saturdays and Jewish holidays. In that case, detour down to Palisade Ave. and stop at the Field House in Milton Votee Park. Then you can stay on Palisade all the way to the right turn onto E. Main St.

cw 5/1/15

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Princeton to Hew Hope Loop

Submitted by ridelibrary@nycc.org on Fri, 05/07/2021 - 17:06
Way Points: 

Princeton Junction > Princeton > Washington Crossing > New Hope > Princeton University

Status: 
Submitted
Author: 
Fred Leffel
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Mid New Jersey South
Level(s): 
A
B
C
Vertical Gain: 
2404
Difficulty: 
76
Difficulty Rating: 
3 out of 5

Gorgeous ride through farmlands and rolling countryside. Starts at the Princeton Junction train station, continuing  through the wealthy outskirts of Princeton itself, to the Delaware River and  Washington’s Crossing State Park, site of the famous Revolutionary War crossing and the surprise attack against the British, to New Hope for lunch, and back along a different route.

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