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NYC to Beacon via Orange Heritage Trailway, Monroe/Goshen

Submitted by HSchiffman on Wed, 05/14/2014 - 08:07
Way Points: 

The Boathouse, Central Park (start)> St Nicholas Av> 9W> Western Hwy> Strawtown Rd> S Mtn Rd> Rt 45> Camp Hill Rd> Rt 106> Rt 17A> Benjamin Meadows> Mombasha Rd> Monroe> the Orange Heritage Trailways> Goshen> Sarah Wells Trail> (Purgatory/Pischke Rds option on RidewithGPS)> Rt 208> Rt 94> Orrs Mills Rd> Jackson> Rt 207>(Rt 32 north> Vails Gate> Blooming Grove> River Rd>) Grand St> Beacon Metro North railroad station (end) 

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Robert Schmon
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
New Jersey/Rockland County
Orange County
Level(s): 
B
Vertical Gain: 
5300
Difficulty: 
152
Difficulty Rating: 
4 out of 5

Discover the Orange Heritage Trailway—a 9.5 mile paved bike path that gently descends through pastoral farmland to Goshen, and then return to Beacon by way of Sarah Wells Trail—one of the region’s most scenic cycling roads and very lightly trafficked. 

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Minnewaska via Awosting Portal, Gunk Ridge to Mohonk, via Poughkeepsie: Gravel or Mtn bike

Submitted by HSchiffman on Mon, 09/16/2013 - 22:37
Way Points: 

Poughkeepsie RR Station (start)> Highland Bridge> Hudson Valley Rail Trail> 299> Wallkill Valley Rail Trail> 44/55> CR 7> Tillson Lake Rd> Awosting Portal, Minnewaska SP> Mohonk Preserve> Lenape Lane> R2R Trail> 299> Hudson Valley Rail Trail> Poughkeepsie RR Station (end)

 

 
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Hank Schiffman
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Gravel Grinding
The Gunks
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
4100
Difficulty: 
107
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5
Credit for this route goes to John Z. 
June 28, 2022: NB: Erosion on the Awosting Portal is deepening, making climbing a bit more difficult, but the descent in places is now in the technical realm.
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NYC Old Croton Aqueduct Highbridge to Croton Dam & Croton-Harmon

Submitted by HSchiffman on Mon, 01/01/2018 - 16:23
Way Points: 

Edgecombe Ave @ 165th St, High Bridge Park (start)> High Bridge> University Ave> Goulden Ave> OCA Trail> Old Croton Dam> Croton-Harmon Metro North railroad station (end)

Status: 
To Be Reviewed
Author: 
Ken Henry
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Gravel Grinding
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
B
C
Vertical Gain: 
1300
Difficulty: 
49
Difficulty Rating: 
2 out of 5

Please note that this route follows an unpaved trail. Roots, stones, mud, gravel and a few steep sections. That said, it is a most worthy route for a number of reasons. For the gravel rider interested in advancing skills, it is a step up from hard pack, yet not a giant one. Alternative lines to obstacles are always present. Many curbs have been made bike friendly over the past year. Those that present as a challenge can be walked to avoid pinch flats and unsure landings.

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New Brunswick access to Six Mile Run

Submitted by HSchiffman on Wed, 04/22/2015 - 09:39
Way Points: 

New Brunswick Railroad Station, start> Somerset St> Rt 27> Six Mile Run, end

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Hank Schiffman
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Mid New Jersey South
Mountain Biking
Level(s): 
C
Vertical Gain: 
140
Difficulty: 
6
Difficulty Rating: 
1 out of 5

Easy enough. 

But these trails are subject to wear when wet. Your bike will pick up a heavy clay mud in the process. Before you go, check with this site to assess riding conditions: http://www.mtbnj.com/forum/threads/6-mile-run-conditions.23594/page-384

When you emerge at the far side of Six Mile Run you can take the Delaware and Raritan Canal towpath either to the right, back to New Brunswick, or left, on to Princeton or Trenton.

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Beacon access Black Rock Preserve via Mtn Rd

Submitted by HSchiffman on Wed, 04/22/2015 - 20:04
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Beacon Railroad Station, start> 9D, Beacon Newburgh Bridge> Water St> 9W> Shore Rd> Rt 218> Mtn Rd> Reservoir Rd, Black Rock Preserve, end

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Hudson Highlands
Mountain Biking
Orange County
Level(s): 
A
B
Vertical Gain: 
1200
Difficulty: 
23
Difficulty Rating: 
3 out of 5
There is no way to access Black Rock Preserve on a bike without an ascent. Mtn Rd goes right for your jugulars, but it is paved. The culvert tunnel under Rt 9W at the top of Mtn Rd is the rabbit hole into this wonderland.
 
A bike permit is required for Black Rock Preserve.
 
 
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