Central Park > Yonkers > Dobbs Ferry > Tarrytown > Briarcliff Manor > Croton-On-Hudson > Cortlandt Manor > North Highland > Hopewell Junction > Poughkeepsie
Union Station, New Haven> Derby> Brookfield> Danbury> Brewster> Mahopac> Putnam Valley> Croton Dam> Millwood> Trailways> Central Park north
Quite the ambitious route. You'll need a good weather day with lots of daylight and a one way ticket to New Haven. Potential bailouts at Brewster south on the Harlem Line.
Food and fluid stops on the map.
HS 12/25/2022
Harlem Meer, Central Park> GW Bridge> Ridgefield Park> Montclair> Millburn> Summit> Bound Brook> E Amwell> New Hope> Richboro>Jenkintown> Wissahickon> Schuylkill River Trail> 30th St Station
Manhattan to 30th Street Station, Philadelphia. This is a entirely different route than Newark to Philadelphia 98.
You will need to take either Amtrak or SEPTA/NJ Transit back to Penn Station in NYC.
Suggested food and water stops on the map.
Notes from the author:
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
Grant's Tomb(start)> RSD> 181st St> Broadway> Seamans Ave> Van Cortlandt Park South> Jerome Ave> Kimball Ave> Scarsdale Road> Fox Meadow/Walworth Ave> Main St, White Plains> Anderson Hill Rd> King St> Sherwood Ave> Riversville Road> Cox Ave> Sarles Street> West Patent Road> Cherry St> 100> 139> 202> Mahopac Avenue> Putnam County Trailways> Croton Falls Road> Hardscrabble Rd> June Rd> Post Rd> Mead St> Bouton Road> Branchville Road> Nod Hill Rd> Cheese Spring Road> Canoe Hill Road> 106> 124> Frogtown Road> Ponus Hill Rd> Rock Rimmon Road> Erskine Road> River Bank Rd> Guinea Road> Stanwich Rd> Indian Field Rd> Greenwich Metro North railroad platform(end)
Go knock yourself out; I got tired just editing it.
You can start this ride at White Plains and save 21 miles.
HS 2/23/2021