Bob, thanks for sharing these. Are you familiar with the Riding the Catskills blog? It's not being updated anymore, but there's a great archive or rides on there. Many can be accomplished by going up on MetroNorth and crossing over the river. It would be a long day, but totally doable. Or better yet, take a shelter and make an overnight of it. The one thing about the Catskills is that cell reception is very spotty, and the roads are quite confusing. So, take a good map or even a GPS. There's so so much good riding up there.
Westchester is also great to explore, also off the Metro-North or by riding up from the city. Have fun, Kolby On Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 3:02:04 PM UTC-4, Bob B wrote: > > I wanted to share a handful of the day rides I've done or am hoping to do > in the New York area, and perhaps get area-RBWOBers to share their routes > as well. > > These are destination rides that go along to scenic trails or bridges. The > goal is long stretches of scenic riding, as much as possible not in the > shoulder of a 45mph road. These are also relatively easy-going rides. > > Here's what I've come up with: > > > *Battery Park (or wherever you live) to Brewster, NY * > > *Google Map Link:* *Click Here > <https://www.google.com/maps/dir/New+York+City,+NY/Brewster,+NY/@40.9403374,-74.0499826,10z/am=t/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c24fa5d33f083b:0xc80b8f06e177fe62!2m2!1d-74.0059413!2d40.7127837!1m5!1m1!1s0x89dd4d7e6d52dd23:0xa325bd3b313503b3!2m2!1d-73.6170721!2d41.3973163!3e1>* > > > *Length:* 64.2 miles > > *Route Info:* West Side Greenway > Van Cortlandt Park, Old Putnam Trail > > S County Trailway > N County Trailway all the way to Brewster, NY. Stop for > dinner and take the Metro North train from Brewster back to the city > > *Surface:* Mostly paved, a little dirt > > *Camping Variant:* Possible to turn west from N. County Trailway towards > *Nimham > State Forest Multiple Use Area > <http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/put1.pdf>*, which has MTB > trails and allows camping > > > > > *Van Cortlandt Park (or where you live) to Kitchawan, NY and back* > > *Google Maps Link:* *Click Here > <https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Friends+of+Van+Cortlandt+Park,+80+Van+Cortlandt+Park+South,+Bronx,+NY+10463/Kitchawan,+NY+10562/41.2048935,-73.8701212/41.1830521,-73.8671896/41.1531934,-73.8620142/40.9397162,-73.8956621/40.9262161,-73.8798824/40.8847693,-73.890185/@41.0054901,-73.9439853,11.12z/data=!4m25!4m24!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c2f3a0ca26f94b:0x257bc764ed4df91f!2m2!1d-73.8906965!2d40.8844622!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c2b9c82b391aa7:0xaa3f8474ae8c7007!2m2!1d-73.785967!2d41.2189835!1m0!1m0!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-73.8607574!2d41.1486532!3s0x89c2c09434d8c4ed:0x12592b95f71d9bc1!1m0!1m0!1m0!3e1>* > > > *Length:* 59.6 miles > > *Surface:* Paved and dirt/gravel > > *Route Info:* More or less Based on a Bike Snob ride report: Van > Cortlandt Park > Old Putnam Trail > S County Trailway > N County Trailway > > At Kitchawan hop over westward to Old Croton Trailway State Park > return > South along Old Croton Aqueduct Trail back to Van Cortlandt Park > > > > *Trenton, NJ to New Brunswick* > > *Google Maps Link:* *Click Here > <https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Trenton,+NJ/New+Brunswick,+NJ/@40.41329,-74.5965758,11.02z/am=t/data=!4m29!4m28!1m20!1m1!1s0x89c143482d3dbbb9:0xcf16567f895cd7bc!2m2!1d-74.7429384!2d40.2170534!3m4!1m2!1d-74.7203813!2d40.2530665!3s0x89c1589db2f33527:0x3467ff726dc7fd9b!3m4!1m2!1d-74.6450705!2d40.3412012!3s0x89c3e6d759a0402f:0x5123f5d9832f70a!3m4!1m2!1d-74.5574944!2d40.5469549!3s0x89c3c07b518fbd43:0xa018cad0e8432df9!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c3c355f06a92a5:0x25925506798e230c!2m2!1d-74.4518188!2d40.4862157!3e1>* > > > *Length:* 38.9 miles > > *Surface:* Paved and dirt/gravel > > *Route Info:* NJ Transit to Trenton > Raritan Canal State Park Trail all > thew way to New Brunswick > NJ Transit from New Brunswick back to the city > > > > *Poughkeepsie, NY over-the-Hudson-and-back to Beacon, NY* > > *Google Maps Link:* *Click Here > <https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Poughkeepsie,+NY/Kingston,+NY/Walden,+NY/Beacon,+NY/@41.6799601,-74.0899814,11z/data=!4m31!4m30!1m5!1m1!1s0x89dd3e642be0bb3b:0x5ea85debfb20f349!2m2!1d-73.9209701!2d41.7003713!1m10!1m1!1s0x89dd0f012dc98127:0x41d7895a5832c913!2m2!1d-73.9973608!2d41.9270367!3m4!1m2!1d-74.1644439!2d41.6471314!3s0x89dd26fb379f0ef7:0x92bd08f99125cf69!1m5!1m1!1s0x89dd29b0b77d020f:0x9fe8e27b96572121!2m2!1d-74.1884806!2d41.5612048!1m5!1m1!1s0x89dd3181b5ef98d1:0x8ca54a6ddb020d4a!2m2!1d-73.984528!2d41.504007!3e1>* > > > *Length:* 67.2 miles > > *Surface:* Paved and dirt/gravel > > *Route Info:* Metro North to Poughkeepsie > Walkway over the Hudson > > Some back roads > Wallkill Valley Trail > Some back roads > Newburgh-Beacon > Bridge to Beacon, NY. Stop for dinner and take Metro North train from > Beacon back to the city > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
