heartened to see this is happening but sorry i won't be able to join! ride on!
paul takoma park, md. On Monday, September 28, 2020 at 12:19:19 PM UTC-4 John Hawrylak wrote: > I checked the mileage from Atlantic Highlands to Sandy Hook light using > Bing maps. They show 9.3M, which is shorter than I thought. > > So here is a summary with mileage rounded up: > > Henry Hudson Trail (HHT), North Section, Matewan to Atlantic Highlands, > 12M HHT brochure, Monmouth Co Parks > Atlantic Highlands to Sandy Hook Light, city streets, NJ36 bridge over > bay 10M Bing Maps > Total 1 way Distance > 22M > Round Trip Distance, with some extra miles thrown in > 50M Really FLAT terrain, RR bed and sea > level streets/roads > > If the Basic Group is 12-14 mph, then Total Riding Time is about 4H. > Total Clock time is probably 5 to 6 H depending on how many stops. > > The Matewan trail head has these advantages > 1 Easy access from/to the GSP for folks coming in car. Exit GSP, turn > left, go over the GSP on overpass, make 1st right and 1 block to HHT. Very > minimal local road travel required. 99M from southern NJ on NJTP, NJ440, & > GSP, 1H 45M travel time > 2 Easy access from/to the Matewan RR station for folks from NYC on NJ > Transit. About 1M of city streets and NO major highway travel > > The eastern end of the HHT in Atlantic Highlands has a HHT Activity > Center, which may have restrooms and water fountains. Can stop going out > and coming back. > > Overall starting in Matewan makes a lot of sense: reasonable 50M ride > distance and time over FLAT terrain, *possible* restrooms at 12M out and > 35M back, good commuter train access. A 50M ride is reasonable given the > distances folks will be travelling to get there. > > Can someone local confirm or correct this. I would check out myself, > but it's pretty far to travel (99M, and tolls) > > John Hawrylak > Woodstown NJ, the Garden Spot of the Garden State > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1100da4d-d33b-48cc-8689-47216b2c2c39n%40googlegroups.com.
