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This is a cue sheet for the Newburgh to Poughkeepsie west side Bicycle Map. You can print it out for later use.

Cumulative Distance Where Notes Direction Elevation
0km 0km Newburgh start North on Grand Av - (go underneath the west end of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge) - (There is a sidewalk on the south side of this bridge with a great view down the river to the mountains, and it continues across the Hudson river to the city of Beacon, which has Metro North train station) NNE 49m
1.15km 1.15km Left - Commonwealth Av NNW 337° 45m
1.41km 0.26km Balmville sharp Right - River Rd E 78° 67m
2.08km 0.67km half Left - Sloane Rd - (not the full left which is Bennett Rd) NNE 21° 88m
2.95km 0.87km Left - continue on Sloane Rd down to its end WNW 287° 114m
3.23km 0.28km Right - Albany Post Rd NE 25° 107m
3.49km 0.26km Right - rt 9W North - (high-traffic high-speed, with good width of traffic lane + shoulder as of 2009) NE 28° 95m
3.6km 0.12km (food options along rt 9W) NNE 18° 97m
4.89km 1.29km Left - Lattintown Rd - (starts with a climb that includes around 125 vertical feet with steepness around 7% grade) WNW 288° 80m
5.48km 0.59km Right - continue on Lattintown Rd north a long ways NNE 121m
10.12km 4.64km Marlboro (cross Plattekill Rd, continue on Lattintown Rd a long ways to a T-intersection) NNW 346° 140m
15.15km 5.03km Left - Old Indian Rd WNW 277° 133m
15.45km 0.3km Right - Lattintown Rd NNW 357° 133m
16.14km 0.69km Right - Mulberry Lane, to its end E 75° 138m
18.22km 2.08km Right - Milton Turnpike ESE 90° 146m
18.68km 0.46km Milton Left - Peach Rd NNE 18° 141m
20.13km 1.45km variation: to avoid tricky traffic situations later on rt 9W, can try instead: Left on Mahoney Rd, Right on Orchard Rd to its end, Right on rt 44 North for 1.5-2 miles, sharp Right on Tillson Av to its end at traffic light, cross rt 9W onto Haviland Rd to rejoin main route (this variation not checked by us since 2004) NE 37° 120m
20.14km 0km bear Right - Mahoney Rd NE 30° 120m
20.62km 0.48km Left - Gabriety Rd NNE 21° 119m
21.9km 1.29km Left - Perkinsville Rd, to its end NE 43° 116m
22.74km 0.84km Right - Chapel Hill Rd, to traffic light NE 38° 115m
23.09km 0.35km Left - rt 9W North (high-speed high-traffic road, requires crossing high-traffic entrance-exit ramps for Mid-Hudson Bridge. (for a way to avoid this tricky traffic, earlier Variation earlier on this route back around Peach Rd + Mahoney Rd) NNW 334° 114m
23.12km 0.03km (various food options) NNW 336° 114m
24.23km 1.1km (pass by exit ramp to access Mid-Hudson Bridge) NNE 20° 96m
24.46km 0.23km (pass by entrance ramp coming from Mid-Hudson bridge) NNE 20° 97m
24.77km 0.32km Highland Right (at traffic light) - Haviland Rd ESE 111° 92m
25.58km 0.81km Variation -- to take Mid-Hudson Bridge sidewalk across Hudson River to Poughkeepsie: instead continue Straight on Haviland Rd to its end, then go on sidewalk on north side of bridge. For more info + details + GPS track see www.roberts-1.com/bikehudson/r/r/mh_ww - [bhvr6w] ESE 102° 73m
25.59km 0.01km Lloyd Left onto driveway to Walkway over the Hudson NE 27° 73m
25.71km 0.12km Walkway over the Hudson [www.walkway.org] - east across the Hudson River to Poughkeepsie. (normally closed for all or part of night-time hours) ESE 91° 63m
28.09km 2.38km at end of Walkway, bear Right down asphalt path ESE 102° 53m
28.22km 0.13km Left onto Parker Av / rt 9G North - (public road with substantial motor traffic) E 68° 48m
28.32km 0.1km alternate -- to go north toward Rhinebeck: instead continue straight on Parker Ave / rt 9G North, using a different route: can search on Bikely for [bhva6c] or [bhvr6a]. E 74° 47m
28.33km 0.01km soon Right on Garden St SSW 193° 50m
28.48km 0.14km first Right on Brookside Ave (later becomes Verrazano) to its end WNW 273° 46m
29.59km 1.11km Left on Davies Place SSW 187° 30m
29.73km 0.15km Right to go down under highway to train station SW 212° 26m
29.83km 0.1km Poughkeepsie railroad station (train service by Metro North and Amtrak) WSW 228° 21m