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 | 4° | 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 | 6° | 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 | |