The way points of this bicycle route:
from the roundabout at the west end of the Bear Mountain Bridge, take route 9W North toward Fort Montgomery and West Point
(rt 9W in this section sometimes gets high-traffic volumes at high speeds. It has two reasonably wide traffic sections in each direction, but no shoulder, or at most little shoulder, as of 2009. There is also a sidewalk along its east side most of the way thru Fort Montgomery.)
(food options along rt 9W)
Right - Old State Rd
(variation: to climb less steep, if it's on a time + day with less traffic, we sometimes turn Left on Main St / rt 218 South, then take the entrance ramp onto rt 9W North and do the long climb on the high-speed high-traffic road, sometimes not with very good or very wide shoulder)
bear Right - join rt 218 North
bear Left - Main St - (food options)
(Variation: It's very nice to ride thru West Point / U.S. Military Academy. In the 1990s we used to do it regularly. But now it normally requires official military ID (as of 2008). Sometimes special events or club groups can get permission to ride thru if they request in advance. In that case, try to enter thru the Thayer Gate and exit thru the Washington Gate, and try to get to see two nice views over the river to the east and to the north)
Left - rt 218 North / Mountain Av - (opposite Mill St) -- long climb
(pass by access to Stony Gate of USMA)
(pass by road coming from Stony Gate USMA)
join rt 9W North - (high-speed high-traffic road, this short section going north-bound had mostly reasonable width of traffic lanes + shoulder, as of 2009)
(long climb is over, exit coming up soon)
exit Right for rt 218
exit Right for rt 218 + rt 293
(pass by Washington Gate entrance to West Point Military Academy) - (long downhill)
(Big viewpoint up and down the Hudson River, and across to Breakneck Ridge. Town south across the river is Cold Spring. If know where to look to the north can see the Skytop point on the Shawangunks ridge.)
Right - Dock Hill Rd - (down hill to its end)
Left - Shore Rd - (or first visit the shore of the Hudson River)
(gazebo by the River)
(warning: diagonal crossing of railroad tracks -- if not sure how to handle it, dismount and walk bike across)
Right - rt 9W North - (high-speed high-traffic road, with reasonable width of traffic lanes + shoulder in this section, except it gets narrower soon crossing bridge over creek -- as of 2009)
(food option as of 2009)
Right - Old Route 9W, to its end
Right - River Rd - (later enters city of Newburgh, becomes Water St)
(pass by Renwick St)
Right - Washington St
quick Left - (Front St)
(waterfront shops + sidewalk + public toilets -- food is mostly sit-down as of 2009)
Left - exit from waterfront, short steep climb underneath railroad
Right - Water St / Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Right - Grand Av (if reach traffic light, you went too far)
underneath west end of Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. To cross the river to the city of Beacon (or just to see a great view) . . . Turn sharp Left onto ramp which curves up to the sidewalk on south side of bridge
continue on sidewalk on south side of bridge all the way across the Hudson River -- big views south to the river going thru the mountains
bridge sidewalk ends, continue on asphalt path to its end
can continue loop south down east side of the Hudson River on "Newburgh-Beacon to Bear Mt east side" route - (search Bikerly for [bhvr4a])
Right - rt 9D South - (high traffic high-speed road, with reasonable width as of 2008)
Right - Beekman St
Right - Red Flynn Dr
Beacon train station -- platform on this side for Metro North trains going south to New York City -- and a parking lot
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from the Bear Mountain Bridge, up the west side of the river, to the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. Spectacular "corniche" section with the road cut into the side of Storm King Mountain, perched high over the Hudson River.
Hilly. Some high-traffic high-speed sections.
routeID [bhvr4b]. For more detail see Bear Mt / Newburgh-Beacon Bridge loop on Bike Hudson Valley - www.roberts-1.com/bikehudson
(Connects from and to other routes: Search on Bikely for [bhvr4a] + [bhvr3a] + [bhva5c]). This route last checked by us in 2009.
Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Unsafe, Scenic, Touring
