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United States > New York > Beacon
Newburgh-Beacon to Bear Mt Bridge east side  
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The way points of this bicycle route:

Start on south sidewalk of Newburgh-Beacon Bridge going east across Hudson River from Newburgh toward Beacon

Right - route 9D South [high-speed high-traffic road]

Beacon

Right - Beekman St (sign for railroad station) - (later becomes Wolcott Av)

Metro North train station to right

(to visit park beside Hudson River or parking lot + south-bound platform for Metro North train station, turn right on Red Flynn St)

(Dia:Beacon museum to right)

Right - Wolcott Av / route 9D South

(to visit city of Beacon renaissance, with food options: turn L on Chestnut for 0.4Mi, R on Main St 0.3Mi, L on Tioronda Av 0.3Mi, L on Wolcott Av / rt 9D to rejoin main route)

(continue on route 9D South, becomes Howland Av)

(view west across the Hudson River to Storm King Mountain)

continue Straight thru tunnel under Breakneck Ridge

Right - Fair St (turn comes just before climbing hill)

Left - Northern Av

Right - Church St

(for food options + Metro North train station in Cold Spring + to visit park on Hudson River, turn right on Main St and go down hill)

Cold Spring

Straight across onto Furnace St

bear Right - Marion Av

Left - Benedict St (turn comes before end of Marion Av), to its end

Right - route 9D South

Right - Chestnut St, to its end

Right - route 9D South

(site: Boscobel Restoration)

(view from bridge west across Hudson River to West Point - US Military Academy)

(site: Dick's Castle)

Garrison

(to visit Garrison Landing + Metro North train station, turn Right on Upper Station Rd / rt 14, then return on Lower Station Rd / rt 12 to rt 9D to rejoin main route)

(pass by rt 403 -- watch for castle on hill to left)

Right - rt 6 / rt 202 West across Hudson River on Bear Mountain Bridge [reasonable shoulder on roadway as of 2009]

Fort Montgomery

finish at west end of Bear Mountain Bridge

Bear Mountain

can continue on Bear Mountain to Newburgh + Beacon route (search Bikely for [bhvr4b])

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from Beacon south thru Cold Spring to the Bear Mountain Bridge. routeID [bhvr4a]. Good view of Storm King Mountain across the Hudson River. 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 [bhvr4b]). This route last checked by us in 2009.

Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Unsafe, Scenic, Touring

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