The way points of this bicycle route:
starting coming north + east from New York City on Shore Rd near Orchard Beach + City Island and the Pelham Parkway bike trail.
(road name changes to Pelham Rd)
(several good water views in Glen Island Park to right -- but the sign said that all visitors must have Westchester county resident ID)
(water view in Leif Ericsson park to right)
Right - Main St / rt 1 North [high traffic road, two lanes in each direction, often parked cars, which can make it a tricky to ride - but there were signs saying that it's an official bike route - (it's not so easy to find clearly better alternatives thru here)
Right - LaFevre Lane: goes to Five Islands Park with water views (a.k.a Oakwook Island). What's special here is thet the islands are enclosed inside a cove, and there are bridges to visit two of them.
(can reach two of the islands over bridges) -- Turn around and return to route 1
Right - rt 1 North
(shorter here is to continue straight on rt 1, but turning off as shown in the route has quiet roads over a quiet bridge to a quiet view over the water with trees and rocks.)
Right - Dillon Rd, later becomes Pryer Manor Rd, to its end
Left - Pryor Lane
quick Right - Helena Av, becomes Park Av, to its end
bear Right to go around loop
(for a nicer view and pleasant path, leave the road here and walk on the paved path by the water)
(pass by Circle Av, instead continue Straight to make larger loop on Park Av)
quick bear Left - Larchmont Av
quick Right - Magnolia Av - (though simpler is to continue straight on Larchmont Av, but we didn't check that in 2009)
Left - Ocean Av, to its end
Left - Woodbine Av
quick Right - Monroe Av
(to shorten the route, but miss seeing more of Larchmont + Mamaroneck, continue Straight on Monroe Av to its end, then Right on rt 1 north. This requires much more distance on busy route 1, much of which is avoided by following this route as given -- but it's not clear that Palmer Av in this route is actually easier or safer for bicycling than Route 1. The point of this route is to offer choices.
Left - Willow Av - (but we didn't check this in 2009)
Right - Beach Av
Left - Ocean Av
Left - Stuyvesant Av
(to see more of Larchmont's shops + food options + Metro North train station - (but more traffic with parked cars) - continue Straight onto Soundview Dr + bear Right onto Parkway St + Palmer Av
Right - Rock Hill Terrace
across Larchmont Av onto Vanderburgh Av, to its end
Left + quick Right, from Hall Av to Palmer Av
Right - Delancey Av
Left - Prospect Av
(to see more of the Mamaroneck shops + food options + Metro North train station, turn Left at traffic light) - (what's different about Mamaroneck Av is that it's a main business street with angle parking)
(to see water views at Harbor Island Park, turn Right at traffic light)
Straight across Mamaroneck Av at traffic light
curve Left + turn Right onto Tompkins Av
Left - Melbourne Av
Right - Brook St, to its end
Right - Barry Av to traffic light
(if not much traffic, could just turn Left on route 1 is simpler) - otherwise Straight across rt 1 then make next Left
Left - Stuart Av, to its end
Right - Route 1 North
Right - Oakland Beach Av, to its end
Left - Forest Av
(it's shorter here to continue straight, but turning off as the route shows a classic seaside amusement park (about the only one on the Sound coast), and a boardwalk with a nice view of the water and somewhat-classic swimming-beach building
first Right - Rye Beach Av, to its end
Left - (unsigned) toward Playland Park
bear Right into Playland Park
water view on boardwalk to right
turn around to exit from Playland Park
Right - Playland Parkway
Right - Forest Av, to its end
Right - Grace Church St
(of course it's shorter to just go straight here, but the turn given in this route goes by a unique quiet cove, on a road with kinda interesting riding
first Right - Kirby Lane
Right - Grace Church St
Right - Don Bosco Pl (opposite Midland Av)
(Metro North train station to left, food options) -- continue Straight onto Abendroth Av, to its end
Right - Mill St
(if not so much traffic, could try going straight here onto Delavan Av, but that often has lots of parked cars on an uphill)
Right - Water St
first Left - William St
Left - Mead Av, to its end - (could avoid more of Delavan Av by continuing straight here, but ahead it's a one-way street)
Right - Delavan Av - (road crosses under I-95 multiple times, changes names multiple times)
Right - Prospect St
Left - Horseneck Lane
Right - Shore Rd
Left - enter Grass Island Park
Right - loop around in park
curve Left toward exit from park
Right - Shore Rd, to its end
Right - Horseneck Lane, to its end
Left - Arch St
Right - Arch St (climb hill)
more shops on to Left up hill, but it's a one-way street - (could consider walking up with bike, the turn around and ride back down)
Right - Greenwich Av - (down hill) - (food options)
(finish by Greenwich train station - Metro North)
Welcome to Bikely, take a step by step tour of this path:
Press Start Tour - then use the navigation buttons below to move along the path.
Along the coast of the Long Island Sound from New York City + Pelham, east thru Westchester county to Port Chester NY + Greenwich CT. Offers several options for riding to the best water views, connecting to train stations, and for avoiding riding on the route 1.
Connects to route Greenwich to Darien coast -- search Bikely for [lisn3].
For more info and connections see www.roberts-1.com/x/m - routeID [lisn2].
Most people will not want to ride it exactly as in the route - (though we did on one nice summer day) - but it's easy to see how to skip the parts you don't want to try. Detailed labels on points form a cue sheet (click on Show, select Cue Sheet). Positions of points have been tweaked and partly tested for GPS navigation in the East-bound direction. Route not checked by us since 2009.
Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Smooth, Scenic, Touring
