Northeast - Please help - route from Middletown, NY - High Point in NJ

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neilfein
01-08-09, 12:41 PM
Weather permitting (e,g,m no ice storms), I'll be riding next weekend from Middletown, NY to High Point State Park in NJ. I was planning to take the train all the way to Port Jervis, but that's not an option given when the trains run. (I'll need to make two conenctions, leaving from work at noon.) My other option is to leave work around 7 and get there at 10, not an attractive prospect. (I'm taking the afternoon off on Friday.)

All this is really to get me to the start of the High Point to Cape May route; I plan to ride it for two days, down to around Bridgewater to see my sister and her family.

Does this route make any kind of sense?

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Jan-2008-tour-day-1-1238117

In particular:


Mile 0, Middletown - The more direct route would be to head north from the train station and take 211, but it looks pretty bike-unfriendly from the satellite views. If 211 is doable, I could take it to Carpenter Ave after crossing rt 17, then take East Main through East Middletown, making my way to Wawayanda Avenue and CR 49.
Miles 6 - 17 - How is route 6 for biking? It looks like it's direct but a little dull.


Thanks!

neilfein
01-09-09, 10:45 AM
C'mon, please don't make me beg. (Wait, too late...) :)
HC203
01-11-09, 08:19 AM
The Adventure Cycling Atlantic coast route goes that way but arcs a bit north of Middletown to Port Jervis. It was part of my route from Quebec City to Baltimore that I am doing in stages. I did Quebec to Burlington in August, hope to do the rest this spring. You're route probably makes most sense.

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ny/hudson/168343941

Gotta be windy up at High Point. That's a ballsy winter ride! Good luck. I hope to do that Longest Day ride this year.

BTW-I see you're from Highland Park. I used to live in Metuchen, now Baltimore.

neilfein
01-11-09, 01:35 PM
I was originally planning to start at Port Jervis, but the train schedule makes that impractical; I'd end up getting to High Point very late.

At the moment, it looks like there's going to be a 10 mph crosswind and the high will be 9 F. Time to get that pair of winter gloves I've had my eye on. (I lost mine when moving.)