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05-12-09, 11:57 PM
Hello!
Many thanks to all who helped me plan my last tour routes here.
This tour goes from Boston to Montreal to Rochester, NY.
I used a Rubel map for MA, which was very helpful.
From the southeast corner of the Adirondack Park (around Whitehall, NY) up into Canada, and finally to Montreal I am following a route here (http://www.champlainbikeways.org/directions/nynorthpri.htm) and extending this riding northwest.
It would be great if anybody who knew the area between Greenfield, MA (Western) to the Adirondack Park and could verify if the route I have planned out will be safe and enjoyable. If there is a better route alternative, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Proposed route goes north from Greenfield into VT and west, into NY State:
Proposed Route (Google Maps) (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Shelburne+Line+Rd&daddr=Greenfield+Rd+to:43.502745,-73.676376&geocode=Fai8igIdvTOr-w%3BFSYOiwIdOtaq-w%3B&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=11&via=1&dirflg=h&sll=43.450925,-73.575439&sspn=0.343451,0.453186&ie=UTF8&ll=43.43896,-73.44223&spn=0.687035,0.906372&z=10)
Is this a good way to get into the park, or are any of these roads not really bike friendly? Also is 9N going to be bike friendly up into Ticonderoga? Or, would it be a better plan to ride towards Whitehall directly and take 22 to Ticonderoga? The plan would be to ride more in the park than not, but if the route isn't safe than we will avoid it.
Thank you all,
_S
Many thanks to all who helped me plan my last tour routes here.
This tour goes from Boston to Montreal to Rochester, NY.
I used a Rubel map for MA, which was very helpful.
From the southeast corner of the Adirondack Park (around Whitehall, NY) up into Canada, and finally to Montreal I am following a route here (http://www.champlainbikeways.org/directions/nynorthpri.htm) and extending this riding northwest.
It would be great if anybody who knew the area between Greenfield, MA (Western) to the Adirondack Park and could verify if the route I have planned out will be safe and enjoyable. If there is a better route alternative, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Proposed route goes north from Greenfield into VT and west, into NY State:
Proposed Route (Google Maps) (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Shelburne+Line+Rd&daddr=Greenfield+Rd+to:43.502745,-73.676376&geocode=Fai8igIdvTOr-w%3BFSYOiwIdOtaq-w%3B&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=11&via=1&dirflg=h&sll=43.450925,-73.575439&sspn=0.343451,0.453186&ie=UTF8&ll=43.43896,-73.44223&spn=0.687035,0.906372&z=10)
Is this a good way to get into the park, or are any of these roads not really bike friendly? Also is 9N going to be bike friendly up into Ticonderoga? Or, would it be a better plan to ride towards Whitehall directly and take 22 to Ticonderoga? The plan would be to ride more in the park than not, but if the route isn't safe than we will avoid it.
Thank you all,
_S