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Ken Roberts - - Bicycling
calculations of steepness for hill climbs
see also
map of NJ hill areas |
details on selected climbs |
Hudson Valley NY climbs
I calculated steepness and size for some hills on New Jersey
roads. There's some complications in this, and I'm confident there's some
significant inaccuracies in this list . . . anyway here's my results so far as
of October 2007:
road + location
 |
note
|
steep section
vertical feet
|
steep section
grade
|
total climb
vertical feet
|
last
checked
|
| Fiddlers Elbow Rd, SE fr 519 + Roxburg
Hill, south fr Belvidere |
|
130
500 |
nearly 20%
13-14% |
925 |
2007 |
| Mountain Av, west from Maplewood (see also Crestwood Dr) |
|
160 |
15+% |
290 |
2007 |
| Forge Hill Rd onto Mt Airy, SE fr 645 Musc River + SE
fr Washington |
|
195 |
13.5% |
430 |
2007 |
| Halfway House Rd, north fr 57 west fr Washington |
|
150 |
16% |
770 |
2007 |
| Mt Lebanon Rd, south fr Old Turnpike + 57
NE fr Washington |
|
225 |
13% |
430 |
2007 |
| Quenby Mountain Rd, west off 46 west fr Hackettstown |
? |
190 |
over 13% |
425 |
? |
| Warrenville Rd, north fr 22 near Dunellen |
H |
330 |
12-13% |
350 |
2007 |
| Hillcrest Rd, north fr Valley Rd betw 22 + 78 near
Watchung |
H |
200 |
12% |
300 |
2007 |
| Lommason Glen / Buckhorn, SE from 519 south fr
Belvidere |
|
125 |
14% |
815 |
2007 |
| Gillette Rd, S fr Meyersville Rd to Long
Hill Rd |
? |
150 |
14% |
180 |
? |
| Roxburg Hill Rd, SE fr 519 south fr
Belvidere (prelude to Fiddlers) |
|
180 |
12% |
" |
2007 |
| High Point east side, Rt 23 northwest fr Sussex |
H |
330 |
10-12% |
1100 |
1998 |
| Rt 579 south fr Bloomsbury |
V |
500 |
11% or so |
725 |
2007 |
| Fox Farm Rd, north fr 57 east fr Phillipsburg |
|
400 |
11% |
660 |
2007 |
| Warwick Tpk, west up Bearfort Mt fr 513 lower
Greenwood Lake |
|
300 |
11+% |
530 |
2007 |
| Summit Rd, north fr 22 in Mountainside |
H
V |
275 |
11% |
330 |
2007 |
| Federal Twist Rd, north fr 29 betw Lambertville +
Frenchtown |
? |
200 |
11% |
380 |
? |
| Danville Mountain Rd, west off 46 west fr
Hackettstown |
? |
180 |
11% |
440 |
? |
| Montana Rd, north fr 57 west fr Washington |
V |
160 |
11% |
600 |
2007 |
| Rt 519 south from Warren Glen, south of Phillipsburg |
H |
400 |
10.5% |
490 |
2007 |
| Lake Just-It Rd, south fr 519 south fr Hope |
? |
210 |
10.5% |
250 |
? |
| Ackerman Rd, in Mountainside north fr Deer Path, New
Prov Rd, 22 |
|
180 |
10.5% |
320 |
2007 |
| Rt 173 Musconetcong Mt, east fr West Portal near
Interstate 78 |
|
220 |
over 10% |
380 |
2007 |
| Point Mt Rd, SE fr 645 Musc River + 57 east fr
Washington |
|
460 |
10% |
550 |
2007 |
| Glenwood Mt Rd, west fr 667 to 565 near Vernon Valley
+ NY border |
? |
470 |
10% |
520 |
? |
| Rt 517 Schooleys Mt, NW from 24 west fr Chester |
? |
430 |
10% |
540 |
? |
| Stephens Rd, west up Bearfort Mt fr 513 north fr
Newfoundland |
? |
380 |
10% |
400 |
? |
| Sunrise Mountain, NE fr 636 + 206 north fr Culvers
Lake |
? |
100 |
10% |
750 |
2001 |
| Thachers Hill, northwest fr Flemington |
? |
220 |
10% |
375 |
? |
| Valley Drive south fr 527 Valley Rd NE fr Watchung
circle |
|
215 |
9-10% |
260 |
2007 |
| Johnston Dr, NE fr 531 + Watchung Av near Plainfield |
V |
250 |
9.5% |
330 |
2007 |
| West Palisades Blvd, east thru Palisades Park |
? |
160 |
9.5% |
280 |
? |
| Glenside Av into Deer Path, north fr 22 in
Mountainside |
H
V |
120 |
9.5% |
250 |
2006 |
| Northfield Av, Rt 508, west fr Orange |
H |
325 |
over 9% |
380 |
2007 |
| Byram-Kingswood Rd, north fr 29 betw Lambertville +
Frenchtown |
? |
290 |
over 9% |
450 |
? |
| Mt Pleasant Av, Rt 10, west fr Orange |
? |
410 |
8.5% |
430 |
? |
| river road in Palisades park by Alpine + Hudson
river, 7mi N fr GWB |
|
330 |
8.5% |
480 |
2007 |
| Skyline Drive south side, betw Oakland + Ringwood |
H |
610 |
8% |
720 |
2002 |
| Skyline Drive north side, betw Ringwood + Oakland |
H |
540 |
8% |
620 |
2002 |
| Fort Lee Rd, Rt 12 east thru Leonia |
H |
180 |
over 8% |
300 |
2005 |
| High Point west side, Rt 23 south fr Port Jervis NY |
H |
400 |
nearly 8% |
1030 |
1998 |
| Millbrook Rd, north fr 57 west fr Washington |
? |
460 |
7.5% |
820 |
2007 |
| Rt 512 east from Califon |
? |
330 |
7.5% |
375 |
? |
| Penn Brook Rd, Mine Mt, north fr 202 betw
Bernardsville + Far Hills |
? |
290 |
7% |
350 |
2001 |
| Rt 510 west fr South Orange |
? |
360 |
over 6% |
365 |
? |
Warning: Some of these climbs often have high motor vehicle traffic
through a bad visibility section, others have damaged surface or other dangerous
conditions. The table above is only an estimate of size and steepness of each
hill, not a recommendation to attempt climbing or descending it.
? = traffic,
visibility, and surface characteristics unknown to me.
H = higher
traffic volume than many other climbs.
V = questionable
visibility or limited sight distance.
Areas with groups of climbs
see
map showing hill areas
-
Kittatinny Mt -- ridge parallel to the Delaware River in
the northwest corner of NJ -- includes these climbs: High Point, Sunrise
Mountain. (Kittatinny is one section of a ridge running from North Carolina
to Rosendale, NY.)
-
"Montana" -- between 519 and 57 northeast from Philipsburg
in west NJ -- includes these climbs: Fiddlers Elbow, Fox Farm, Montana Rd,
Millbrook Rd, Halfway House,
Lommason Glen, etc. -- It's also pretty to ride on the plateau on top.
-
Jenny Jump -- between 519 and 46 between Belvidere +
Hackettstown in west NJ -- includes these climbs: Quenby Mountain, Danville
Mountain, Lake Just-It.
-
Musconetcong Mt ridge -- near Interstate 78 southeast +
east from
Phillipsburg and south + east from Washington in west NJ -- includes these climbs: Rt 579 Bloomsbury, Rt 519
Warren Glen, Rt 173 West Portal, Forge Hill, Point Mt, Mt Lebanon. Schooley's Mt is an extension of that
ridge, with the Rt 517 climb.
-
Delaware River north of Lambertville in west NJ -- includes
these climbs: Federal Twist, Byram-Kingswood -- and Thacher Hill is not far.
-
Watchung south + reservation -- ridge between 22 and 78 by
Dunellen + Plainfield + Mountainside in east NJ -- includes these climbs:
Warrenville Rd, Johnston Dr, Valley Dr, Hill Hollow, Ackerman Dr, Summit Rd,
Hillcrest Rd --
and a nice
7 mile hilly loop on paved roads thru the Watchung
Reservation.
-
north Watchung ridge -- ridge from Millburn north to Patterson in
east NJ, with steep climbs around Orange + Maplewood, including Mountain Av,
Northfield Av, Mt Pleasant Av, Eagle Rock, etc.
-
Palisades -- northeast NJ -- climbs on on both east and
west sides, including West Palisades Blvd, Fort Lee Rd, and the river road
in the park.
-
Bearfort Mt -- ridge parallel to 513 north fr Newfoundland
in north NJ, between the lower + upper Greenwood lakes -- includes these
climbs: Warwick Tpk, Stephens Rd.
see also
map of NJ hill areas |
details on selected NJ climbs |
Hudson Valley NY climbs
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