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- Where: From the village of New Paltz in Ulster county
to Rondout creek waterfront in the city of Kingston, then to the
Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge over to the east side of the Hudson River,
and a little south to village of Rhinebeck in Dutchess county.
- 29 miles, with moderate hilliness.
- Highlights: ??
- Characteristics: Some quiet roads, some busy sections, and some city
streets. Some significant hills, but also lots of flat and gentle
sections.
- Maps: You should have a detailed road maps of Ulster
and Dutchess counties
to do this route (see Road Maps).
Route Directions
- Start with first half of
New Paltz to Kingston Waterfront (18 miles)
- From the city of Kingston waterfront on Broadway, can use the
directions of the "connection" to cross the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge.
(6 miles)
- After crossing the east side of the Hudson river, from Rt 199 East,
turn Right onto River Rd - Dutchess county Rt 103 South for 0.1 mile,
Left on Upper Hook Rd for 1.7 miles.
- Join the last part of the
Rhinebeck - Tivoli
loop - [
cue sheet ] (3 miles)
For more ideas, see the Mid-Hudson
to Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge loop
see more of Ulster county
There's more pretty riding in this area, so here's some ideas for how
to fit some of that with this section of the NYC to Albany route:
- Great Shawangunk Hill
Loop near its finish meets
New Paltz to Kingston
Waterfront just after its start. Side trip visits to Castle Point
and Lake Awosting at Minnewaska State Park (on dirt-gravel) and to the
Mohonk Mountain House and its lake and rock scrambles include some of
the great sights of the northeast U.S.
- For less miles and climbing, could ride only one of the crossings of
the Shawangunk ridge -- at Minnewaska -- only the first half of the
Great Shawangunk Hill Loop.
After taking Tow Path Rd to Alligerville, there are several ways to go
north to meet Rt 213 near High Falls, then take Rt 213 East to Rosendale
to meet the New Paltz to
Kingston Waterfront route.
- A grand way to see the biggest lake in the Hudson valley and visit
Woodstock (the very village which gave the name to the famous 1960s rock
concert) is to take the first part of the
New Paltz to Ashokan Reservoir
route to second half of the
Woodstock and around the Ashokan Reservoir route. From the
Woodstock, there are several ways to connect to Kingston and Rhinebeck.
One of the prettiest (but not the shortest) would be
to go back to the Reservoir and continue the
New Paltz to Ashokan Reservoir
loop with the fun Ashokan Rd descent, but then leave that route by
taking Rt 213 East from High Falls to Rosendale and join the
New Paltz to Kingston
Waterfront route.
Another idea would be to omit the Rondout waterfront
part of Kingston, and ride more directly from Woodstock to the
Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge.
- to visit the city of Poughkeepsie and see the historic estates and
mansions (Vanderbilt, Roosevelt) of Hyde Park, could use the New Paltz
to Poughkeepsie connection to cross the Mid-Hudson Bridge over to the
east side of the Hudson River, then go north to Rhinebeck by some
combination of the official New York state "Bike Route 9" and the first
half of the Mid-Hudson /
Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge loop.
see also
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