| West : A+B | -- | North from GWB to Bear Mt Bridge | Map | |||||
| GW Bridge to Bear Mt Bridge Loop | Description | |||||||
| West side of the River : North-bound | Reports | |||||||
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| Start | West end the South sidewalk of the George Washington Bridge (Fort Lee, New Jersey) | Abbreviations + Symbols | ||||||
| A | -- | George Washington Bridge to Nyack | List of Cue Sheets | |||||
| To get to Nyack from the West end of the George Washington Bridge (GWB), see the route directions for the GWB to Nyack route, from mile 0.0 to mile 19.3. | Summary of Cue Sheets | |||||||
| Description of Route | ||||||||
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| To continue North from Nyack to the Bear Mountain Bridge, see these directions below, starting from Nyack, NY, at the intersection of Main St and Broadway. | ||||||||
| B | -- | Nyack to Bear Mt Bridge | ||||||
| Miles | Mark | Turn | This Leg | Description | ||||
| 19.3 | Straight -North | 1.2 | Broadway (North) [HH] | |||||
| 20.5 | L | 0.6 | Old Mountain Rd (West), later joins with Christian Herald Rd | |||||
| Variation West-B1 | For a pleasant trip along the river's edge: continue Straight on Broadway, then bear right into Nyack Beach State Park. Continue North immediately next to the Hudson River. Turn around and return to main route. | |||||||
| Variation West-B2 | To avoid Rt 9W and take a quiet path: If have wide tires and the track is dry, there is -- or was -- a dirt path to Haverstraw. Continue Straight on Broadway, then bear right into Nyack Beach State Park. | |||||||
| Continue North immediately next to the Hudson River, and keep on going as the road goes up into the woods and turns to dirt. | ||||||||
| Note: this path seems to get major damage from a big storm every few years, so some sections might not be ridable -- or safely passable by any means with a bike -- and sometimes it has been marked Closed. | ||||||||
| Check condition reports for the Nyack Beach to Haverstraw Path under Rockland County on this page: | ||||||||
| Road Condition reports -- West side | ||||||||
| Eventually the dirt path joins a road, Riverside Ave. Continue north on this 0.8Mi, then BR onto to join with Short Clove Rd (which comes down from Rt 9W) to continue with the main route onto Maple Ave. | ||||||||
| 21.1 | R | 4.5 | Rt 9W North [HH] | |||||
| 22.6 | site | Rockland Lake State Park | ||||||
| 25.6 | T | R | 0.4 | Rt 9W North [HH -- some bad shoulder as of November 2001] (pass by Rt 303) | ||||
| 25.9 | (pass by Rt 304) | |||||||
| 26.0 | R | 0.2 | Short Clove Rd [HH] -- and watch for railroad tracks | |||||
| 26.2 | BL | 0.4 | becomes Riverside Ave | |||||
| 26.6 | BL | 0.6 | Maple St (pass by West St) | |||||
| 27.1 | (cross New Main St) | |||||||
| 27.2 | R | 0.1 | unsigned- Broad St | |||||
| 27.3 | L | 0.6 | Broadway [HH] | |||||
| 27.9 | BR | 0.3 | Samsondale | |||||
| 28.2 | R | 0.4 | Tanneyann's Lane | Map | ||||
| 28.6 | T | R | 1.5 | Rockland Co 108 (Grassy Point Rd / Beach Rd) | Description | |||
| 30.1 | site | Grassy Point -- beach on Hudson River, fine view. | Reports | |||||
| 30.1 | Straight | 0.6 | Rockland Co 108 (Grassy Point Rd / Beach Rd) | How to Use this Cue Sheet | ||||
| 30.7 | R | 0.5 | Beach Rd (Rockland Co 110) | Abbreviations + Symbols | ||||
| 31.2 | T | L | 0.1 | unsigned- Tomkins Rd (Rockland Co Rt 110) -- go under railroad bridge | List of Cue Sheets | |||
| 31.3 | R | 0.3 | Farley Drive (North) | Summary of Cue Sheets | ||||
| 31.6 | L | 0.3 | Jackson Drive (later joins with Georgian Drive) | |||||
| 31.9 | T | R | 0.1 | Park Rd (North-bound, later curves East) | ||||
| 31.9 | site | Stony Point Battlefield Park | ||||||
| 31.9 | Variation | to visit the lighthouse, with a fine view: Continue East on the Park Rd 0.5Mi and take a short walk to the lighthouse. Turn around and go back West 0.5Mi and then turn R onto the other Park Rd to rejoin the main route. | ||||||
| 32.0 | L | 0.2 | Park Rd (North, then curves West) | |||||
| 32.2 | R | 3.4 | Route 9W - North [HH] | |||||
| 32.6 | food | Tomkins Cove, Rockland Co Rt 53 and Rt 112 | ||||||
| 35.6 | R | 0.5 | Jones Point Rd (Bicycle Route 9) | |||||
| 36.1 | Straight - dirt | 1.8 | Bicycle Route 9 -- This path seems to get major damage from a big storm every few years, so some sections might not be ridable -- or safely passable by any means with a bike. | |||||
| Check condition reports for the Dunderberg Bypass Path under Rockland County on this page: | Map | |||||||
| Road Condition reports -- West side | Description | |||||||
| But continuing on Rt 9W through here has bad or no shoulders in an area of high speed traffic on curves -- though the vehicle lanes are reasonably wide. | Reports | |||||||
| 37.9 | R | 1.7 | Route 9W North [HH] | How to Use this Cue Sheet | ||||
| 38.2 | site | Iona Island | Abbreviations + Symbols | |||||
| 38.4 | site - food | to visit Bear Mountain State Park, turn L at signs for "to Seven Lakes Drive" and "Route 6", at circle go R and follow park road to Bear Mountain Lodge. To rejoin main route, continue Straight on park road and turn L onto Rt 9W North. | List of Cue Sheets | |||||
| 39.6 | circle HH | Finish | West end of the Bear Mountain Bridge -- traffic circle intersection of Rt 9W with Rt 6 and the Palisades Interstate Parkway | Summary of Cue Sheets | ||||
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| Note: The HH indicator for a high-speed / high traffic volume road segment is not used on this sheet (unlike most other routes on this Bike Hudson Valley website). For this route, assume that any segment of a motor vehicle road may be high-speed and/or high traffic volume. | ||||||||
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