Trip Reports on
Quaker Ridge
Herb & Jerry, July 2009:
Rode Quaker Ridge with Variation A yesterday. Scenery on the
Connecticut section is striking. Cue sheet issues: Milepost 0.9: should
say 'Straight', since E. Main Street becomes Quaker Hlll Road after it
crosses Rt. 22. Cue sheet is confusing. Milepost 31.5: this is a 'T'
intersection. Also DC 6 is unsigned.
Another great Roberts ride.
[Ken responds: Fixed those things on the cue sheet -- glad to
have riders pointing out the problems.]
Tom, August 2007:
Rode Quaker Ridge route on Aug 5, 2007. There were
newly paved shoulders on Quaker Hill Road/DC67 and most of DC66 is newly
paved--making those fun descents even more fun. Restroom inside
Gaylordsville Country Store appears to be permanently "out of order",
while Kent has sparkling new public restrooms among all the new shops
tucked in behind North Main Street. A beautiful, challenging and
enjoyable ride, as always.
July 2003, Greg:
I did the Quaker Ridge route yesterday with a few friends. This time
I rode the Variation A section which was nice, but the roads for this
detour were pretty bad. Overall it's an enjoyable ride with 2 difficult
but manageable hills.
June 2003, Ken:
Sharon and I rode miles 13.3 to 36.0 as part of another ride.
The New York state roads were pretty nice, but some of the Connecticut
roads from miles 13.3 to 19.2 were rougher than we remembered them --
guess they didn't do very well through last winter. We also rode
most of Variation A -- the second half of the segment on Church Rd /
Gaylord Rd was getting pretty rough.
April 2003, James:
Did QR with a friend today. What a day, what a route, great work.
The roads in CT south of Kent were pretty sandy and rough, a bit
jarring with my Trek racing frame. Maybe my hybrid would have been
better.
A minor note: coming south on DC6, one should bear right and head
west on 55, not bear left and go eastbound back toward CT.
Anyway, I can't wait to pick another route for another weekend...and
soon.
late November 2002, Ken:
Sharon and I rode it on our tandem -- together with Pat and Mary, who rode it
on their tandem. Turns out they know the route better than we do -- showed
us a new rest stop. Kinda cold, glad we brought every piece of warm
clothing, especially for our fingers and toes -- but sunny and very worth it.
June 2002, Greg:
I recently did the Quaker Ridge route and it was one of the nicest routes
I've taken.
April 2002, Patrick:
Today we followed your "Quaker Ridge" route. Although we had ridden
some of the roads previously there were many that we had not been on that we had
not ridden. We ride from home to Pawling quite frequently but had never been up
Quaker Hill Rd. It was worth the climb. Thanks for making these rides
available.
May 2001, Ken Roberts:
Tony, Greg, Ron, Sharon, and Ken went out on a fine day.
Metro North worked fine for getting Tony to the start, although they substituted
a bus for the train for part of the journey. E Main St out of Pawling was
bumpy, especially in the SE direction. Climbing E up DC 67 up Quaker Hill
Rd was not as bad as we feared, and it was beautiful going N along the
ridge. We tried out Variation A, and the roads were quiet and pretty,
although Spring Lake Rd and Church Rd were rough in many places. Ron liked
the variation a lot, but Sharon wasn't so happy with the bumps she felt on the back of the
tandem. Station Rd and Browns Forge Rd were bumpy in places. We had
lunch in Kent and then crossed back into New York -- but even though we were
past the Quaker Ridge hill and staying down in the valley of the Ten Mile River,
there were still lots more hills on our way back to Pawling.
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