Why this ride
224 km one way from Crandon Lakes - plan on about 3 h 20 of riding.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Appalachian Trail Ridge Day · part 3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 224 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 20
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Appalachian Trail Ridge Day checkpoint 8 → Back to Appalachian Trail
109 km on Appalachian Trail Ridge Day checkpoint 8 → Back to Appalachian Trail.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 109 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Photo stop in Crandon Lakes
Planning note
Photo stop in Crandon Lakes is where the day begins. Next is Appalachian Trail Ridge Day checkpoint 8.
2. Mott Haven
The southernmost tip of the Bronx is where Mott Haven and Port Morris meet the Harlem and East rivers, a grid of brick tenements, warehouses, rail yards and highway viaducts just across the water from Manhattan and Randall's Island. The area takes its name from Jordan Mott, an inventor who opened an iron works here in the 1840s, and the factories that followed made the South Bronx an industrial district for generations.
Read the complete Mott Haven write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Finish at Appalachian Trail Ridge Day checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Back to Appalachian Trail.
3. Back to Appalachian Trail
It is flat, leafy, comfortable suburban country a few minutes from the beach, with big oaks, old estates, horse farms and the sort of golf courses that surround an affluent coast. The sense of the sea is never far, in the gulls and the light.
Read the complete Appalachian Trail write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 224 km.
Leg by leg
Photo stop in Crandon Lakes to Mott Haven
Photo stop in Crandon Lakes → Mott Haven is 115 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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