Why this ride
Out of Washington and back again: 214 km, roughly 3 h 10 in the saddle. Long stretches are under trees.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Catskill Creek and Kaaterskill · part 3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 214 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 10
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Photo stop near Washington
Planning note
Photo stop near Washington is where the day begins. Next is Catskill Creek and Kaaterskill 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
Back at Catskill Creek and Kaaterskill checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Back to Catskill Creek.
3. Back to Catskill Creek and Kaaterskill
Planning note
The route ends here after 192 km.
Leg by leg
Photo stop near Washington to Mott Haven
Photo stop near Washington → Mott Haven is 107 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.