Why this ride
90 km one way from Fort Hamilton - plan on about 1 h 46 of riding. Long Beach is the high point. Long stretches are under trees.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Catskills High Peaks Sweep · part 3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 90 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 46
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Near Fort Hamilton
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge leaps across the entrance to New York Harbor between Brooklyn and Staten Island, and this ride's start and finish sit at its foot, near Fort Hamilton on the Brooklyn side and Fort Wadsworth across the water. When it opened in 1964, the bridge had the longest suspension span in the world, and it is still one of the most impressive structures in the city, especially at dawn or dusk, when its towers catch the light. Every November the New York City Marathon begins on it.
Read the complete Near Fort Hamilton write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Catskills High Peaks Sweep checkpoint 8 is where the day begins. Next is Catskills High Peaks Sweep high point.
2. Long Beach
Planning note
You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Scenic stretch in Rockville Centre.
3. Scenic stretch in Rockville Centre
Planning note
about 52 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch in Rockville Centre. Next is Back to Catskills.
4. Back to Catskills
City Island is the quirkiest part, a mile-and-a-half-long island with a single main street, a shipbuilding history and a fleet of small boats bobbing in its harbours.
Read the complete Catskills write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back to Catskills closes the day.
Leg by leg
Scenic stretch in Rockville Centre to Back to Catskills
Scenic stretch in Rockville Centre → Back to Catskills is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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