Why this ride
A one-way ride of 989 km, Rumson to Staten Island - roughly 16 h 07 in the saddle. On the way it passes near Manasquan, Scenic stretch near Dayton, near Hackettstown and near Danbury.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Delaware Water Gap Long Day + Hudson to Rhinebeck Food Ride
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 989 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 16 h 07
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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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. Sea Bright
Sea Bright is barely a town at all in the geographic sense: a strip of sand a few hundred metres wide, with the Atlantic on one side, the Shrewsbury River on the other, and Ocean Avenue running down the middle. A great grey seawall shields the road from the ocean, and on a windy day you can feel the spray even though you cannot see the waves. Beach clubs, seafood bars and surf shops line the street, and in summer the whole place hums.
Read the complete Sea Bright write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Delaware Water Gap Long Day is where the day begins. Next is High point near Manasquan.
2. High point near Manasquan
Planning note
High point near Manasquan comes up 64 km in. Next is Scenic stretch near Dayton.
3. Scenic stretch near Dayton
Central New Jersey is not where anyone goes looking for mountain roads, and Dayton, part of South Brunswick township, makes no pretence otherwise. It sits in the flat country between New Brunswick and Princeton, crossed by Route 130, the New Jersey Turnpike and US 1, with warehouses, office parks, farms that have survived development and a lot of commuters. Think of this as a place to regroup on the way to the good stuff rather than a destination in itself.
Read the complete Photo stop near Dayton write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
127 km in you reach Scenic stretch near Dayton. Next is Photo stop near Hackettstown.
4. Photo stop near Hackettstown
Hackettstown smells faintly of chocolate on some days, thanks to the Mars factory in town, where candy has been made for decades. It is a pleasant small town in the valley of the Musconetcong River, in the hills of north-western New Jersey, with a main street, old churches and a college. For riders, it is a gateway to some of the best roads in the state.
Read the complete Photo stop near Hackettstown write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Photo stop near Hackettstown, early in the day. Next is Food stop near Danbury.
5. Food stop near Danbury
Planning note
Food at 255 km, roughly 5 hours into the riding. Next is New York / Hudson Valley rides return.
6. Near Easton, on the way back
This corner of Fairfield County is horse fences, old stone walls, apple orchards and white clapboard houses set back among maples, the gentle face of Connecticut between the crowded shoreline and the hills to the north. Easton, with fewer than eight thousand people, has no real town centre at all, just farms, woods and winding roads, and much of its land is held as watershed for the reservoirs that supply Bridgeport and the coast.
Read the complete Near Easton, on the way back write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
New York / Hudson Valley rides return comes up 318 km in. Next is Delaware Water Gap Long Day checkpoint 8.
7. Port Richmond
Staten Island's north shore faces New Jersey across the narrow Kill Van Kull, and Port Richmond sits right on it, under the steel arch of the Bayonne Bridge. That bridge was raised in recent years, its roadway lifted higher on the old arch so that the giant container ships heading for Newark and Elizabeth could pass underneath, an engineering feat carried out while traffic still flowed. From the waterfront, you watch tugs and ships slide past almost close enough to touch.
Read the complete Port Richmond write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Delaware Water Gap Long Day checkpoint 8 closes the day. Next is Back to Delaware.
8. Back to Sea Bright
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sea Bright write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Finish at Back to Delaware. That is the ride. Next is Hudson to Rhinebeck Food Ride.
9. Fuel stop in Staten Island
Planning note
Next is Food stop near Fair Haven.
10. Food stop near Fair Haven
Planning note
Food stop near Fair Haven is where this day stops to eat. Next is Scenic stretch near Rosedale.
11. Scenic stretch near Rosedale
Planning note
A break here. Next is High point in Franklin Square.
12. High point in Franklin Square
Planning note
Somewhere to get off the bike, 700 km in. Next is Hudson to Rhinebeck Food Ride checkpoint 8.
13. Near East Elmhurst
The planes give it away. East Elmhurst sits right beside LaGuardia Airport in northern Queens, and jets come in low over the rooftops every couple of minutes, their wheels down, as they line up for the runways that jut out into Flushing Bay. It is a neighbourhood of brick row houses, small gardens and churches, historically one of the main centres of Black middle-class life in Queens, and it has a strong sense of community despite the noise.
Read the complete Near East Elmhurst write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hudson to Rhinebeck Food Ride checkpoint 8 closes the day. Next is New York / Hudson Valley rides return.
14. Near Blauvelt, on the way back
Rockland County is the bit of New York State that feels like New Jersey and the Hudson Valley at the same time: suburban towns like Nanuet, West Nyack and Blauvelt, with shopping centres and highways, and then suddenly steep wooded ridges, cliffs above the river and old villages with church spires. Blauvelt and West Nyack sit in the middle of it, a few kilometres from the Hudson.
Read the complete Near Blauvelt, on the way back write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
New York / Hudson Valley rides return comes up 828 km in. Next is Photo stop in North Haledon.
15. Photo stop in North Haledon
Planning note
A break here. Next is Back to Hudson to.
16. Back to Hudson to
Staten Island is the odd one out in New York City, and that is exactly why it makes a good place to end a long ride. It is the least dense of the five boroughs, tied to the rest of the city by the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge to Brooklyn, the free Staten Island Ferry to Manhattan, and three bridges west to New Jersey. Riders returning from the Hudson Valley often arrive by the New Jersey side, crossing the Goethals or the Bayonne Bridge, whose arch was raised in the 2010s to let bigger ships pass underneath.
Read the complete Hudson to write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back to Hudson to closes the day.
Leg by leg
High point near Manasquan to Scenic stretch near Dayton
High point near Manasquan → Scenic stretch near Dayton is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Scenic stretch near Dayton to Photo stop near Hackettstown
Scenic stretch near Dayton → Photo stop near Hackettstown is 86 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Photo stop near Hackettstown to Food stop near Danbury
Photo stop near Hackettstown → Food stop near Danbury is 162 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Food stop near Danbury to Near Easton, on the way back
Food stop near Danbury → Near Easton, on the way back is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fuel stop in Staten Island to Food stop near Fair Haven
Fuel stop in Staten Island → Food stop near Fair Haven is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Food stop near Fair Haven to Scenic stretch near Rosedale
Food stop near Fair Haven → Scenic stretch near Rosedale is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Scenic stretch near Rosedale to High point in Franklin Square
Scenic stretch near Rosedale → High point in Franklin Square is 11 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
High point in Franklin Square to Near East Elmhurst
High point in Franklin Square → Near East Elmhurst is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Photo stop in North Haledon to Back to Hudson to
Photo stop in North Haledon → Back to Hudson to is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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