Delaware Water Gap Long Day · part 3

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. New York / Hudson Valley rides

   This corner of the state is a landscape of reservoirs, small rivers and stone walls, with the Housatonic River held in two long lakes behind dams at Lake Zoar and Lake Lillinonah. The ride that uses this point is billed as a Delaware Water Gap long day, and that lies a long way west, so treat this as a starting or finishing area for a much bigger loop through New York and New Jersey.

   Read the complete New York / Hudson Valley rides 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 is where the day begins. Next is Delaware Water Gap Long Day checkpoint 8.

2. 2. 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

   Back at Delaware Water Gap Long Day checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Back to Delaware.

3. 3. Back to New York / Hudson Valley rides

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete New York / Hudson Valley rides 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 232 km.