Why this ride
A 132 km one-way ride from near Long Branch, about 2 h 01 of riding. Much of it runs through woodland.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Finger Lakes Overnight · part 3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 132 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 01
- 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
Finger Lakes Overnight checkpoint 8 → Back to Finger Lakes
The ride follows Finger Lakes Overnight checkpoint 8 → Back to Finger Lakes for 46 km.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 46 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Monmouth Beach
Between the ocean and the Shrewsbury River lies a strip of land so thin that in places you can see water on both sides of the road, and Monmouth Beach occupies a stretch of it. It is a small, wealthy borough just north of Long Branch, with large homes facing the river, a marina, and an ocean beach protected by a massive stone sea wall that runs for kilometres along this part of the coast.
Read the complete Monmouth Beach write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Finger Lakes Overnight photo pull-off is where the day begins. Next is Finger Lakes Overnight checkpoint 8.
2. Near Lyndhurst
The Meadowlands are one of the strangest landscapes in America: a vast flat expanse of marsh and reeds along the Hackensack River, criss-crossed by highways, railways and power lines, with the Manhattan skyline rising across the water to the east. Lyndhurst, Rutherford and East Rutherford sit on its edges, old towns of brick houses and main streets, with the giant MetLife Stadium and the American Dream shopping complex looming over the marsh.
Read the complete Near Lyndhurst write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Finish at Finger Lakes Overnight checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Back to Finger Lakes.
3. Back to Finger Lakes
Wesley Hills and Pomona are quiet suburban villages in Rockland County, New York, in the green band between the Hudson River and the Ramapo Mountains. If you are heading home from the Finger Lakes, this is a gentle landing before the city: the roads are lined with tall oaks and stone walls, and the traffic thins compared with the highways to the south. The county itself is small, wooded and full of old Dutch names like Tappan and Nyack that go back to the seventeenth century.
Read the complete Finger Lakes 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 220 km.