CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A rider’s loop: clean exit, memorable middle, calm return. Out of Albertson and back again: 531 km, roughly 7 h 49 in the saddle. On the way it passes Woodbury, near Franklin, near Dayton and Concord. The climb of the day is Sea Bright.
Next is New York / Hudson Valley rides return.
Central Valley is a small community in Orange County, New York, wedged between the Hudson Highlands and the New York State Thruway, and its claim to fame is that it sits beside Woodbury Common, one of the largest outlet shopping centres in the United States. On a weekend the shops draw tour buses from all over the region, and traffic backs up on the approach roads. Woodbury, the larger town about six kilometres away, has about eleven thousand people and plenty of fuel, supermarkets and diners.
Read the complete Near Woodbury, on the way back write-up.
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New York / Hudson Valley rides return comes up 60 km in. Next is Food stop near Franklin.
A break here. Next is Photo stop 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.
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Photo stop near Dayton, about halfway. Next is Hudson Highlands and Storm King checkpoint 8.
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge fills the sky over this part of Staten Island. Concord is a residential neighbourhood on the island's eastern side, a few streets back from the water and just inland from the bridge, a quiet mix of detached houses, small apartment blocks, churches and corner shops. When the bridge opened in 1964 it was the longest suspension span in the world, and it changed Staten Island forever, linking it by road to Brooklyn and turning a semi-rural borough into a commuter suburb almost overnight.
Read the complete Concord write-up.
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Back at Hudson Highlands and Storm King checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Hudson Highlands and Storm King high point.
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.
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Hudson Highlands and Storm King high point is the summit of this stretch. Next is Hudson Highlands and Storm King scenic road.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sea Bright write-up.
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360 km in you reach Hudson Highlands and Storm King scenic road. Next is Back to Hudson Highlands.
The Hudson Highlands are a long way up the river, so think of this as the opposite end of the day: a quiet suburban finish after the mountain miles. It is a place that rewards slowness, with leafy streets, stone walls and the odd glimpse of an estate gate behind high hedges.
Read the complete Hudson Highlands write-up.
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Back at Back to Hudson Highlands. That is the ride.
This Food stop near Franklin → Photo stop near Dayton stretch is for rhythm and scenery. Keep your head up, let the view breathe, and resist turning every open bend into a target. Stop once properly rather than half-stopping everywhere.
Photo stop near Dayton → Concord can flow quickly, but only if you keep village limits and junction sightlines sacred. Fast connectors are where rides get untidy when fatigue creeps in.