Why this ride
A 190 km loop that starts and ends near Bloomingdale, about 2 h 42 of riding. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Montauk Long Island End Run · part 3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 190 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 42
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
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. Photo stop near Bloomingdale
The long, wooded ridge of Sourland Mountain rises out of the farmland of Somerset County here, a lump of hard volcanic rock that resisted erosion while the softer land around it was worn away. The Sourlands are not high, but they are wild for New Jersey, with boulder fields, streams and forests, and they make a welcome change from the flat suburbs further east. It was on this ridge that Charles Lindbergh built his house, and from which his baby son was kidnapped in 1932, a crime that gripped the nation.
Read the complete Photo stop near Bloomingdale write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Photo stop near Bloomingdale is where the day begins. Next is Montauk Long Island End Run checkpoint 8.
2. Edgewater
Edgewater is a thin ribbon of a town squeezed between the Hudson River and the foot of the Palisades, the dark basalt cliffs that line the New Jersey side of the river opposite Manhattan. Across the water, so close it almost looks touchable, lies the Upper West Side, with Riverside Park, the tower of Riverside Church and Grant's Tomb visible above the trees.
Read the complete Edgewater write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Montauk Long Island End Run checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Back to Montauk Long.
3. Back to Montauk Long Island End Run
Planning note
The route ends here after 171 km.
Leg by leg
Photo stop near Bloomingdale to Edgewater
Photo stop near Bloomingdale → Edgewater is 96 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.