Why this ride
A 203 km one-way ride from near Shrewsbury, about 3 h 00 of riding.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
North Fork Lighthouse Easy Ride · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 203 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 00
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Food stop near Shrewsbury
Inland from Shrewsbury and the Jersey Shore, western Monmouth County is a surprise to anyone who thinks New Jersey is all highways and suburbs. This is farm country, with horse paddocks, sod farms, orchards and fields of corn and soybeans, crossed by quiet roads and dotted with small villages. Allentown, a few miles west, is a delightful old mill town with a millpond, a main street of eighteenth-century houses and antique shops.
Read the complete Food stop near Shrewsbury write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Food stop near Shrewsbury is where the day begins. Next is New York / Hudson Valley rides return.
2. Sea Girt
A short red-brick lighthouse with a square tower stands on the corner of Ocean Avenue in Sea Girt, looking more like a Victorian house that grew a lantern than a proper beacon. It was built in the 1890s to fill a dark gap in the chain of lights along the Jersey Shore, and today volunteers keep it open for occasional tours. Around it, Sea Girt is a small, quiet, well-kept borough of shingled houses, wide lawns and shady streets, with a non-commercial boardwalk running along a clean, broad beach.
Read the complete Sea Girt 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 about 45 km into the recorded legs. Next is Scenic stretch in Old Bethpage.
3. Scenic stretch in Old Bethpage
Step into Old Bethpage Village Restoration and Long Island's suburbs vanish: a nineteenth-century farming village of houses, barns, a church, a tavern and a blacksmith's shop, many of them moved here from elsewhere on the island to save them from demolition. Costumed staff work the fields and crafts, and the contrast with the busy roads outside is striking.
Read the complete Scenic stretch in Old Bethpage 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 235 km.
Leg by leg
Food stop near Shrewsbury to Sea Girt
Food stop near Shrewsbury → Sea Girt is 45 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.