Skylands Cycling Cue Sheet
Name of Ride: Vernon to Little Italy Total Mileage:70
Description: Flat, Three Climbs (Warwick Turnpike, Skyline Drive, and Five Sisters in Engelwood)
Starting Point: Someplace Special Mall (rear parking lot)
Directions to Starting Point: Route 23 to 94 north, at brothers pizza stay on 517 north to ( T ) make left and a right into the first driveway. We head down Vernon Crossing to Church St.
| Mileage Turn Road or Street Name Comments | ||
| 1.0 Right Church Street are we almost there ? | ||
| 1.5 Left 94 North | ||
| 1.7 Left 94 North | ||
| 7.2 Right Waywayanda | ||
| 7.2 Left Hoyt 1 mile climb | ||
| 8.6 Right Warwick Turnpik 1 mile climb | ||
| 9.2 Left Fork | ||
| 9.6 Straight Union Valley Rd. | ||
| 11.2 Left Marshall Hill | ||
| l8.0 Left Skyline Dr. 3 mile climb | ||
| 23.0 Left West Oakland | ||
| 23.5 Left Ramapo Valley | ||
| 23.8 Right Franklin Ave. | ||
| 28.2 Right Godwin Mobile station/restroom & food | ||
| 36.7 Left New Maple | ||
| 37.0 Right Linwood | ||
| 40.6 Right Pascack | ||
| 41.7 Left Oradell | ||
| 43.0 Left Grand | ||
| 45.3 Left Park | ||
| 45.4 Right over wooden bridge stay right over bridge | ||
| 45.7 Left Massacusetts | ||
| 46.0 Right Washington | ||
| 46.5 Left Grant | ||
| 47.1 Right Knickerbocker | ||
| 50.5 Left Palisade Ave. two mile climb (five sisters) | ||
| 52.8 Right Hudson Terr. | ||
| 53.9 Left Over G,W. Bridge enjoy the view | ||
| 54.4 Right the first street | ||
| 55.6 Left Haven | ||
| 56.0 Right Fort Washington | ||
| 56.6 Right 165th St. | ||
| 57.3 Left Riverside Dr. | ||
| 62.8 Left 72nd St. | ||
| 62.9 Right West End Ave. | ||
| 65.3 Left 24th St. | ||
| 66.6 Right 9th Ave. | ||
| 67.1 Right 14th St. | ||
| 67.3 Left Washington | ||
| 67.8 Left Spring | ||
| 68.0 Right Varick | ||
| 68.3 Left Grand | ||
| 70.0 Left Mullberry La Mella’s Restaurant 167 Mullberry St (.212) 431-9493 | ||
| They welcome cyclist and they have a safe place to keep your bikes | ||
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| CUE SHEET TO 42ND ST. FERRY TO WEEHAWKEN | ||
| Left out of La Mella’s to | ||
| .2 Left Broom St. | ||
| .8 Right 6th Ave. (Path train on 6th & 14thSt.) | ||
| 1.8 Left 23rd St. | ||
| 2.0 Right 10th Ave. | ||
| 4.0 Left 42nd St. Cross over west side hwy. to ferry | ||
We park a couple of vehicles the day before in the parking lot of a hotel in Weehawken driven. We rent a 15 passenger van to drive back in. We usually do this ride around Labor Day weekend. Sunday is the best day to ride through N. Y. C.