N White Plains/Whipprwill/Armnk/Thornwd/Tarrytwn/NYC

Way Points: 

North White Plains (start) > Route 22 > Whippoorwill Rd > Armonk > Thornwood > Tarrytown (lunch) > Route 9/Warburton > Grant's Tomb (finish)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7465820
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Hank Schiffman
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
B
Vertical Gain: 
3100
Difficulty: 
87
Difficulty Rating: 
3 out of 5

This ride is suitable for a winter attempt as you can bail in Pleasantville at 27 miles or further on the Hudson line.

As the right off Rt 22 south onto West Lake Drive has been made questionable, the RWGPS cue sheet and route goes on to make the right on Broadway. If you can get off Rt 22 on West Lake Dr, by all means do so. The view from the dam is worth going around barriers.

HS 4/11/15

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Hell of the North: N White Plains/Greenwich/Tarrytown/NYC

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North White Plains RR Station (start)> 22 south> Hall Av> 120 north> King St> Burying Hill Rd> Taconic Rd> E Middle Patent Rd> Honey Hollow Rd> 212> Maple Av> Katonah, deli stop> Cherry St> Crow Hill Rd> 100> Croton Dam Rd> Pinesbridge Rd> Old Briarcliff Rd> Sleepy Hollow Rd>Benedict Rd> 9A south> Tuckahoe Rd> Broadway> Grant's Tomb (end)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7457215
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Scott Blau
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
5000
Difficulty: 
128
Difficulty Rating: 
4 out of 5

"Hell of the North" in honor of Paris-Roubaix.  It is a great spring ride because with the leaves down you get a really good feel for the countryside.

Bailouts via Metro North in Mt Kisco, Tarrrytown and 225th Street on #1 train.

Great countryside riding and lots of up and downs.

HS 4/11/15

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N White Plains/Whipprwill/Roaring Brk/Crotn/Hrdscrbble/NYC

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North White Plains, start> Rt 22 north> Whippoorwill Rd> Roaring Brook Rd> 7 Bridges Rd> Rt 100 north> Rt 35 west> Roseman Av> Rt 118 west> Quaker Bridge Rd> Apple Bee Farm Rd> Kitchawan Rd/ Rt 134> 7 Bridges Rd> Hardscrabble Rd> Rt 117 east> Rt 448 south> Rt 9 (Tarrytown)> Warburton> Riverside Av> Seaman Av> Bennett Av> Ft Washington Av> Grant's Tomb, end

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7452566
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Hank Schiffman
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
A
B
Vertical Gain: 
4700
Difficulty: 
122
Difficulty Rating: 
3 out of 5

The route goes over Quaker Bridge. The roads of Westchester open up to cycling north of White Plains. And that is where we are going. After the featured climbs we will do a counterclockwise loop of the Croton Reservoir with a loop of the Muscoot Farm Park, returning via 448/ 9 & Warburton. You can make this an all meat and potatoes ride of just 54 miles by taking the train back from Tarrytown. 

HS 4/10/15

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NYC - Mt. Kisco, out and back

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Bike Path
Way Points: 

The Boathouse, Central Park (start) > Goulden > Scarsdale Rd > White Plains > bike path > Kensico > Whippoorwill > Armonk > Mt. Kisco > reverse back to Manhattan, Grant's Tomb (finish)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7441365
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Stan Oldak
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
B
Vertical Gain: 
4100
Difficulty: 
121
Difficulty Rating: 
3 out of 5

Lots of turns; not an A route.

RWGPS and its cue sheet re-routed from the Grand Concourse to the more bike-friendly Broadway Bridge/ Sedgwick/ Goulden on the way out.

At mile 18.4 a good rest stop: Duncan Doughtnuts.

At mile 25.1 (Kensico Dam) a good rest stop.

Lunch stop across from Mt Kisco train station (several choices).

Metro North bailouts at Mt. Kisco, Valhalla, White Plains, and Scarsdale. Subway bailout at mile 69 (#4) or at mile 71.1 (#1).

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Made in the Shade: Whte Plns/Crotn Dm/Pocntco Hlls/Tarrytwn

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NYC (start) > Broadway Bridge > Webster/Bronx River Rd > Scarsdale Rd > White Plains > Lake St > Hall Ave > Round Hill Rd > Balwin Rd > Byram Lake Rd > Mt Kisco > Crow Hill Rd > Rt 100 > 129 > Croton Dam > Pine Bridges Rd > Rt 448 > Rt 9/Warburton > NYC (finish)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7449725
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Fred Steinberg
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
A
B
Vertical Gain: 
6200
Difficulty: 
163
Difficulty Rating: 
4 out of 5

The quintessential summer sunlit Fred ride. Walk your bike over the Broadway Bridge. Out and back from Central Park. Some hard pack. Optional bailouts: White Plains, Mt Kisco, Ossining, Tarrytown & 225 St.

Cue Sheet 1- 2005 route: The 2005 route turns left at Rt100 climbs up Rt134 then drops down to get over to the dam, loops the reservoir on the north, crosses the pump house Br and them climbs Aqudeuct, descends to climb Pine Bridges rd. A real climbfest, no hardpack.

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Larchmont to Westchester Airport & Return

Way Points: 

Larchmont rr station (start)> Pinebrook Blvd> Stratton> Mamaroneck Rd> Saxonwoods> Rosendale> Kenilworth> Lake> airport> King St> Anderson Hill> US 1> Larchmont rr station (end)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7205816
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Robert Smith
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
C
Vertical Gain: 
1450
Difficulty: 
44.5
Difficulty Rating: 
3 out of 5

30 Mile ride mostly on low traffic roads. Rated moderately hilly for the gravity challenged. But remember half the hills are down Ride begins at Larchmont train station exiting from Chatsworth. You will need a Metro North bike pass.  Food stop may no longer exist.

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Larchmont to Banksville & Return

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Larchmont rr station (start)> Pinebrook Blvd> Stratton> Mamaroneck Rd> Saxonwoods> Rosedale> Kenilworth> Lake> King St> Riversville Rd> Round Hill Rd> Taconic> Clapboard Ridge Rd> Lake> King St> US 1> Larchmont rr station (end)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7205942
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Robert Smith
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
B
C
Vertical Gain: 
2500
Difficulty: 
72
Difficulty Rating: 
3 out of 5

Can be a B or C ride 45 Mile ride mostly on low traffic roads. Rated hilly for the gravity challenged. But remember half the hills are down. Ride begins at Larchmont train station exiting from Chatsworth. You will need a Metro North bike pass.  Steep hill right out of the box!

Original cue sheet has some inaccuracies.  RWGPS map & cue sheet will get you there.

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Kensico, the flat way

Taxonomy upgrade extras: 
Fixed gear
Way Points: 

NYC (start) NYC > Grand Concourse > Webster/Bronx River Rd > Scarsdale Rd > White Plains > bike path > Kensico Dam > White Plains > Bronx River Rd/Webster > NYC (finish)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7578686
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Carol Waaser
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
B
C
Vertical Gain: 
1800
Difficulty: 
68
Difficulty Rating: 
2 out of 5

Good route for fixed gear ride— only one short steep hill and a couple of rollers. Or good C route to Dam. Uses several sections of bike path (paved).

cw 4/21/2015

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Kensico Dam, by bike path

Taxonomy upgrade extras: 
Bike Path
Way Points: 

The Boathouse, Central Park (start) > Goulden> Cortlandt Park > Bronx River Rd > bike path > White Plains > bike path > Kensico Dam > White Plains > Scarsdale Rd > Bronx River Rd > Mosholu Pkwy/Sedgwick > Broadway Bridge > Grant's Tomb (finish)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7445571
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Stan Oldak
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
B
C
Vertical Gain: 
2200
Difficulty: 
77
Difficulty Rating: 
3 out of 5

Great route to Kensico Dam. Lunch at Kensico Dam Plaza. Optional route onto Bronx River Parkway if it happens to be closed to cars at time of ride (Sundays May - Oct). Optional bailouts on Metro North White Plains and stations south, bring a Metro North Bike Path if in doubt of full length of ride. If you take Metro North to or from White Plains you can cut this ride in half, easily a C ride.

RWGPS route and cue sheet re-routed off Grand Concourse to the more bike friendly Goulden.

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Kenisco, Tarrytown

Way Points: 

NYC (start) > Grand Concourse > Webster/Bronx River Rd > Rosedale > King St > Rt 22 > Kensico (lunch) > Rt 100 > Tarrytown > Route 9/Warburton > NYC (finish)

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7543555  GPS link for detour around Saxon Woods

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7542964
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Carol Waaser
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
A
B
Vertical Gain: 
3900
Difficulty: 
109
Difficulty Rating: 
3 out of 5

Challenging way to get to the Kensico All-Class picnic, or just as a mid-season ride. Lots of bailout points on MetroNorth if the weather turns sour. Short section of paved bike path.  RWGPS route differs slightly from original cue sheet.

Note: Saxon Woods Rd. has been closed for several months as of 4/2015.  Don't know when it will reopen, so detour is provided as separate route.

cw 4/18/15

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