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.