Wandering Northwest Columbia
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"cc rt 8" = Columbia County Route 8 | ||
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Ghent, NY -- intersection of rt 66 and Garage Place Rd -- food |
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0.0 |
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South- |
1.3 |
rt 66 South [HH] |
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1.3 |
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R |
1.7 |
Snyder Rd |
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3.0 |
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L |
1.5 |
cc rt 22 |
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4.5 |
Variation C |
to avoid high-speed / high-traffic rt 9H: continue past Letter S Rd for a total of 3.5Mi on cc rt 22, then R on Old Post Rd 0.8Mi, L Falls Rd 1.7Mi, BR Stuyvesant Falls - West Ghent Rd (pass by Knitt Rd) 0.9Mi, T-R cc rt 25 0.8 Mi (becomes rt 25A), BR rt 9 North [HH] 3.3Mi to rejoin main route in Kinderhook [last checked 2010] | ||
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4.5 |
site |
Art Omi -- big outdoor sculptures in sight of the road | ||
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4.5 |
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R |
3.7 |
Letter S Rd (becomes Fischer Rd) |
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7.6
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Variation F
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to visit Valatie instead of Kinderhook: after 3.1Mi on Letter S Rd, turn R and go 1.5Mi on Merwin Lake Rd (has sections on dirt), R on cc rt 21 0.2Mi, L Hennett Rd 1.8Mi, T-L McCagg 0.1Mi, R Pinto Ranch 0.7Mi, T-L rt 203 West 1.6Mi, T-L Main St 0.3Mi in Valatie (food), EE - R rt 9 North [HH, some shoulder as of 2007] 0.8Mi, L on unsigned Keegan Rd (turn comes at Ichabod Crane High School) 0.2Mi, T-L Old Post Rd 0.2Mi, R Bishop Nelson Rd (going west) 0.7Mi, T - R cc rt 21 3.1Mi to rejoin main route. Adds 4 miles to route. [last checked around 2002] |
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Variation G |
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to avoid both high-speed / high-traffic rt 9H and rt 9: after 3.1Mi on Letter S Rd, turn R and go 1.5Mi on Merwin Lake Rd (has sections on dirt), L 2.2Mi on cc rt 21, which climbs over a hill (including 150 vertical feet around 7% steepness grade), then to a nice downhill to a stop sign, Turn Left to go under rt 9H to rejoin main route into Kinderhook. [last checked 2007] |
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8.2 |
T |
R |
0.9 |
rt 9H North [HH - mostly reasonable shoulder, except a short section with two traffic lanes in each direction with no shoulder, as of 2009] |
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9.1 |
exit |
R |
0.1 |
exit off rt 9H |
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9.2 |
T |
R |
0.7 |
cc rt 21 (becomes Hudson St) |
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9.9 |
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food |
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Kinderhook, NY (food options a little South or West) |
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9.9 |
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site |
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Vanderpoel House (on rt 9 South 0.1Mi) |
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9.9 |
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Straight |
5.2 |
Albany St - cc rt 21, later becomes Muitzeskill Rd - Rensselaer County rt 1 |
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15.1 |
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R |
1.2 |
Schodack Landing Rd -- Rensselaer county rt 2 |
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16.3 |
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BR |
1.4 |
Schodack Landing Rd (pass McKnight Rd) |
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17.7 |
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L |
0.2 |
rt 9 North [HH - wide shoulder + lane, as of July 2001] |
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17.9 |
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R |
2.7 |
cc rt 32 |
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20.6 |
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Straight |
0.1 |
joins rt 203 East [HH - good lane width, reasonable shoulder as of July 2001] (North Chatham) |
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20.7 |
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BR |
2.3 |
cc rt 32 |
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23.0 |
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L |
0.7 |
rt 66 North [HH - shoulders not wide, but reasonable lane wide North-bound as of 2009] (Malden Bridge, NY) |
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23.7 |
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R |
2.6 |
Shaker Museum Rd (rt 66 goes Left, Albany Turnpike goes Straight) |
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25.0 |
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site |
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sheep farm and Shaker Museum |
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26.3 |
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R |
0.5 |
cc rt 13 South |
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26.8 |
site |
alpaca ranch | ||
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26.8 |
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L - dirt |
1.8 |
Highland Rd (turn comes in midst of downhill) - steep climb on dirt (150 vertical feet at around 8% steepness grade, quickly followed by another 200 feet of uphill) |
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26.8 |
Variation L |
to avoid dirt, but steeper climbing + longer distance: continue straight on cc rt 13 for 1.5Mi, sharp Left onto Rock City Rd for 2.6Mi (climb hill almost 500 vertical ft, including 175ft at 8% steepness grade, then 190ft at least 9% grade), R on Hartigan to rejoin main route. Adds 1.6Mi to route. [last checked 2001] | ||
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28.6 |
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L |
0.8 |
Rock City Rd (going east) |
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28.9 |
view |
Sutherland Pond in the Ooms Conservation Area | ||
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29.4 |
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R - dirt |
1.1 |
Hartigan Rd -- after 0.8Mi becomes paved, goes past exit from Taconic State Parkway |
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29.4
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Variation M
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to avoid dirt, but longer
distance: continue
straight on Rock City Rd 1.4Mi, T-R rt 295 going south then west for 1.8Mi
[HH - wide road with some shoulder as of 2007], (food), L on Birge Hill Rd
to rejoin main route. Adds 1.9Mi to route. [last checked 2007]. (We did not try Percy Hill Rd this time because the R turn for it came in the midst of a fast downhill.) |
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30.5 |
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L |
0.0 |
rt 295 East [HH - two traffic lanes in each direction with little or no shoulder, but overall very wide road, as of 2009] |
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30.5 |
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food |
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(just a little further north on rt 295) |
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30.5 |
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R |
0.6 |
Birge Hill Rd |
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31.1 |
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BL |
0.7 |
Clark Rd |
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31.8 |
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BL |
1.2 |
Clark Rd |
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33.0 |
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R |
5.1 |
cc rt 9 (South) |
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35.5 |
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Straight across |
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cross rt 203, continue on cc rt 9 |
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38.1 |
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L |
0.3 |
rt 66 South [HH - good shoulder South-bound as of 2007] |
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38.2 |
Variation - finish Philmont |
see cue sheet for finish Philmont | ||
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38.4 |
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Finish |
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Ghent, NY -- intersection of rt 66 and Garage Place Rd -- food |
Route not checked by us since 2010 -- learn more | see Reports
digital mapping resources + GPS . . .
GPX file with all tracks + key waypoints : [ map on Bikely | Google Earth KML | GPX ]
Philmont start-finish: [ map on Bikely ]
Symbols | Map | Description | Trip Reports | Variation - Philmont start
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