Harlem Valley Rail to Trail to Falls
Abbrevs		Map		Info about this route			Description
Miles	Mark	Turn	This Leg	Description			Map
		Note	--->	DC Rt 63 = Dutchess County Route 63 CC Rt 8 = Columbia County Route 8			Reports
Start				Wassaic railroad station -- Metro North.  On the East side of Route 22 between Wassaic and Amenia.			How to Use this Cue Sheet
0.0	EE	L	0.5	Rt 22 South [HH - reasonable shoulders as of July 2001]			Abbreviations + Symbols
0.5		L	0.2	Furnace Bank Rd
0.7	T	L	0.2	Firehouse Rd			Cue sheet - main route
0.9	T	L	2.3	Old Route 22 / DC Rt 81			variations A + B cue sheet
3.2		BR	0.3	Old Route 22 (pass by Dunn)			variations C + D cue sheet
3.5		R	0.4	Railroad Ave
3.9		food		Amenia, NY -- for Food go L on Mechanic St to Rt 343
3.9		Straight - onto path	0.5	Harlem Valley Rail Trail (going Northeast -- go straight across Mechanic St and Depot Hill Rd) -- paved path
3.9	Variation A			to use more of the Rail Trail to avoid some hills and shorten the route, follow the Variation A directions			variation A cue sheet
				After passing by a driveway, the first road the Rail Trail crosses is Sheffield Rd, second road it crosses is Rt 343 (after 0.8Mi).
	Variation B			to take the Rail Trail all the way to Millerton and avoid the big hills (and the great views):  go even further on the Harlem Valley Rail Trail, and follow Variation B directions.			variation B cue sheet
4.4		L - onto road	0.1	Sheffield Rd
4.5		cross	0.7	cross Rt 343, straight onto Mygatt Rd
5.2			0.3	turn at Red Meeting House site (actually it's Old North Rd)
5.5		cross	3.1	cross Rt 22 / Rt 44, straight onto Perry Corners Rd
7.5				cross Webatuck School Rd / Morse Hill Rd
7.7				pass by Cooper Rd, continue on Perry Corners Rd
8.6	T	L	0.0	Rt 22 North
8.6		quick R	0.9	Coleman Station Rd (Dutchess Co Rt 58 East)
9.5		L	0.8	Indian Lake Rd (DC Rt 61 North)
10.3		L	1.0	Mill Rd
11.3		L	1.2	Downey Rd			Description
12.5	T	R	0.0	Rt 22 North [HH]			Map
12.5		quick L	1.0	McGhee Hill Rd / DC Rt 64 (starts up steep)			Reports
13.5		R	3.1	unsigned - Skunks Misery Rd. Turn comes just as climb up McGhee Hill gets steeper again.  Starts downhill, then long uphill.			How to Use this Cue Sheet
16.6	HH	Straight across	0.6	Winchell Mountain Rd / DC Rt 60 -- cross Rt 199 -- steep-ish uphill			Abbreviations + Symbols
17.2		L	0.7	Pulver Rd			Cue sheet - main route
17.9		BL	3.6	CC Rt 8 -- long downhill			variations A + B cue sheet
19.2				pass by East Ancram Rd			variations C + D cue sheet
20.0				pass by CC Rt 8A
21.5		food		Ancramdale, NY
21.5		R	4.3	CC Rt 3
25.8		L	0.8	Wiltsie Bridge Rd
		Variation		to try the Weed Mine:  BR on CC Rt 3 , T-R Rt 22 South [HH] , first L onto Weed Mines Rd to join Variation B.
26.6		R	1.4	Empire Rd
26.6	connection			to join the Roeliff Jansen Kill route:  BL on Wiltsie Bridge Rd			Roeliff Jansen Kill route
28.0		food		Copake, NY
28.0	Variations C + D			To continue North to Hillsdale, or beyond: straight + northeast on CC Rt 7A 0.4Mi, then L on Farm Rd (north).			variations C + D cue sheet
28.0	connection			to join the Farms and Hills of Southeast Columbia or Grand Tour of Columbia County routes, turn L on CC Rt 7A (southwest).			Farms + Hills of SE Columbia route
28.0		BR	0.7	CC Rt 7A -- northeast
28.7	T	L	1.0	Rt 22 North [HH]
29.7		R	0.3	Rt 344
30.0		R	0.2	Rt 344 East
30.0				(Variations C + D rejoin main route here)
30.2		food		Copake Falls, NY
30.2	Variation E			to visit beautiful Bash Bish Falls:  continue Straight on Rt 344, climbing East for roughly 1 Mi, passing by a parking lot for walker's access to the Falls. Just after crossing into Massachusetts the climbing gets steeper and very soon there is an entrance to a (steep dirt) service road on the right.  Walk down this to the falls.
30.2		R - path	4.0	Harlem Valley Rail Trail -- South
34.2	T	L	1.5	unsigned - Under Mountain Rd
35.7		Straight	4.3	Boston Corners Rd / DC Rt 63 South
40.0		Straight	3.1	DC Rt 62 South / Rudd Pond Rd, becomes Maple Ave
41.3		site		Rudd Pond State Park
43.1	EE	Straight	4.4	cross Rt 44 and continue on DC Rt 62 South, Maple Ave - becomes Connecticut Rt 361
43.1		food		Millerton, NY.  Additional food choices if go L or R on Rt 44
43.1	Variations			for a shorter return south to Amenia, see ideas in the route Amenia - Millerton Trail + Roads			Amenia - Millerton Trail + Roads
45.3				enter the state of Connecticut, becomes Rt 361
47.5		BL	1.3	Rt 361 / Millerton Rd (pass by unsigned Sharon Valley Rd)
48.8	T	L	0.1	West Main St / Hospital Hill Rd
48.9		food		Sharon, CT (turn North for food)
48.9		R	0.2	Main St / Rt 41 South
49.1	HH	Straight	4.4	cross Rt 4 to continue on Rt 41 South / S Main St.  Later becomes Amenia Union Rd) (CT Rt 4 is the continuation of NY Rt 343 from Amenia)
53.5		L	0.1	unsigned (go South), pass by DC Rt 2 North (Leithsville Rd).  Enter New York state.
53.6		BR	2.5	DC Rt 2 South / Amenia Union Rd (go Southwest)
56.1		BR	1.0	DC Rt 3, Bog Hollow Rd
56.1		Variation		to finish at the Tenmile River train station (Metro North): turn L on DC Rt 3 / Kent Rd 0.9Mi, continue straight as it becomes DC Rt 4 South / Sinpatch Rd for 1.1Mi, T-R on DC Rt 105 / Sinpatch Rd 1.0Mi to train station.
56.1	connection			to connect with the Quaker Ridge route:  turn L on DC Rt 3, then BR on DC Rt 4.			Quaker Ridge route
57.1		BR	0.8	Old Route 22 / DC Rt 81
57.9		L	0.1	unsigned, Main St
57.9		food		Wassaic, NY			Description
58.0		L	0.0	turn across railroad tracks -- Furnace Bank Rd			Map
58.0		L	0.2	Nelson Hill Rd			Reports
58.2	T	R	0.6	Rt 22 North [HH - reasonable shoulders as of July 2001]			How to Use this Cue Sheet
58.8	EE	R - Finish		Wassaic railroad station -- Metro North.			Abbreviations + Symbols
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Description			=	www.roberts-1.com/bikehudson/r/east/wassaic_copake			Cue sheet - main route
How to Use			=	How to Use this Cue Sheet			variations A + B cue sheet
Abbreviations			=	Abbreviations + Symbols			variations C + D cue sheet
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