Miles
Mark
Turn
This Leg
Description
Start
0.0
West
0.1
west on Main St / Rt 299 West [HH - bad or no shoulder as of 2008]
0.0
0.0
bridge
cross Wallkill River
0.1
R
0.5
Springtown Rd (Ulster County Rt 7 - North)
0.6
BR
7.3
Springtown Rd - UC Rt 7 (pass by Mountain Rest Rd, UC Rt 6)
7.9
L
0.0
Mountain Rd (at a sharp turn in the midst of a downhill) - go only about 25 yards on Mountain Rd
7.9
R - dirt
0.1
(unsigned) - Wallkill Valley Rail Trail (North)
8.0
site
wooden bridge high over Rondout Creek with fine views (this is the north end of the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail)
8.0
turn around
0.1
Wallkill Valley Rail Trail (South) -- Go back up to the paved road.
8.1
L
0.0
Mountain Rd (toward the North)
8.1
BL
0.1
down steep hill, becomes Keator Ave
8.2
T
L
0.1
Keator Ave (pass by James St)
8.3
T
R
1.0
Rt 213 East [HH]
8.8
food
Rosendale, NY
9.3
HH
cross
5.5
Creek Locks Rd / Ulster County Rt 25 East (cross Rt 32) - later becomes Canal St
10.0
view
view of the Rondout Creek / Wallkill River
12.2
site
An old "creek lock" on the R
14.8
T
L
1.6
Rt 213 East [HH - shoulders not wide here, as of 2008]
14.8
Variation B
to shorten the route by 7 miles
: T - R on Rt 213 West [HH] 0.9Mi, L on Union Center Rd to rejoin main route.16.4
Straight
1.0
Abeel St (Rt 213 turns L)
17.4
R
0.0
Ravine St
17.4
L
0.4
Dock St
17.8
L
0.1
unsigned- Broadway
17.8
Variation
17.8
connec tion
17.9
L
0.1
Abeel St
18.0
EE
L
0.4
Wurts St [HH] (if uncomfortable with the narrow lane across the bridge, you could try the sidewalk)
18.4
R
0.3
Sunset Dr
18.7
R
0.3
Bayard St
19.0
food
Port Ewen, NY (turn Left on Salem St for food)
19.0
Variation
Q
19.0
R
2.8
Salem St (some narrow sections) becomes New Salem Rd
21.8
T
L
0.8
Rt 213 West [HH - reasonable shoulders in this section, as of 2008]
22.6
L
2.6
Union Center Rd
25.2
R
2.9
Hardenburgh Rd (some hill work)
26.0
Variation
for less total climbing, but more all at once
: after 0.8Mi on Hardenburgh Rd, L on Soper Rd 1.8Mi, T-R Old Post Rd 1.4Mi, L Martin Swedish Rd to rejoin main route28.1
T
L
1.4
Old Post Rd
29.5
R
2.1
Martin Swedish Rd (becomes Weston Rd)
31.6
T
R
3.3
unsigned- Plutarch Rd
32.9
(pass by Elliot Lane)
32.9
Variation C
To shorten the route by 5.5 miles
: R on Elliot Lane 0.8Mi, Straight on Horsenden Rd 1.5Mi, L on Rt 32 South [HH] 0.1Mi, R on Old Kingston Rd 1.4Mi, R on Huguenot St 1.4Mi to Main St / Rt 299 and finish. But Horsenden Rd can get significant motor vehicle traffic, and has curves, dips, hills with no shoulders -- which raises traffic interaction risk. [not checked by us since 1998]32.9
Variation
To see some interesting farms
: R on Elliot Lane 0.8Mi, L on N Ohioville Rd 2.1Mi, L Old Rt 299 0.9Mi, R on Elting Corners Rd to rejoin main route. Adds 1.4Mi to route. [not checked by us since 2001]34.9
L
0.4
Old Rt 299 / New Paltz Rd
35.3
R
0.2
Elting Corners Rd
35.5
EE
cross
2.9
cross Rt 299, becomes South St (Ulster County Rt 22 South)
38.4
R
2.1
Hurds Rd
38.4
Variation
39.7
cross
cross N Ohioville Rd, becomes Brookside Rd
40.5
T
R
0.2
Rt 32 North [HH]
40.7
EE
L
1.1
Jansen Rd
41.8
HH
cross
0.3
Cedar Lane (cross Rt 208)
42.1
T
R
1.4
Plains Rd
43.5
BL
0.1
becomes Water St (unsigned)
43.6
Finish
Main St, New Paltz, NY
