HARLEM VALLEY RAIL RIDE

volunteer information

course details

2004 RAIL RIDE –-18 MILES “Rail Trail”

Emergency Phone: 800-795-9068, 518-789-9591

For Medical Emergencies dial 911

Go “X” Miles

Then At Mile

Turn

At or On To

 

 

START

Millerton – Harlem Valley Rail Trail

0.0

0.0

S

Harlem Valley Rail Trail

7.3

7.3

BR

Route 343

1.0

8.3

L

Mechanic Street

0.3

8.6

STOP

REST AREA #1: Amenia (closes at 12:00 NOON)

0.0

8.6

L

Harlem Valley Rail Trail

8.3

16.9

S

North Center Street

0.9

17.8

TL

Beilke-State Line Road

0.2

18.0

TL

Route 22 - BUSY Road – Caution!

0.6

18.6

FINISH

Millerton – Eddie Collins Memorial Field

 

 

 

 

 

Abbreviations & Directions:

L

Left turn

QL

Quick left

R

Right turn

QR

Quick right

T

T intersection

X

Cross over or under

BL

Bear left

S

Straight

BR

Bear right

TRO

To remain on

 

Safety Tips: Obey all traffic laws – Signal all road hazards and turns – Keep single file – Follow neon pink arrows. Cell Phones: Service is limited at best.  Try analog roam if digital service is unavailable.

 

2004 RAIL RIDE –-30 MILES “Litchfield Loop”

Emergency Phone: 800-795-9068, 518-789-9591

For Medical Emergencies dial 911      Total Climbing Elevation – 1,650 feet

Go “X” Miles

Then At Mile

Turn

At or On To

Go “X” Miles

Then At Mile

Turn

At or On To

 

 

START

Millerton – Harlem Valley Rail Trail

1.0

19.0

R

REST AREA #2: Sharon (closes at 2:00 PM)

0.0

0.0

S

Harlem Valley Rail Trail

0.0

19.0

S

Mudge Pond Road becomes Indian Mountain Road

7.3

7.3

BR

Route 343

3.4

22.4

L

Route 112

1.0

8.3

L

Mechanic Street

0.6

23.0

TL

Route 44 – BUSY Road – Caution!

0.3

8.6

STOP

REST AREA #1: Amenia (closes at 12:00 NOON)

0.8

23.8

R

State Line Road

0.0

8.6

L

Harlem Valley Rail Trail

0.5

24.3

BR

Gay Road

1.0

9.6

R

Route 343

1.1

25.4

R

Route 62

0.2

9.8

R

Route 2

1.5

26.9

R

Enter Rudd Pond Park

2.6

12.4

L

Route 41

0.2

27.1

STOP

Rest Area #3:Rudd Pond Park (closes at 3:00 PM)

4.3

16.7

Site

Town of Sharon, CT

0.2

27.3

L

Route 62

0.1

16.8

L

West Main Street

1.7

29.0

R

Beilke-State Line Road

0.1

16.9

QR

New Road (Route 361)

1.1

30.1

TL

Route 22 – BUSY Road – Caution!

1.1

18.0

R

Mudge Pond Road

0.6

30.7

FINISH

Millerton – Eddie Collins Memorial Field

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abbreviations & Directions:

L

Left turn

QL

Quick left

R

Right turn

QR

Quick right

T

T intersection

X

Cross over or under

BL

Bear left

S

Straight

BR

Bear right

TRO

To remain on

 

Safety Tips: Obey all traffic laws – Signal all road hazards and turns – Keep single file – Follow neon pink arrows. Cell Phones: Service is limited at best.  Try analog roam if digital service is unavailable.

 

 

2004 RAIL RIDE –- 50 MILES “Copake Falls Loop”

Emergency Phone: 800-795-9068, 518-789-9591

For Medical Emergencies dial 911      Total Climbing Elevation – 2,890 feet

Go “X” Miles

Then At Mile

Turn

At or On To

Go “X” Miles

Then At Mile

Turn

At or On To

 

 

START

Millerton – Harlem Valley Rail Trail

0.6

23.0

TL

Route 44 – BUSY Road – Caution!

0.0

0.0

S

Harlem Valley Rail Trail

0.8

23.8

R

State Line Road

7.3

7.3

BR

Route 343

0.5

24.3

BR

Gay Road

1.0

8.3

L

Mechanic Street

1.1

25.4

R

Route 62

0.3

8.6

STOP

REST AREA #1: Amenia

1.5

27.9

R

Enter Rudd Pond Park

0.0

8.6

L

Harlem Valley Rail Trail

0.2

27.1

STOP

Rest Area #3: Rudd Pond Park (closes at 3:00 PM)

1.0

9.6

R

Route 343

0.2

27.3

R

Rt. 62 becomes Rt. 63 becomes Under Mountain Rd.

0.2

9.8

R

Route 2

7.6

34.9

R

Route 22 - BUSY Road – Caution!

2.6

12.4

L

Route 41

3.9

38.8

R

Old Route 22 – sign for Copake Falls

4.3

16.7

Site

Town of Sharon, CT

0.3

39.1

BR

Route 344

0.1

16.8

L

West Main Street

0.2

39.3

STOP

REST AREA #4: Copake Falls (closes at 2:00 PM) (*)

0.1

16.9

QR

New Road (Route 361)

0.0

39.3

R

Harlem Valley Rail Trail – heading south

1.1

18.0

R

Mudge Pond Road

3.9

43.2

TL

Under Mountain Rd. becomes Rt. 63 becomes Rt. 62

1.0

19.0

STOP

REST AREA #2: Sharon

8.2

51.4

R

Beike-State Line Road

0.0

19.0

S

Mudge Pond Road becomes Indian Mountain Road

1.1

52.5

TL

Route 22 - BUSY Road – Caution!

3.4

22.4

L

Route 112

0.6

53.1

FINISH

Millerton – Eddie Collins Memorial Field

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(*) Optional side trip to Bash Bish Falls – 1 mile roundtrip bike ride plus 1 mile roundtrip walk to falls.

Abbreviations & Directions:

L

Left turn

QL

Quick left

R

Right turn

QR

Quick right

T

T intersection

X

Cross over or under

BL

Bear left

S

Straight

BR

Bear right

TRO

To remain on

 

Safety Tips: Obey all traffic laws – Signal all road hazards and turns – Keep single file – Follow neon pink arrows.  Cell Phones: Service is limited at best.  Try analog roam if digital service is unavailable.

 

2004 RAIL RIDE –- 62 MILES “Farmlands Metric”

Emergency Phone: 800-795-9068, 518-789-9591

For Medical Emergencies dial 911                                                                    Total Climbing Elevation – 3,950 feet

Go “X” Miles

Then At Mile

Turn

At or On To

Go “X” Miles

Then At Mile

Turn

At or On To

 

 

START

Millerton – Harlem Valley Rail Trail

7.6

34.9

R

State Route 22 - BUSY Road – Caution!

0.0

0.0

S

Harlem Valley Rail Trail

3.9

38.8

R

Old Route 22 – sign for Copake Falls

7.3

7.3

BR

Route 343

0.3

39.1

BR

Route 344

1.0

8.3

L

Mechanic Street

0.2

39.3

STOP

REST AREA #4: Copake Falls (closes at 2:00 PM) (*)

0.3

8.6

STOP

REST AREA #1: Amenia

0.0

39.3

L

Route 344 – reverse direction

0.0

8.6

L

Harlem Valley Rail Trail

0.1

39.4

QR

Cemetery Road

1.0

9.6

R

Route 343

0.1

39.5

TR

North Mountain Road

0.2

9.8

R

Route 2

1.5

41.0

L

TRO North Mountain Rd. – T Intersection Ahead - SLOW

2.6

12.4

L

Route 41

1.4

42.4

TL

Route 22 – BUSY Road – Caution!

4.3

16.7

Site

Town of Sharon, CT

0.1

42.5

QR

Black Grocery Road

0.1

16.8

L

West Main Street

1.2

43.7

TR

Overlook Road

0.1

16.9

QR

New Road (Route 361)

1.3

45.0

TL

Twin Bridges Road

1.1

18.0

R

Mudge Pond Road

1.3

46.3

TR

Farm Road

1.0

19.0

STOP

REST AREA #2: Sharon

1.9

48.2

BR

Route 7-A

0.0

19.0

S

Mudge Pond Road becomes Indian Mountain Road

0.4

48.6

Site

Town of Copake

3.4

22.4

L

Route 112

0.0

48.6

S

Empire Road becomes Ancram - Copake Road

0.6

23.0

TL

Route 44 – BUSY Road – Caution!

2.3

50.9

TL

Wiltsie Bridge Road

0.8

23.8

R

State Line Road

0.7

51.6

R

Route 3

0.5

24.3

BR

Gay Road

4.4

56.0

L

Route 8

1.1

25.4

R

Route 62

0.0

56.0

STOP

REST AREA #5: Ancram­dale (closes at 4:00 PM)

1.5

26.9

R

Enter Rudd Pond Park

3.5

59.5

R

Pulver Road

0.2

27.1

STOP

Rest Area #3: Rudd Pond Park

0.7

60.2

TL

Route 60 – STEEP Hill – Caution!

0.2

27.3

R

Rt. 62 becomes Rt. 63 becomes Under Mountain Rd.

1.6

61.8

BR

Route 22 – BUSY Road – Caution!

 

 

 

 

0.3

62.1

FINISH

Millerton – Eddie Collins Memorial Field

 

(*) Optional side trip to Bash Bish Falls – 1 mile roundtrip bike ride plus 1 mile roundtrip walk to falls.

Abbreviations & Directions:

L

Left turn

QL

Quick left

R

Right turn

QR

Quick right

T

T intersection

X

Cross over or under

BL

Bear left

S

Straight

BR

Bear right

TRO

To remain on

 

Safety Tips: Obey all traffic laws – Signal all road hazards and turns – Keep single file – Follow neon pink arrows. Cell Phones: Service is limited at best.  Try analog roam if digital service is unavailable.

 

2004 RAIL RIDE –- 75 MILES “Three States Ride”

Emergency Phone: 800-795-9068, 518-789-9591

For Medical Emergencies dial 911       Total Climbing Elevation – 5,690 feet

Go “X” Miles

Then At Mile

Turn

At or On To

Go “X” Miles

Then At Mile

Turn

At or On To

 

 

START

Millerton – Harlem Valley Rail Trail

1.8

43.9

L

Falls Road becomes Rt. 344

0.0

0.0

S

Harlem Valley Rail Trail

1.7

45.6

X

Top of Bash Bish Falls – Mass/NY border

7.3

7.3

BR

Route 343

3.9

49.5

STOP

REST AREA #4: Copake Falls (closes at 2:00 PM) (*)

1.0

8.3

L

Mechanic Street

0.0

49.5

S

Route 344

0.3

8.6

STOP

REST AREA #1: Amenia

0.1

49.6

QR

Cemetery Road

0.0

8.6

L

Harlem Valley Rail Trail

0.1

49.7

TR

North Mountain Road

1.0

9.6

R

Route 343

1.5

51.2

L

TRO North Mountain Rd. – T Intersection Ahead - SLOW

0.2

9.8

R

Route 2

1.4

52.6

TL

Route 22 – BUSY Road – Caution!

2.6

12.4

L

Route 41

0.1

52.7

QR

Black Grocery Road

4.3

16.7

Site

Town of Sharon, CT

1.2

53.9

TR

Overlook Road

0.1

16.8

L

West Main Street

1.3

55.2

TL

Twin Bridges Road

0.1

16.9

QR

New Road (Route 361)

1.3

56.5

TR

Farm Road

1.1

18.0

R

Mudge Pond Road

1.9

58.4

BR

Route 7-A

1.0

19.0

STOP

REST AREA #2: Sharon

0.4

58.8

Site

Town of Copake

0.0

19.0

S

Mudge Pond Road becomes Indian Mountain Road

0.0

58.8

S

Empire Road becomes Ancram - Copake Road

3.4

22.4

X

Route 112 – do not turn

2.3

61.1

TL

Wiltsie Bridge Road

0.4

22.8

R

Route 44 – BUSY Road – Caution!

0.7

61.8

R

Route 3

1.1

23.9

BL

Rt. 44/Rt. 41 junction

4.4

66.2

L

Route 8

1.6

25.5

L

TRO Rt. 41 (Salisbury) becomes Under Mountain Rd.

0.0

66.2

STOP

REST AREA #5: Ancram­dale (closes at 4:00 PM)

4.8

30.3

X

Connecticut/Mass Border

3.5

69.7

R

Pulver Road

2.7

33.0

L

REST AREA #3: Race Brook (closes at 12 NOON)

0.7

70.4

TL

Route 60 – STEEP Hill – Caution!

5.5

38.5

L

Mt. Washington Road becomes East Road

1.6

72.0

BR

Route 22 – BUSY Road – Caution!

3.6

42.1

R

Cross Road

0.3

72.3

FINISH

Millerton – Eddie Collin Memorial Field

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(*) Optional side trip to Bash Bish Falls – 1 mile roundtrip bike ride plus 1 mile roundtrip walk to falls.

Abbreviations & Directions:

L

Left turn

QL

Quick left

R

Right turn

QR

Quick right

T

T intersection

X

Cross over or under

BL

Bear left

S

Straight

BR

Bear right

TRO

To remain on

 

Safety Tips:Obey all traffic laws – Signal all road hazards and turns – Keep single file – Follow neon pink arrows. Cell Phones: Service is limited at best.  Try analog roam if digital service is unavailable.

 

 

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