Fruit Loop Figure Eight

scenic loop through the orchard farms of SE Ulster county - awesome views- country Appalachian-like hamlets - note: 
route goes through Clintondale twice  

{additional editing 8/08 K.E.N.}

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dist. : 35 mi.  
terrain : several notable steep grades - some flat - mostly rolling otherwise 
route by: Kevin Newman 7/96 MHBC
rev. 1A 

start: Stizel Field parking lot city of Pok.	
(00.0 at road test sign)
 AT  TURN
 00.0  R out of parking lot
   .05 CROSS Montgomery / Pine Street at TCL
       RNCT Jefferson Blvd.
       CAUTION! 
       must get in  LEFT lane for below turn
   .3  L US# 44 / SR# 55 WEST bound arterial
       CAUTION! high speed traffic - trucks weekdays
        toward * Mid Hudson / FDR Bridge *
       CAUTION! traffic merge from right
{NOTE: this route pre-dated the new bicycle-ped access to the re-furbished/widened bridge walkway - see the Atlantic Coast 
Route addendum for details for this new access K.E.N. 8/08} 
  .55 R at opening in guard rail 
       ONTO SIDEWALK
       CAUTION!
       PREPARE TO DISMOUNT
       WALK BICYCLE across bridge on NORTH SIDE ped. walkway
       follow walkway to RIGHT into Johnson Iorio park
  1.25 RE-MOUNT  
       } now in Ulster county NY
        follow road out of park
        * good view of Hudson River and Poughkeepsie to right *
       RNCT Haviland Rd.
  1.6  R Ransom Rd. 
       CAUTION! 
       EXTREMELY STEEP DOWNHILL 
       CURVES SAND
       follow signs for Mariner's Harbor restaurant / marina
       go UNDER  RR bridge  
       * old Poughkeepsie-Highland RR trestle/bridge - scenic area *
  1.8  JOG L&R just after going under RR Bridge 
         continuing DOWN-HILL
       RNCT Mile Hill Rd.
       CAUTION! 
       STOP AT BOTTOM OF HILL
  2.0  L at "T" Oakes Rd.
       CROSS RR (1 track)
       CAUTION! VERY active RR (HD freight)
       at Mariner's Harbor restaurant 
       RNCT River Rd.
       past site of old tank farm {to be future park K.E.N. 8/08}
       CROSS RR (2 tracks)
       CAUTION! rough crossing      
  2.4  BEAR R at Maple ave. (#1) 
       TO REMAIN ON
       steep grade  
  3.0  STRAIGHT at "Y" Maple Ave. (#2)
       go under US# 9W
  3.3  STRAIGHT / BEAR LEFT onto Vineyard 
       still up-hill 
       HIGHLAND lodging (on US # 9W)  
       FOOD pizza deli - other food OFF ROUTE (on US# 9W)
       CONTINUE on Vineyard 
       US# 44 /SR# 55 WEST/SOUTH
       CAUTION! traffic rough shoulder
        * Hudson Valley Farms {there USED to be a seasonal fruit stand but has'nt been open for a number of years K.E.N. 8/08}
        PREPARE TO DOWNSHIFT FOR NEXT TURN
  6.4  R Baileys Gap Rd.
         very steep grade
         CAUTION! dog
         " country roads take me home"
         * typ. Appalachian community * 
       CAUTION! 
       STOP AT BOTTOM OF HILL
  7.2  R at "Y"
       CR# 15 (Ulster cnty.)
       CAUTION! rough road
  7.4  L Crescent Ave.
       CR# 116 (no CR# sign)
         * orchard farms - High Hill Apples (note name) Palazzo Orchard *
         rolling - several very steep grades (short)
         * migrant workers residence *
  9.6  R at "T" Maple Ave.
       CLINTONDALE (1 st time) {store closed K.E.N. 8/08}
         * 1811 Friends Meeting House - good view of Shawangunk ridge to right - 
         typ. Appalachian village *
  9.7  R at intersection  
       CR# 22 South Street
 12.6  CROSS SR# 299
       CAUTION! no TCL high speed traffic
       RNCT So. Elting Corners Road
 12.8  L New Paltz Rd.
 14.0  L N. Ohioville Rd.
 14.05 QUICK R SR# 299
       CAUTION!  
       I 87 overpass 
       NO SHOULDER
       MUST RIDE IN LANE OF TRAFFIC
 14.6  L So.Putt Corners Rd. CR# 17
       NEW PALTZ almost full service (no hosp.)
       FOOD Shop Rite other food OFF ROUTE DOWN HILL in downtown NP
       CAUTION! traffic
         * NYS D.E.C. regional office *
 16.3  L SR# 32
       CAUTION! high speed traffic
       rough no shoulder
 16.7  L Brookside Rd.
       CAUTION! LTAH
        cross over I 87
 {17.5} CROSS Ohioville Rd.
       RNCT Hurds Rd.
         * Minard Farms (entrance 1/4 mi. ahead) pick your own - cider donuts etc. - note modern wind-turbines (generators) *
 18.4  R Picnic Woods Rd. (sign obscured)
 18.9  L US# 44 / SR# 55
       CAUTION! traffic rough/no shoulder
 19.4  R Hull Ave
       very steep grade
       CLINTONDALE (2nd time)
 21.1  L CR# 10
 {21.5} begin rolling descent into Milton 
 {23.5}  * awesome view - view of Breakneck ridge to R *
       CAUTION! very steep downhill
       * MacKey Farms - Hudson Valley Material Exchange and Comodity Warehouse *
 26.3  CROSS 9W at T.C.L.
       FOOD Stewart's
 26.5  L at "T" Main Street
       MILTON  FOOD  J.J. Mannese restaurant
       * Royal Kedem Winery (off route) Locust grove farm (grapes,apples,pears)*
       RNCT North Rd.
 27.8  CROSS 9W
       ONTO PERKINSVILLE RD.
       extremely steep grade
       VERY LOW GEAR REQUIRED
       3/4 mi. climb
 29.1  R at "T" Gabriety Rd.
 29.7  L Chapel Hill Rd.
 30.6  R US# 44 / SR# 55
       follow back into Highland
       HIGHLAND second time
       CAUTION! 
       BELOW TURN ON DOWNHILL
       PREPARE TO DOWNSHIFT
 32.2  R Tilison Ave.
         very steep grade
 32.6  L at stop sign
 32.65 CROSS US# 9W
       ONTO Haviland Rd.
         follow into Johnson-Iorio park
       CAUTION! rough road
 33.7  DISMOUNT
       WALK BICYCLE ACROSS BRIDGE
       CONTINUE WALKING EAST END OF BRIDGE
       CROSS EXIT RAMPS
       CAUTION! 
       VERY high speed traffic
       CROSS OVER US# 9 NO. OVERPASS
       LEFT ACROSS GRASS
 34.55 RE-MOUNT
       ONTO UNION STREET
       TO RIGHT
 34.65 R Jefferson Blvd. Extension
 34.7  CROSS ARTERIAL US# 44 / SR# 55
       RNCT Jefferson Blvd.
 34.95 CROSS Montgomery / Pine Street
 35.0  L into Stizel Field parking lot