New York & the Hudson cycling routes
Explore Central Park, the Hudson River, the Palisades and Bear Mountain on an indoor ride.
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Central Park Loop
The city's favourite training loop, counterclockwise from Columbus Circle: past the Zoo, Bethesda Terrace and the Met, up Cat Hill, round the Harlem Meer and over Harlem Hill, home down West Drive past the Reservoir and Strawberry Fields.
9.8 km 80 m climbingCentral Park 3 Laps
Three times round the full 6.1-mile loop, as the morning pacelines ride it: Cat Hill and Harlem Hill on every lap.
29.3 km 241 m climbingCentral Park 6 Laps
Six laps of Central Park, the classic Manhattan long workout: 36 miles and six times over Harlem Hill without leaving the park.
58.7 km 482 m climbingLong Island City to Central Park
From Gantry Plaza over the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, across Midtown East to Grand Army Plaza, and three laps of Central Park.
35.8 km 290 m climbingRiverside Drive to the Palisades
From the 72nd Street station up Riverside Drive past Grant’s Tomb and over the viaduct, across the George Washington Bridge, then north through Palisades Interstate Park on River Road under the cliffs, and up the Alpine climb to Route 9W.
27.5 km 404 m climbingManhattan to Bear Mountain
The great New York ride north: Riverside Drive and the George Washington Bridge, Route 9W through Englewood Cliffs and Alpine, Piermont and Nyack, past Rockland Lake, Haverstraw and Stony Point along the Hudson, and all the way up Bear Mountain to the Perkins Memorial Tower.
80.7 km 1,181 m climbingBear Mountain Repeats ×3
From the Bear Mountain Inn up Seven Lakes Drive, then three times up Perkins Memorial Drive to the summit tower and back down, with the Hudson Highlands below.
26.1 km 715 m climbingBear Mountain Repeats ×6
Six ascents of Perkins Memorial Drive, the local hill-repeat test: over 1,500 m of climbing on a mountain road above the Hudson.
45.1 km 1,284 m climbingBear Mountain Climb
The full climb from the Bear Mountain Inn by Hessian Lake: Seven Lakes Drive into the park and Perkins Memorial Drive to the 1,284-foot summit.
6.8 km 339 m climbingHudson River Greenway
The busiest bike path in America, from the Battery up the Hudson past Tribeca, Chelsea Piers, the Intrepid and Riverside Park to the Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
19.3 km 63 m climbingManhattan Waterfront Loop
All the way round the island: up the Hudson River Greenway to Inwood, down the Harlem River past the High Bridge, the East Harlem and East River esplanades past Carl Schurz Park and the United Nations, and round the Seaport to the Battery.
54.1 km 247 m climbingLower Manhattan & the Brooklyn Bridge
From the Battery past the Charging Bull and Wall Street to City Hall, over the Brooklyn Bridge to DUMBO, and back across the Manhattan Bridge to the Seaport and the World Trade Center.
13.0 km 99 m climbingMidtown Landmarks
Through the heart of Manhattan: Washington Square Arch, Union Square and the Flatiron, up Broadway to Herald Square and Times Square, Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick’s, Grand Central, Bryant Park and the Empire State Building.
12.6 km 34 m climbingHarlem & the Cloisters
From Frederick Douglass Circle through Morningside Heights and Harlem past the Apollo, up St. Nicholas Avenue and Sugar Hill, along Fort Washington Avenue to the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park, and down Riverside Drive.
19.0 km 216 m climbingBrooklyn Bridge to Prospect Park
Over the Brooklyn Bridge from City Hall, down Flatbush Avenue to Grand Army Plaza, a lap of Prospect Park’s drive past the Long Meadow and the lake, and home over the Manhattan Bridge.
19.6 km 142 m climbingProspect Park Loop
Brooklyn’s 3.35-mile car-free loop from Grand Army Plaza, counterclockwise: down West Drive beside the Long Meadow, round Park Circle, past the lake and the Zoo and up the long east-side drag.
5.4 km 34 m climbingProspect Park 3 Laps
Three laps of Prospect Park’s drive, as the morning group rides do it: the swoop past the lake and the climb up East Drive every lap.
16.3 km 103 m climbingProspect Park 6 Laps
Six laps of Prospect Park, twenty miles without leaving the park: Brooklyn’s long weekday workout.
32.6 km 206 m climbingRiver Road & 9W Loop
The classic loop from the George Washington Bridge: down to Henry Hudson Drive under the Palisades cliffs, north past the boat basins, up the Alpine climb, and back south on Route 9W.
31.6 km 338 m climbingNyack via 9W
The weekend ride every New York cyclist knows: over the George Washington Bridge and up Route 9W past State Line Lookout, through Piermont and along the river to the cafés of Nyack, and back on 9W.
63.5 km 604 m climbingPiermont & the Palisades
From Fort Lee up Route 9W to the state line, down into Sparkill and Piermont by the long pier, and back along the top of the Palisades.
48.1 km 483 m climbingMario Cuomo Bridge
From Nyack onto the shared-use path of the new Tappan Zee crossing, three miles over the widest reach of the Hudson to Tarrytown, and back.
17.9 km 115 m climbingHook Mountain & Haverstraw
North from Nyack under Hook Mountain on Route 9W, past Rockland Lake to Haverstraw Bay and Stony Point, and back.
40.1 km 499 m climbingSeven Lakes Loop
From the Bear Mountain Inn into Harriman State Park on Seven Lakes Drive, over the ridges by Long Mountain to Lake Tiorati and Lake Kanawauke, east on Kanawauke and Gate Hill roads to Stony Point, and home along the Hudson on 9W.
43.2 km 674 m climbingLong Island City & Astoria
Along the East River from Gantry Plaza past the Manhattan skyline, Socrates Sculpture Park and Astoria Park under the Hell Gate and Triborough bridges.
13.3 km 34 m climbingMuseum Mile & Central Park
Up Fifth Avenue from Grand Army Plaza past the Met and the Guggenheim on Museum Mile, into the park at Engineers’ Gate and a lap of the full loop.
13.2 km 105 m climbingNYC to Bear Mountain Century
The New York century: from Central Park up Riverside Drive and over the George Washington Bridge, River Road under the Palisades, 9W by Piermont, Nyack, Haverstraw and Stony Point to the top of Bear Mountain, back down 9W and home along the Hudson River Greenway.
170.3 km 2,152 m climbing
Distance, climbing and elevation on this page are measured from Everycol’s simulated route. They can differ from outdoor measurements because of the mapped start and finish, route variant and elevation model.