This fun and challenging ride begins at the birthplace of modern electricity.
The ride begins in Ironville, in front of the Penfield Homestead Museum. The museum is located at the intersection of County Route 2 and Whitehead Road. (Coordinates: 43.922429, -73.5359160)
Quiet country gravel, dirt and paved roads with bucolic scenery that includes it all - forests, fields, streams, and rivers. Yours to explore on this 16-mile ride that offers rolling hills, great climbs and descents.
This ride features quiet country roads, fields, a famous river, forests and the location of historic and cultural prominence.
This ride begins across the road from the Elizabethtown-Lewis Emergency Squad facility, which is located 2.5 miles north of Elizabethtown on New York State Route 9. Parking is best 200 feet off the state highway on Steel Woods Road, where the electric utility right of way crosses Steel Woods Road. (Coordinates: 44.246619, -73.566599)
This wonderfully scenic route will go by some of the most pivotal elements of the Industrial Revolution, explained by the two museums along the route. Mostly paved, cross bike recommended. Very hilly remote roads with limited services and some logging truck traffic. Museums, swimming, services in Port Henry.
26.1 miles - Port Henry and Ironville. Map and turn-by-turn directions on the PDF, and also at the Lake Champlain Bikeways website.
Like Adirondack weather, this ride is constantly changing, and it has a bit of everything. Shady forested dirt roads, smooth gravel, quiet paved country roads, and views of open farmland, forests, streams and rivers, and rugged mountains.
With the mountains as your backdrop, ride by lakes and meadows on this scenic loop. Gain a "bird's eye view" from it's many vantage points, and see if you can spot the osprey's nest along the trail.
Coming from the south, turn off County Route 9 towards the east, onto Lake Road. At the railroad tracks, turn left onto Burdick Road. Pick up Route 9 again, turn left, and follow it south back to complete the loop.
This lovely route is also a symbol of friendship: look for the stone with an image of the two shaking hands etched in it. The North Hudson Pine Ridge Cemetery is the resting place of a number of War of 1812 soldiers.
Access through the Hammond Pond Wilderness, with trails to Trout Pond, Round Pond Trail, East Mill Flow, Challis Pond Trail, Moose Mountain Pond, and Bass Lake.
This route includes Split Rock Mountain, Webb-Royce Swamp, and Coon Mountain. Watch for Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcons, Osprey, herons, porcupines, and endangered timber rattlesnakes.
Travel through five different apple orchards.
A special delight in the spring blooming season! There are also spectacular views of the "Grand Canyon of the East," Ausable Chasm.
Farms, woodlands, and river gorge views: simply amazing!