Westchester Lakes
WESTCHESTER LAKES
Fast and Fabulous Cycling Club
Aug. 27, 2000
by Rosario Gennaro
Here’s a bucolic, 45-mi. ride that meanders among the lakes of lower Westchester
County. Mileage is cumulative from the start; some quick turns are marked by
number (1st left, 2nd right, etc.) rather than by mileage.
Key: L=Left Turn, R=Right Turn, BR=Bear Right, BL=Bear Left, GF=Gaily Forward,
X=Cross, XU=Cross Under, XA=Cross Above, eor=end of road.
| Start | Pelham Bay Subway Station | Cross on the other side of I-95 to beginning of Bike Path | |
| 1m | X | Shore Road | Path continues by the horse stables |
| 3m | End of Bike Path | Continue straight down the hill | |
| 3.5m | L | Pelhamdale Ave | |
| 5m | R | First St | |
| 1st | L | Highbrook Ave | |
| eor | R | Vaugham Ave | |
| 1st | R | Lakeside Dr | |
| 1st | L | Bergholz Dr | Glenwood Lake on your left |
| eor | L | Pershing Ave | |
| 6.4m | R | Eastchester Rd | At the end of Eastchester Rd Huguenot Lake on your left |
| 7m | R | North St | Move immediately to left lane |
| 1st | L | Beechmont Dr | |
| 7.9m | L | Pinebrook Blvd | Pinebrook Lake on your left |
| 9.5m | XU | Quake Ridge Rd (Route 125) | Sheldrake Lake on your right |
| 10.9m | L | Stratton Rd | |
| 2nd | R | Sheldrake Pl | |
| 2nd | R | Harlan Dr | |
| 11.3m | L | Daisy Farm Rd | At the end of the road follow the narrow path that starts at the sign Carpenter Pond (which will be on your right). You will come out on the continuation of Daisy Farm Rd |
| 12.2m | L | Wilmot Rd | |
| 12.7m | R | Lakeshore Dr | Follow all the way to the end. The drive continues on the right. Hutchinson Reservoir No.1 will be on your left the whole time (behind a line of |
| 13.6m | L | California Rd | |
| 14.3m | R | Manchester Rd | It will become Lincoln Ave |
| 15.3m | L | Columbus Ave | |
| 16.2m | R | Main St | Cross center of town and bear right, it will become Scarsdale Rd. X Bronx River Parkway then bear right to the continuation of Scarsdale Rd. |
| 17.8m | L | Crisfield Rd | Killer hill. |
| 18.2m | L | Nassau Rd | not marked |
| eor | R | Andover Ave | becomes Beaumont Circle. Crestwood Lake on your left. |
| 18.6m | R | Roxbury Dr | X Central Park Ave (Route 100) and then you will have another hill. |
| 19.2m | R | Whitman Rd | |
| 19.5m | R | Newport Rd | Hill |
| eor | R | Jennifer La | Steep downhill |
| eor | R | Grassy Sprain Rd | Sprain Reservoir on your left (if you can see it) |
| eor | L | Jackson Ave | It will become Ravensdale Ave |
| 22.4m | L | Saw Mill River Rd (Route 9A) | |
| 1st | R | Farragut Ave | It’s really just the parking lot for the bike path |
| 1st | R | South County Trailway | Follow bike path to the end. Woodlands Lake on your left. At the end (route 119) turn around and go back to Farragut Ave. |
| 35m | R | Saw Mill River Rd (Route 9A) | X Tuckahoe St, it will become Rossiter Ave (big hill). |
| eor | L | Lockwood St | |
| eor | R | Mile Square Rd | Follow signs to stay on Mile Square Road (it winds around a lot). |
| 39m | L | Midland Ave | |
| eor | R | Kimball Ave | Rolling Hills. At some point Hillview Reservoir will be on your right, although you cannot see it (it’s NYC largest reservoir of water). X McLean Ave and |
| eor | L | E233rd St | |
| 43.5m | R | Webster Ave | |
| 45m | X | Gun Hill Rd | At this point the ride officially ends. The no.2 subway is one block to your left, and the no.4 line is one block to your right. The best bike route back to
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