NYC S24O

[mizrachi]

Any fellow New Yorkers up for a sub 24 overnighter at some point in
the near future?

[sjauch]

Heck yeah, count me in. Haven't been bike camping in over a year.

[Mike]

Keep us updated about where you go. I'm curious as to where NYC s24o
enthusiast go for bike camping. Rockland county?

--mike

[Peter F]

Highly interested but highly unlikely to get away with several big
deadlines this month and small kids at home. Keep us posted though so
those of us who can't go can fantasize about it, at least.

On Aug 31, 9:27 pm, mizrachi <mizrachi1...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Alex]

I'm also curious. I used to live in NY and couldn't quite figure out
where to go. I don't have a car, so maybe that was part of the
problem. Harriman state park is semi-accessible by train, but I
couldn't really see any trails suitable for bikes.

--Alex

[mizrachi]

Peter (et al.),

If you're interested, the trip is likely to happen in October.

[Curtis Schmitt]

I've gone bicycle camping at five separate locations across four trips
over the past couple of years, all directly from NYC:
•Bulls Island State Park in Delaware, NJ (on the Delaware River,
absolutely loved it)
•Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville, NJ (also on Delaware
but sites are inland a bit)
•Round Lake Reservoir in Clinton, NJ (all campsites are at the water's
edge, great place)
•Croton Point Park in Westchester County, NY (on Hudson River,
phenomenally beautiful, sunsets are spectacular)
•Heckscher State Park in East Islip, NY (Long Island, very close to
beach but sites are not on water)

Of all of these, I'd say Croton Point Park is the ideal for an S24O.
It's about 45 mi each way and the route is mostly on an isolated paved
trailway between the admittedly sketchy Bronx section and the hilly
and busy suburban roads eight miles from the campsite. The trailway
part is awesome though. You can really hammer it, the asphalt is in
excellent condition and the tree canopy serves nice protection from
rain, sun and strong winds.

The worst on the list is Heckscher State Park and an S24O would be
hell. The route sucks because it goes straight through Queens and the
people at the campsite are ignorant undesirables, to but it bluntly.
90% miss the point, blasting music, blasting their portable TVs with
bad reception, drinking excessively and tearing in and out of the
parking area with their cars, etc. I will never return.

The rest of the campsites, really any campsite, will be as bad as
Heckscher on a holiday weekend such as Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Floyd Bennett Field is supposed to be pretty great, and I would have
gone, but the ranger wanted me to book the site IN-PERSON!!! She said
they did not take phone or web/email reservations. Not sure what's up
with that, but I have heard good things and of all of them it would be
by far the shortest distance since it's at Brooklyn's southeastern
edge.

I have a very crazy project schedule until my deadline the first week
in October, then I have a road trip planned for Quebec / Nova Scotia
later in the month, but camping is by far my favorite activity to do
with a bicycle, so I would do whatever I could to join in on the fun.

Curtis

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[Peter Pesce]

That's quite impressive archbishop. I'm curious how you got to the western NJ sites... Train bike combo I assume?
I lived in Manhattan for 12 years but never really considered a S24O. Now I'm in CT and don't see a lot of nearby camping opportunites.
I think I need to take a page from the NYC crowd and think about train/bike options.
BTW, for anyone thinking of taking the train to Harriman state park or Bear Mountain, hurricane Irene clobberd the raiil line up there and it's out of service for a few months at least.

Pete
"Single Sidepull sixty Sam"
Norwalk, CT