Leg 6 of 6Niagara to Bayside

New Paltz → Bayside

138 km · 8 postcards · designed for 14 days

Leg 6 of 6 on the Niagara to Bayside road. Down the Thruway to Newburgh, across the Hudson at Nyack, through Yonkers and the Bronx and over the Throgs Neck into Queens.

The road as your marker sees it. Dots below mark the postcards.

Along the way

km 28
Newburgh
Washington's headquarters at the end of the Revolution, on a bluff over the widest part of the Hudson.
Photo: Ginafavata, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
km 52
Harriman
The state park's lakes and the ridge where the Appalachian Trail crosses the Thruway.
Photo: Alexbuilerman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 74
Suffern
The Ramapo gap, where the mountains let the road through to the river towns.
Photo: Luke H. Gordon from Greenwood Lake, NY, USA. Edited slightly prior to upload by Daniel Case, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
km 93
Nyack
Edward Hopper's home town on the river. The Mario Cuomo Bridge starts here, five kilometres across.
Photo: David Rivera, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
km 99
Tarrytown
Sleepy Hollow. Irving's Headless Horseman rode this bank, and the old aqueduct runs south to the city.
Photo: Irina S.B., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
km 115
Yonkers
The city on the hill above the Hudson. Van Cortlandt Park is the Bronx line.
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km 133
Throgs Neck Bridge
The last bridge, over the East River where it meets the Sound. Queens and the finish in sight.
Photo: Roadrunnermeep, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 138
Bayside
Bell Boulevard and the station. Home. The finish.
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