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Newark's Penn Station to Quakertown, PA
       
Fast and Fabulous Cycling Club
         
Why do this ride and what you're in for:
John Zenkus, a Philadelphia native and fast boy, scouted this one out for us.  This cue sheet takes you out of urbania reasonably quickly, by cutting through the South Mountain and Watchung Reservations, and then it’s mostly two-lane highways until we cross the Delaware north of Stockton.  Then it’s hilly, one-lane roads, and finally some wide-open Pennsylvania vistas as we approach Nockamixon State Park, home to the Weisel Hostel.  Enjoy!
       
      L Left
Route By: Bob Nelson, Shawn Hill and John Zenkus R Right
Date Last Checked: 27-May-06 GF Gaily Forward
Checked By: Bob Nelson BL Bear Left
      BR Bear Right
    X Cross
Distance Direction Road / Landmark    
0 R Market St.    
0.6 BL Springfield Ave. (at Justice Center)    
0.8 BR South Orange Ave. Sign says Rt 510; it's first right after Martin Luther King Ave.
7.6 L Brookside Dr. at first light before divided road ends. (No sign!)    
GF Lakes on left as you go through South Mountain Reservation.    
GF Brookside becomes Paper Mill Way in Millburn.    
9.7 L Old Short Hills Rd., which becomes Main St. after railroad tracks.  
10.6 X Over Rt. 78.    
10.8 R Springfield Ave./Rt. 124, busy intersection.  In one block,    
10.9 QR Morris Ave.     
11.1 QL Mountain Ave. at light; mall on L.    
11.8 R Shunpike Rd. / Rt. 636, at light.  Becomes Orchard St.    
12.7 X Over Rt. 78 again.    
13.3 L Morris Ave. / Rt. 527, at light.    
13.9 BL Don’t go up hill, do go L on Glenside Ave., Rt. 527, then keep R.  
15.1 X Over Rt. 78.  Again.  We’re going through the Watchung Reservation, 
  with Rt. 78 to your right.    
18 SAG Sharp downhill, then sag stop at bottom of hill, at T with Valley Rd.  
18 R Valley Rd. (continue on Rt. 527)    
21.5 R Go around Watchung traffic circle; follow signs to Warren, Rt. 527; 
  make R onto Mountain Blvd. coming off traffic circle; reservoir on R.
24.3 X Krauzer’s Deli on R; huge American flag; X Mount Bethel Rd./Rt. 651;
  Mountain Blvd. becomes Washington Valley Rd.    
25.5 L Morning Glory Rd. / Rt. 527 after Washington Valley Fire Co. on left. 
  REALLY long steep downhill; becomes N. Mountain Ave.    
27.7 X Rt. 22 overpass; becomes Mountain Ave.    
29 L E. Main St. at T in in Bound Brook).  Pass NJ Transit station on R.  
29.3 R S. Main St. Then go under railroad tracks and over steel-deck bridge; 
  take wood-deck sidewalk.  At end of bridge,    
29.5 R Canal Rd.  Then QL:    
29.6 QL Elizabeth St. / Rt. 621.     
30.6 X Under Rt. 278.  Stay on Elizabeth to end.    
33.9 R Amwell Rd. at T.  Follow signs for Rt. 514.    
35.4 SAG Market St., at flagpole. One-acre park on left, deli down Market.  
35.5 X D&R Canal and Millstone River.  Follow Amwell Rd. / Rt. 514.    
35.8 X Rt. 533 in Millstone    
39 X Rt. 206, busy highway. Continue on Amwell Rd. / Rt. 514.    
40.5 X Becomes Amwell Bypass Rd. / Rt. 514, for a couple of miles.    
48.3 BL Amwell / Rt. 514 feeds into Rt. 613; then immediately BR to follow Rt. 179.
52.4 X Rts. 31/202.  Route you are on becomes Rt. 179 / Old York Rd.;   
  follow through Ringoes to Lambertville.    
53.2 X Deli on left, just before intersection.    
54.2 BL Rt. 579 for a hundred yards or so, then BR follow Old York Rd. / Rt. 179
54.9 X Cross under Rt. 202.    
59.6 R Bridge St. / Rt. 179 in Lambertville.    
59.7 SAG At deli on right on Bridge St.    
59.7 R N. Main St. / Rt. 29.  OPTION:  If it’s dry, follow Bridge St. to canal 
60.9 X Rt. 202 underpass.    
63.3 L Stay on Rt. 29; becomes Daniel Bray Hwy.     
63.4 QR Stay on Rt. 29.    
64 L Stay on Rt. 29.    
66.7 L Quarry Rd.  Bull's Island Recreation Area.    
67 X Delaware River pedestrian bridge; walk bikes.    
67.2 R River Rd. / Rt. 32.  After short concrete bridge,    
67.4 L Fleecydale Rd.  Narrow one-lane road, gradual climbs.    
69.4 R Carversville Rd., at Carversville Inn.    
71.7 R Durham Rd. / Rt. 413, at T.    
72.7 X Pt. Pleasant Pike.    
75 L Stump Rd.  Some wide-open vistas here.    
76.7 X Easton Rd. / Rt. 611.    
79.4 R Swamp Rd. / Rt.313, at light. Becomes S. Dublin Pike then S. Main St. in Dublin.
80.9 R Elephant Rd.  Town of Dublin, delis here.    
82.6 X Bedminster Rd. / Rt. 113.    
85.3 X Ridge Rd.    
86.2 L Elephant Rd. makes sharp Right, no intersection.