BREWSTER NINHAM DICKTOWN RD STILLWATER LP MONEYHOLE MTN TR

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Brewster/ Ninham SP/ Dicktown Rd/ Stillwater Loop/ Moneyhole Mtn Trail/ Cold Spring


Brewster/ Ninham/ Dicktown Rd/ Stillwater Lp/ Moneyhole Mtn Tr/ Cold Spring

NYCC mtn bike route approximately 36 miles and 4000’ gain


0.0 Brewster Metro North railroad station, head left, on Rt 6 west/ Main St.

0.9 Putnam Trailways starts on right, running parallel to Rt 6 west

3.4 R exit rail trail immediately after underpass

QL Seminary Hill Rd, note: one-way wrong way after Church St, walk bike

0.2 S Rt 52 north, at light

1.0 L Dykeman Rd

0.9 L at “T”, Nichols Rd, descend steeply, cross reservoir and ascend steeply

0.6 R enter Ninham State Park, follow trail (unmarked, Rinaldi Trail) at end of parking area, note: look for alternate paths around stone walls and other obstacles in park

0.5 R off the Rinaldi Trail, side trail, if not marked Blue Trail but will surely become it. When the Blue Trail forks, take a right, further up take a left. Follow it eventually past the pond on your left and thru a field to the Parking area off Gipsy Trail

R on Gipsy Trail.

L off Gipsy Trail. Either take the Yellow Trail (not obvious) before the steep hill on Gipsy Trail. You can take the public access road to the summit on the left just as the above mentioned grade begins to let up, but the mtn bike ascent is on the Yellow marked trail. Follow it into the blue marked trail. At about 1.4 miles from your start on this trail off Gipsy Trail you the Blue marked trail will emerge onto a crude woodland road. This is Coles Mills Road. The Blue trail will go left on this road; you will go to the right, ascending this first section. In 0.3 miles Coles Mills Rd will have climbed and ascended a few times, ending in the mid mountain parking lot of the access road from Gipsy Trail to the fire tower. Go around the 2 gates and ascend the steep, unpaved road to the summit. The fire tower will be on the right. You may ascend the steps of the fire tower for the views, buildings in Manhattan and the Catskills can be seen depending on conditions. Descend the red trail from the summit. To find it, with your back to the base of the fire tower while facing the road you came up on, the trail is to your left. It is between the fire tower and infrastructure to the right of the trail, also on your side of the road. It is easier to find than describe. The trail might best described as a dedicated mtn biking downhill course, although not obvious at the start. Be apprised of boulders, log drops and stone piles as openings in stone walls. Exiting the trail, a left onto the road you ascended to the fire tower, and you are back at the mid mountain parking area and public trail map. Here make a right on the carriage road, unmarked but called Coles Mills Rd on the the larger Ninham map, which is not updated. You will soon find yourself retracing your route of the ascent on the blue trail. Continue straight on Coles Mills Rd pasting where you entered it on your ascent. Follow it to the end and be aware of the steep descent ahead. You will walk your bike in sections. The trail ends in the driveway of a house on Rt 301 between Gipsey Trail and Dixon Rd. Take a right on 301 heading west.

This is the link to the map that is linked to the download on the NYCC Ride Library webpage: http://www.bikerag.com/images/MAPS/ny/ninham%20tower%202012.jpg


2.0 L Peekskill Hollow Rd

0.1 R Richardsville Rd, climb!

1.7 L Dicktown Rd (it goes to Richardsville, get it?)

1.3 S Dicktown Rd becomes a rough carriage trail, continue on under power lines. It becomes wild and interesting. Be mindful of the rocky desents.

1.3 X cross the Taconic Parkway, careful! Enter the parking area on the western side.

Stillwater Loop. Either go right and follow trails to the right eventually to the Cerulean Trail, taking a right as the “T” at the end on the unmarked Roaring Brook Trail, following it out to Rt 301. Or, go left in the parking area and pick up the Stillwater Loop as it climbs and then descends, crossing the Stillwater Pond Dam and ascending the ridge, taking a right onto the Roaring Brook Trail, following it on to Rt 301. Go to this site and click on Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park Trails Plan Map: http://www.fofhh.org/master-plan

L Rt 301, west, water at Park HQ, it will be marked on signs in the park

3.3 L Dennytown Rd, paved

0.5 R Indian Brook Rd

QL Moneyhole Mtn Trail, you emerged from here on the way out, now you will reverse direction and do the whole thing back to S Highland Rd. Trail junctions will be more obvious from this direction, just follow straight at each junction.

2.5 R S Highland Rd

0.6 R Old Albany Post Rd, south, unpaved

1.3 L Indian Brook Rd, at the bottom of the steep descent, keep the Bird and Bottle Inn on your right.

0.1 L Rt 9, south, paved, lots of traffic!

0.1 R Indian Brook Rd, unpaved. As of 1/2012 the road has a short section closed to traffic due to an embankment washout. Carry your bike around both barriers and continue the descent, under the Rt 9d viaduct and follow the road to the right and up a short grade

1.9 L Rt 9d, north

1.4 L Main St, Cold Spring, traffic light

0.3 L Lunn Terrace, (opposite right turn to the Depot restaurant) follow up grade, over railroad overpass, to the left

0.2 R Metro North train platform on left











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