Getting There
Bus from Manhattan • Carpool • Driving Directions • Train Advisory
Bus Information
Traveling from New York City? Take our chartered bus from Manhattan to Millerton! This bus, available for an additional charge of $40, will transport you to and from the start/finish area in Millerton on ride day while your bike travels on an accompanying truck. The first bus will leave early enough to accommodate riders doing the 100-mile route. As of July 22, the bus and the waitlist for the bus are full.
Buses will leave in the morning at 5:30 and 7:00 a.m. from Hostelling International-New York at 891 Amsterdam Avenue, on the corner of West 103rd Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The closest subway stop is a block away at Broadway and 103rd Street, on the #1 line. Morning buses are assigned based on ride distance. Travel time to Millerton is two hours.
In the afternoon, the first bus will leave Millerton when there are sufficient people on it, as close to 4:00 p.m. as possible. The second bus will leave at 6:00 p.m. with all the remaining riders.
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Carpool
Check back closer to the event for a message board where you can look for or offer a ride.
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Driving Directions
The Harlem Valley Rail Ride starts and finishes in Millerton, New York. Follow signs for Rail Ride parking upon entering the village of Millerton, and be sure to remember the location where you park.
Millerton map (PDF) >
From the south via the Taconic State Parkway:
Train Advisory
There is a train station 11 miles away from the event start/finish. However, this is not a good option for getting to the event due to the infrequent schedule and limited bike capacity. Please see the MTA website for details; look up the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem line train to Wassaic.
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Bus from Manhattan • Carpool • Driving Directions • Train Advisory
Bus Information
Traveling from New York City? Take our chartered bus from Manhattan to Millerton! This bus, available for an additional charge of $40, will transport you to and from the start/finish area in Millerton on ride day while your bike travels on an accompanying truck. The first bus will leave early enough to accommodate riders doing the 100-mile route. As of July 22, the bus and the waitlist for the bus are full.
Buses will leave in the morning at 5:30 and 7:00 a.m. from Hostelling International-New York at 891 Amsterdam Avenue, on the corner of West 103rd Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The closest subway stop is a block away at Broadway and 103rd Street, on the #1 line. Morning buses are assigned based on ride distance. Travel time to Millerton is two hours.
In the afternoon, the first bus will leave Millerton when there are sufficient people on it, as close to 4:00 p.m. as possible. The second bus will leave at 6:00 p.m. with all the remaining riders.
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Carpool
Check back closer to the event for a message board where you can look for or offer a ride.
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Driving Directions
The Harlem Valley Rail Ride starts and finishes in Millerton, New York. Follow signs for Rail Ride parking upon entering the village of Millerton, and be sure to remember the location where you park.
Millerton map (PDF) >
From the south via the Taconic State Parkway:
- North on Major Deegan Expressway (Interstate 87).
- Exit onto Cross County Parkway (Exit 4) - stay in right lane - follow signs for Bronx Parkway.
- Exit onto Sprain Brook Parkway heading north. Sprain Brook Parkway becomes Taconic State Parkway.
- Exit onto Route 44 North/East. Continue north and east on Route 44.
- Turn left onto Route 22 North to Millerton.
- Distance: 96 miles from the Cross-Bronx Expressway.
- North on Major Deegan Expressway (Interstate 87).
- Exit onto Interstate 287 East - follow signs for White Plains.
- Exit onto Interstate 684 North.
- Exit onto Route 22 North - follow signs for Brewster - north on Route 22 past Dover Plains and Amenia to Millerton.
- Distance: 96 miles from the Cross-Bronx Expressway.
- Cross Whitestone Bridge.
- Continue north on Hutchinson River Parkway.
- Exit onto Interstate 684 North.
- Exit onto Route 22 North - follow signs for Brewster - north on Route 22 past Dover Plains and Amenia to Millerton.
- Distance: 89 miles from Whitestone Bridge.
- Option #1 - Cross George Washington Bridge. Exit from Cross-Bronx Expressway onto Interstate 87 North. Follow directions for Taconic State Parkway or I-684 above.
- Option #2 - Cross Tappan Zee Bridge. Either (1) exit onto Sprain Brook Parkway North, which becomes Taconic State Parkway, or (2) continue on Interstate 287 East to Interstate 684 North. Exit onto Route 22 North to Millerton.
- Distance: 97 miles from George Washington Bridge, 82 miles from Tappan Zee Bridge.
- East on Interstate 90.
- Exit onto Taconic Parkway South.
- Exit onto Route 23 East.
- Turn right onto Route 22 South to Millerton.
- Distance: 64 miles from Interstate 787.
- Route 7 South to Great Barrington.
- Right onto Route 23 West.
- Left onto Route 41 South.
- Right onto Route 44 West to Millerton.
- Distance: 23 miles from Great Barrington.
- Route 44 West - past Winsted and Canaan to Millerton.
- Distance: 54 miles from Hartford.
- West on Interstate 84.
- Exit onto Route 22 North - go past Dover Plains and Amenia to Millerton.
- Distance: 50 miles from Danbury.
Train Advisory
There is a train station 11 miles away from the event start/finish. However, this is not a good option for getting to the event due to the infrequent schedule and limited bike capacity. Please see the MTA website for details; look up the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem line train to Wassaic.
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