Columbia ↔ Upper Nyack Biking Adventure

Route 9W, starting at George Washington Bridge in New Jersey and continuing northward, is popular with cyclists riding through Bergen County and counties in New York state on the west side of Hudson River. However, the route is quite hilly. A series of steep downhills are experienced going northward near the NJ/NY border, and steep up- and down-hills are experienced along the village of Nyack. The route continues all the way upstate to Albany, but I stopped and turned around somewhere along the route in Upper Nyack. The summary of the trip as follows. Besides the portions of the trip in Manhattan, the entire trip stays within the west side of Hudson River.

• Columbia University
• George Washington Bridge
• Northbound on 9W, passing through in Bergen County: Fort Lee, Englewood Cliffs, Tenafly, Alpine
• Enter New York and passing through in Rockland County: Palisades, Piermont, Nyack
• Ride past, but don't cross Tappan Zee Bridge
• Return on same route