Poughkeepsie - Salt Point loop
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Miles Mark Turn This Leg Description
         
    note ---> DC Rt 43 = Dutchess County Route 43
Start       Poughkeepsie train station
0.0   South 0.0 in the train station parking lot or driveway
0.0 EE L 0.1 Main St (East) up hill
0.1 EE L 0.2 Clover St (North)
0.3   R 0.6 Verrazano St
0.6       cross Washington St -- becomes Brookside
0.9 T L 0.1 Garden St
1.0 T R 0.9 Parker St [HH]
1.4       cross N Clinton / Buckingham -- becomes Violet Ave
1.9 EE R 0.5 Pendell Rd (see WEOK radio tower on Right)
2.4 EE L 0.8 Creek Rd (do not continue straight into Dutchess Community College parking lot)
3.2   R 1.1 Cream St, becomes Bennet Rd
4.3 T R 0.0 unsigned- E Dorsey Lane
4.3   quick L 0.3 unsigned- Beck Rd
4.6   BR 0.6 Beck Rd
5.2 T R 0.4 Dutchess Hill Rd -- DC Rt 40
5.6 T L 1.8 Cream St -- DC Rt 39
7.1       (pass by Haviland Rd)
7.4 T R 0.9 Crum Elbow Rd / Netherwood Rd / Dutchess Co Rt 41 (East)
8.3 EE L 1.2 Quaker Lane -- Dutchess Co Rt 16 (North)
9.5   R 1.1 Ruskey Lane (East)
10.6   BL 0.0 pass by Marshall Rd
10.6   BR 2.9 Browning Rd (continue East, later curves North) (Ruskey Lane goes L)
13.5 T R 0.3 unsigned- Hollow Rd / DC Rt 14 East
13.8   R 3.2 Clinton Hollow Rd / DC Rt 18 South -- has a couple of low-visibility curves
17.0 T R 0.1 Salt Point Turnpike - South [HH]
17.1   food   Salt Point, NY
17.1   L 0.7 Hibernia Rd (East)
17.8   R 1.2 Scout Rd (South)
19.0   Straight 3.1 Creek Rd
22.1 T R 0.5 Rt 44 West [HH - wide traffic lane with reasonable shoulder in this section, as of August 2004]
22.6   food   Pleasant Valley, NY -- for more food options, go west on Rt 44
22.6 EE L 0.6 South Av (DC Rt 47)
22.6   Variation   continue Straight Rt 44 West 4.2Mi [HH - part with no shoulder and part with parked cars through the village of Pleasant Valley -- but wide shoulder for most of the rest, as of August 2002], then Left
        on Overrocker Rd 0.2Mi (sign difficult to see, comes just after traffic light for DC Rt 43) to rejoin main route.
23.2   R 3.7 Plass Rd (becomes Sleight Plass Rd)
26.9 T R 0.5 Overlook Rd (DC Rt 46)
27.4 T R 0.7 Degarmo Rd (DC Rt 43)
28.1   L 0.3 Old Degarmo Rd (small sign saying "Private" as of August 2004)
28.1   Variation   to avoid a steep short climb and a possibly private road, but take on lots more traffic:  continue Straight on Degarmo Rd 0.2Mi, T-L Rt 44 West 0.1Mi [HH], L on Overrocker Rd 0.2Mi to rejoin main route.
28.4 T R 0.3 Overlook Rd
28.7   L 1.0 Overocker Rd
29.7 T L 0.1 unsigned- Burnett Rd (South)
29.8   cross 0.0 cross Rt 55 on cross-walk
29.8    Straight - sidewalk 0.0 continue South on sidewalk
29.8 T R 0.3 Manchester Rd (West)
30.1 T L 0.2 Fairmont Ave
30.3 T L 0.0 Collegeview Ave (East)
30.3   Variation   to avoid riding through Vassar College:  R on Collegeview Ave, EE - L on Raymond Ave (Rt 376) [HH], EE - R on College Ave to rejoin main route. 
        If not comfortable with the vehicle traffic, there is the alternative of using the sidewalks.
30.3   R 0.0 campus road -- enter Vassar College campus.
    private   This route through Vassar College campus goes on a private road and sidewalk.  For many years, Vassar College has normally permitted the general public to visit the campus and use the roads and sidewalks.
        Please obey any signs and instructions from the staff, and ride in a way that respects the students and other users.  To avoid riding these private segments, see the Variation above.
30.3   site   Vassar College
        www.vassar.edu
30.3   R 0.0 campus road
30.3   L 0.1 campus road
30.4   R - sidewalk 0.1 turn at first cross-walk, marked by white paint on road surface
30.5 EE cross 0.0 cross Raymond Ave (exit from Vassar College campus through opening in fence)
30.5   Straight 1.0 College Ave (West)
31.5       cross Cherry St, becomes West College Ave
31.5 T R 0.2 Circular Rd
31.7 T L 0.0 Hooker Ave [HH]
31.7   Variation   to eliminate some turns, but with more traffic and miss some historic houses:  T-R on Hooker Ave [HH] 0.4Mi, EE-BL onto Montgomery St (West) to rejoin main route
31.7   quick R 0.3 Adriance Ave (West)
32.0   R 0.1 Loockerman Ave
32.1 T R 0.1 South Hamilton (North)
32.2   L 0.2 Holmes St (first L)
32.4 T R 0.2 Academy St (North) (historic houses) [HH - reasonably wide, unless there are parked cars, as of August 2002]
32.6   L 0.0 Barclay St (second L)
32.6 T R 0.1 Garfield Place (historic houses -- for more, turn L)
32.7 T L 0.3 Montgomery St [HH - reasonably wide, unless there are parked cars, as of August 2002]
33.0 EE R 0.2 Lincoln Ave, becomes Jefferson St (North) [HH]
33.2 EE     cross Church St / Rt 44 / Rt 55 -- becomes Jefferson St Ext
33.2   L 0.1 Union St
33.3   R 0.2 Clover St (North)
33.5 EE L 0.1 Main St [HH]
33.6 EE R   Poughkeepsie train station
Route not checked by us since 2005