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Storm King Highway & Bear Mountain (NY-218 & Seven Lakes)
United States · NY-218 / Seven Lakes Dr
A cliff-edge engineering marvel notched into the rock precipice of Storm King Mountain 400 feet directly above the Hudson River gorge. Unrivaled water panoramas combined with the serpentine forest sweepers of Seven Lakes Drive and Perkins Memorial Drive in Harriman State Park.
Storm King Highway & Bear Mountain (NY-218 & Seven Lakes) runs 14.2 miles between Bear Mountain Bridge / Highland Falls, NY and Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY. We count about 74 corners along it, which is consistently bendy. Demanding, and not a road to meet in the wet.
Tank-bag quick reference
- StartBear Mountain Bridge / Highland Falls, NY41.3195, -73.988
- High20 ft - 1,280 ft (Perkins Memorial Tower)elevation range
- EndCornwall-on-Hudson, NY41.4398, -74.015
T-CLOCS before you go: tyres and wheels, controls and cables, lights and electrics, oil and fluids, chassis and stand.
Repair within reach
- 38 miMotorcycle MallBelleville, United States
Straight-line distance from the start of the route, not driving distance.
Somewhere to stop
- 53 miCedar Rapids Bar & Grill & Roebling's Delaware AqueductBarryville, NY
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Questions riders ask
- How long does Storm King Highway & Bear Mountain (NY-218 & Seven Lakes) take to ride?
- About 14 miles. At an unhurried pace with stops that is roughly 1 hour of riding, longer if you are stopping for photographs.
- Where does Storm King Highway & Bear Mountain (NY-218 & Seven Lakes) start and end?
- It runs between Bear Mountain Bridge / Highland Falls, NY and Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY. Either end works as a start; the route reads the same in both directions.
- Is Storm King Highway & Bear Mountain (NY-218 & Seven Lakes) a twisty road?
- We count about 74 corners across 14 miles, which is consistently bendy.
- Is there a GPX file for Storm King Highway & Bear Mountain (NY-218 & Seven Lakes)?
- Yes. The GPX is free, there is no account, and the planner will build a route that includes this road alongside others nearby.
Where these numbers come from
Distances and corner counts come from the route's own geometry, not from ratings or votes. Nothing here is crowdsourced and nobody paid to appear.