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| DISTANCE | START-Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course Club House | DISTANCE |
| 0.0 | NORTH-Putnam Line right-of-way (dirt) | 1.4 |
| 1.4 | pavement starts (NYC-Yonkers border) | 1.8 |
| 3.2 | bridge over Cross County Pkwy | 0.2 |
| 3.4 | LEFT (MOTEL)-down stairs to Yonkers Av and WEST on Yonkers Av | 0.5 |
| 3.8 | Prescott St-BEAR RIGHT-cross sidewalk. | 0.7 |
| Granite "OCA" post marks entrance to Old Croton Aqueduct trailway. Vent tower 22 |
| 4.5 | RIGHT-Palisade Av | 0.0 |
| 4.6 | QUICK LEFT-Ashburton Av steep downhill one block | 0.1 |
| 4.7 | RIGHT-US 9-North Broadway | 0.2 |
| 4.9 | LEFT-Lamartine Av | 0.1 |
| 4.9 | RIGHT-Granite "OCA" post. Old Croton Aqueduct. Vent tower 21 | 2.1 |
| 7.0 | Vent tower 19. Odell Av [MTA] Lenoir Preserve | 1.7 |
| 8.7 | Five Corners (Hastings-on-Hudson)[MTA]CROSS-nasty intersection of US 9, Main St, and Farragut Av. | 1.2 |
| East on Farragut Av leads to South County Trail (1¼ mi) |
| 10.0 | Keeper's House 15 Walnut St Dobbs Ferry [MTA] | 0.4 |
| 10.3 | CROSS Cedar St ("T" intersection") DOWN concrete stairs on north side to OCA trail | 0.3 |
| 10.6 | Wickers Creek | 1.2 |
| 11.7 | Jewell's Brook Crossing | 1.4 |
| 13.2 | Lyndhurst (downhill from OCA) | 0.2 |
| 13.3 | LEFT-US 9 (South Broadway) (trail deadends ahead) | 0.5 |
| 13.8 | CROSS-NY 119 (White Plains Rd) | 0.1 |
| RIGHT-shopping center-food here |
| 13.9 | OCA trail on east side of parking lot. Vent tower 14 | 0.4 |
| 14.4 | LEFT-Leroy Av | 0.0 |
| 14.4 | QUICK RIGHT-US 9 (South Broadway) | 0.3 |
| 14.6 | RIGHT-East Franklin St ("PRIVATE DRIVEWAY") OCA resumes. WATCH OUT FOR THE CLOTHESLINES! | 0.2 |
| 14.9 | Neperan Rd [MTA] Vent tower 13 | 0.6 |
| downhill to food, bike store, [MTA], or uphill to link to North County Trail (1¾ mi) via bike path at Sunnyside Av |
| 15.5 | Sleepy Hollow High School blocks trail. Use path and stairs south and east of school or pass through breezeway. |
| NORTH through parking lot-CROSS Bedford Rd | 1.0 |
| 16.5 | Pocantico River Crossing | 1.5 |
| 18.0 | Archville Bridge restored continuity to the trailway in 1998 after a 74-year hiatus. | 0.9 |
| 19.0 | RIGHT-River Rd and QUICK LEFT-US 9 (Albany Post Rd) | 0.3 |
| 19.3 | RIGHT-Scarborough Rd | 0.4 |
| 19.7 | LEFT-OCA trail. Vent tower 9 | 1.0 |
| 20.6 | RIGHT-US 9-South Highland Av | 0.1 |
| 20.7 | LEFT-Washington Av | 0.2 |
| 21.0 | RIGHT-Spring St Vent tower 8 | 0.5 |
| 21.5 | RIGHT-Maple Pl and QUICK LEFT-OCA trail. [MTA] | 0.4 |
| 21.8 | RIGHT-Ann St (north of Double Arch Weir) | 0.1 |
| 21.9 | CROSS-N. Malcolm St ("T" intersection") OCA trail | 0.9 |
| 22.8 | CROSS-US 9 (North Highland Av) OCA trail | 0.5 |
| 23.4 | LEFT-Ogden Rd (trail deadends ahead) | 0.1 |
| 23.5 | RIGHT-Old Albany Post Rd (or LEFT to US 9. CROSS US 9 to bike path to Croton Point Park.) |
| UNDER BRIDGE, QUICK RIGHT-Shady Lane Farm Rd | 0.1 |
| 23.6 | QUICK LEFT-path to OCA trail | 0.4 |
| 23.9 | RIGHT-Fowler Av and QUICK LEFT-OCA trail | 2.8 |
| 26.7 | CROSS-New Croton Dam | 0.4 |
| 27.1 | CROSS-NY 129 FORWARD-Batten Rd | 1.3 |
| 28.4 | FORWARD-NY 129 (Grand St) | 0.3 |
| 28.7 | FORWARD-NY 129 (Maple St) | 0.9 |
| 29.6 | BEAR LEFT-South Riverside Av | 0.6 |
| 30.1 | RIGHT-Croton Point Av | 0.2 |
| 30.3 | Croton Point Park [MTA] |
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| All mileage is subject to argument! Seriously, because of rounding, segments don't always add up to cumulative totals. |
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| Westchester's paving elves are busy. Enjoy the new section of the Putnam right-of-way. BUT! About .4 mile north of where the paving begins at the NYC-Westchester border, as of May 2006, there's a rudimentary but passable plank bridge. If it's there, cross it and continue on the route. If it's unuseable (while the elves upgrade it): RIGHT (Harrison Av & Alan Shephard Pl); LEFT-Harrison Av-.2mi; RIGHT-Jervis Rd-.1mi; LEFT-(at Sedgwick Av) through the gate into Tibbets Brook Park-.2mi on the paved path; BEAR LEFT on the paved path across footbridge-.3mi and look for a convenient spot to return to the Putnam right-of-way. |
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| [MTA]: Metro-North station nearby. www.mta.nyc.ny.us 212 532-4900 or 800 638-7646 |
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| Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course Clubhouse: #1 (B'way Local) to 242nd St, one block south, one block east. Or "A" train to 207th St, north on Broadway, cross B'way Bridge, right on 225th St, cross Maj Deegan Expressway (I-87), and left on Bailey Avenue (total: a bit over 2 miles). |
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| Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct: www.aqueduct.org |
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| Westchester County's maps: westchestergov.com/parks/Trailways.htm |
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| Tarrytown: Tarrytown Cycles, 11 North Broadway, 914 631-1850 www.tarrytowncycle.com |
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| North Tarrytown: Sleepy Hollow Bicycle Center, 95 Beekman Av, 914 631-3135 |
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| Croton-on-Hudson: ET Cycle Center, 75 South Riverside Av, 914 271-6661 |