Great Rides - Manhattan

Like everything else in New York, biking is big. Really big.

According to the NYC Department of Transportation, 530,000 cycling trips are made in New York City each day, and 800,000 New Yorkers ride a bike regularly. Manhattan has been a bronze-level Bicycle Friendly Community since 2012, and bike lanes have expanded from 250 miles in 2006 to more than 1,200 today, crossing iconic bridges, weaving through parks, and hugging the shores of the Hudson River.

Pedal to New Jersey’s Palisades (or hop a train to the Hudson Highlands) and you’ll find road biking for days. You can even find mountain biking in the city — Wolfe’s Pond Park in Staten Island, Cunningham Park in Queens, Manhattan’s Highbridge Park — and long gravel roads start fanning out just over a dozen miles away.

The 40-mile TD Five Boro Bike Tour, with 30,000 participants, is (no surprise) the country’s biggest bike ride. But there are dozens of annual cycling events here worth checking out — from Twin Lights Ride to the celebrated Gran Fondo New York and a whole lot more.

Ranger Station Out and Back

Distance: 19.6 mi
Elevation: +/- 1465 ft

NYC, NY

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Nyack Out and Back

Distance: 44.4 mi
Elevation: +/- 2486 ft

NYC, NY

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Trail to Trail Loop

Distance: 39.1 mi
Elevation: +/- 1483 ft

NYC, NY

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Prospect Park Connection

Distance: 26.7 mi
Elevation: +/- 862 ft

NYC, NY

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Bear Mountain Lollipop

Distance: 96.3 mi
Elevation: +/- 6545 ft

NYC, NY

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Westchester Reservoir Loop

Distance: 57.9 mi
Elevation: +/- 3207 ft

NYC, NY

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Rockland Lake Loop

Distance: 51.3 mi
Elevation: +/- 2554 ft

NYC, NY

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Croton Cruise Loop

Distance: 46.2 mi
Elevation: +/- 4011 ft

Town of Greenburgh, NY

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Stillwell Woods Park

Distance: 10 mi
72 S Woods Rd, Woodbury, NY 11797

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Glacier Ridge Bike Trail

Distance: 12 mi
86-98 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738

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Graham Hills Park

Distance: 13 mi
Graham Hills Park, Pleasantville, NY 10570

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Cunningham Park

Distance: 14 mi
67-1 210th St, Oakland Gardens, NY 11364

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Alpine Scout Camp/Rockleigh Woods Sanctuary

Distance: 17 mi
26 Rockleigh Rd, Rockleigh, NJ 07647

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Blue Mountain Reservation

Distance: 27 mi
73CH+JC Peekskill, Cortlandt, NY

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Mountain Creek Bike Park

Distance: 30 mi
200 NJ-94, Vernon Township, NJ 07462

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Central Park Loop

Distance: 6.1 mi
Elevation: +/- 300 ft

NYC, NY

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Cold Spring Gravel Loop

Distance: 59.3 mi
Elevation: +/- 5642 ft

Cold Spring, NY

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Dirty Reservoir Rambler

Distance: 66.1 mi
Elevation: +/- 2388 ft

Yonkers, NY

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Mohonk Preserve Gravel

Distance: 32.8 mi
Elevation: +/- 2041 ft

Ulster County, NY

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Mohonk Preserve Gravel - Long

Distance: 86 mi
Elevation: +/- 4400 ft

Ulster County, NY

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Along the Hudson

Distance: 56.5 mi
Elevation: +/- 445 ft

NYC, NY

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New Jersey Devil

Distance: 45.5 mi
Elevation: +/- 2829 ft

Bedminster Township, NJ

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New Brunswick

Distance: 70.6 mi
Elevation: +/- 512 ft

New Brunswick, NJ

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