The best motorcycle routes near NYC
Every route below is curated and rider-vetted — real roads locals actually ride, scored for how twisty they are, with the boring transit minimized. All of them ship inside TwoTired, so you can open one and ride it with turn-by-turn today.
The definitive Bear Mountain motorcycle route from NYC: Seven Lakes Drive's banked sweepers through Harriman State Park, ending with the Perkins Memorial Drive ascent.
Arden Valley Road is the sharpest, most technical twisty section near NYC.
Ride NY-218, the Storm King Highway — a road carved into a cliff face 400 feet above the Hudson River.
95 miles of the best riding near NYC: the Harriman transverse, NY-17A through Sterling Forest and Greenwood Lake, finishing at the famous Hawk's Nest overlook on NY-97.
An 84-mile motorcycle route through northwestern New Jersey's rolling hills and deep woods to High Point State Park — the highest elevation in NJ.
128 miles combining the two most dramatic roads in the region: the cliffside Storm King Highway over the Hudson and the Hawk's Nest switchbacks above the Delaware.
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