Good Driving Roads in Bergen County

There are decent roads around the Palisades Park area, but getting there is a hassle. I drive through Saddle River/Woodcliff Lake and the surrounding area sometimes - those are quiet roads most of the time. Skyline Drive in Ringwood is a nice ride when it isn't crowded as well.

Southern NY opens you up to Greenwood Lake and obviously the roads that lead to the Bear Mountain area.

 

Tonight going to the Bear Moutain car show....Up 287 to 87N off 1st exit through Tuxedo (careful!) to 7 lakes drive.
A nice drive through park up & past Perkins Drive to the Bear Mountain inn to the show.

If you want, All around that area is wonderful. Bear Mountain Bridge, wonderful. Just go off-hours so traffic isn't bad.

It was dark, so home is the palisades Pkwy to 87/287.

 

Pretty much what Tony says. Storm King Highway is the best around here in my opinion but the cops know it. All nice roads around here seem suffer the same fate... there are slow cars, cyclists, police and low speed limits. Don't even consider Harriman in the summer during the day at weekends. It's packed. I often go driving during the day midweek when most people have other things to do and it can be very quiet.

I have a few loops in/around NJ/NY... E.g. 202 to Skyline drive to sloatsburg to 17. Tiorati Brook Road to Arden Valley to Kanawauke Road. The latter is used by Gotham Dream Cars often... I hear them driving past my house a lot. Nothing great though... just a poor part of the country for roads.

I'm guessing Clyde might know some NW of Wayne? Kinda like asking for personal secrets though

Regards
David

 

I say none as there are too many small towns there with too many ticket hungry cops. I'd stay off that Palisades Parkway too as it is the heaviest patrolled road in the NY metro area.


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Better to take the PiP I think.

 

I usually go up further and take 106 to Seven Lakes - it's a much more technical and windy road than Seven Lakes.

 

9W through Alpine, up to Palisades NY is a nice drive - but watch out for cops.

 

Not a chance! With all the Meathead police on it!?! Search for horrors here about the PP Police

Nice drive - lots of police


I headed up the 287 extension today. It's happening. Fall is fast approaching. The birches are yellow and the Blackgum are red. {sigh} Too soon.

 

Watch out for deer around Bear Mountain - saw tons of them (more than I've seen anywhere) last night. Also, forget Waze for getting to Bear Mountain - it directed us in to a residential development before deciding that it didn't know how to get there. It turns out that the development was a good 15 or more minutes away (one of the neighbors helped with directions and mentioned that he had seen a lot of people lost, all using Waze). This is the first time Waze has led me astray - usuLly it's brilliant.

 

Rule of thumb: NEVER stretch any vehicles' legs on the PIP.

I do this drive a lot and stop at the 9W market. Then, I pass through lovely Piermont and use the backroads back into Bergen County, starting with Rockleigh.

Upper Saddle River and Saddle River have great country roads where you can have limited fun.

But I always seem to get the most of my trips heading up Skyline Drive and working my way around the Wanaque Reservoir, past Ringwood Manor and up to old RT 17.

These are nice cruising roads but, frankly, with the power today's autos make it's best to find a track.

 

If you want to go out a little west you can try the Delaware Water Gap area and Port Jervis/Rt 97(Hawk's Nest). Really nice this time of year with the foliage changing colors but it's not somewhere that you can stretch the car's legs out.