Hawk's Nest
200K Brevet
Saturday 9 June 2018
06:30 EDT Start Time
06:30 EDT Start Time
The Village Farmer & Bakery is a small, family-owned operation featuring a variety of bakery items. It also has a deli counter at which you can order sandwiches. They run a delicious BBQ in the afternoon. In the morning, the breakfast croissant and VF sandwich are highly recommended.
There is a sink you can use to fill water bottles at the right far corner of the shop, but no public rest room. There are port-a-johns outside behind the building. The PA Welcome Center (a few blocks north) has a proper rest room.
Parking is available at Park-N-Ride near the I-80 Interchange, across the street from the Pennsylvania Welcome Center. Ride south down Broad Street to the Village Famer & Bakery. The ride will start from the parking lot adjacent to the Village Farmer.
Suggested parking locations for the start/finish are public places, with theft and vandalism a real possibility, especially in cities. Park during the event at your own risk. Please do not leave valuables in your car during the ride.
Traveling far? Overnight accommodations are available at several hotels in Stroudsburg. Make your own reservations by calling the hotel directly.
After finishing, relax and replenish at the Village Farmer & Bakery BBQ counter operating in the yard. It operates until 8pm inthe summer.
Starting out at the Village Farmer in Delaware Water Gap we head north up the Allegheny Front through Canadensis and Promised Land. Instead of stopping at Hawley, we'll bypass the busy traffic by heading over to Rt 402 and then on along the scenic Lackawaxen River. After crossing the historic Roebling Aqueduct, we join up with Rt 97, which is a scenic and generally flat river road, except for the detour that climbs up the mountain to the controle in Eldred (pronounced El Dread). After summiting, it's on to Port Jervis through the many amazing overlooks at Hawks Nest.
At Port Jervis, we begin our return leg down along the Delaware River. The Flats Deli controle has legendary sandwiches. The sandwiches will give you energy to climb Old Mine Rd to Millbrook Village (water and bathrooms) and then finish up through the NJ side of the Delaware Water Gap Recreation Area.
While our early start time means leaving before the Village Farmer opens for breakfast, it assures that Flat's Deli (mile 97) will be open. It also allows riders to put much of the climb up the Allegheny Front behind them before the heat of the day. And the Village Farmer will have its great BBQ operation running when we return.
There are several steep, extended climbs. A triple or 39x27 is highly recommended.
| Date | Finishers |
|---|---|
| 2009-11-07 | 9 |
| 2010-05-15 | 18 |
| 2010-06-05 | 11 |
| 2010-07-31 | 14 |
| 2010-08-14 | 22 |
| 2010-11-06 | 24 |
| 2011-07-30 | 20 |
| 2011-08-13 | 16 |
| 2012-07-14 | 14 |
| 2012-08-04 | 8 |
| 2013-07-13 | 12 |
| 2013-08-17 | 16 |
| 2014-07-26 | 25 |
| 2014-08-16 | 22 |
| 2015-07-25 | 22 |
| 2015-08-08 | 15 |
| 2016-07-30 | 14 |
| 2017-07-22 | 23 |
| 2018-06-09 | 18 |
| 2021-08-07 | 13 |
This ride is a randonneur style bicycle event under the sanction of Randonneurs USA and Audax Club Parisian. Completing this event can help you train and qualify for Paris-Brest-Paris and earn RUSA and ACP awards. You need a current RUSA membership to ride this event. You can sign up for RUSA here.
First time riding with PA Randonneurs? Read an overview of what to expect on your first PA brevet. All participants are obliged to follow the rules for riders as well as local vehicle laws (PA, NJ, NY). Safety is a primary concern. All riders must sign a waiver. Please read these Safety Instructions.
To receive credit for finishing a randonneuring event you must complete a brevet card as required by the rules. PA Randonneurs accepts traditional brevet cards filled out with stamps/signatures and backed up with merchant receipts. PA Randonneurs encourages use of the eBrevet cell phone app. (Version 1.3 minimum required) as an electronic brevet card assistant. Nevertheless, you must check into all controls on the app -- or provide traditional proof for each control. Your finish time and finish code from the app must be written on the paper card, along with your signature, or you may be disqualified.
These events are not for beginners. The courses are hilly. You may face extremes of weather: heat, cold, wind, rain. The roads are unmarked and open to automobile traffic. There will be night riding in the longer events. There is no sag wagon. Complete several ordinary century cycling events before starting a 200K brevet; complete several 200Ks before starting a longer brevet.
The online URL for this event info page is
https://parando.org/info/event/2018-06-09/200
For all other information about Pennsylvania Randonneurs, visit our web site https://parando.org/