// Region guide

New York

The best motorcycle roads and rider-grade stops in New York, mapped corner by corner.

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// Featured in New York

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Hawk's Nest / Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (NY-97)

New York

NY-97 follows the Delaware River roughly 70 miles from Port Jervis to Hancock as the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway. The Hawk's Nest section just west of Port Jervis is a cliffside cut high above the river with classic stacked corners — a favorite filming location for car commercials — and it stays open year-round.

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//Every road & stop

Type1 in New York · 1 routes · 0 stops · 1 rallies

Road	Length	High point
Hawk's Nest / Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (NY-97) NY-97 follows the Delaware River roughly 70 miles from Port Jervis to Hancock as the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway. The Hawk's Nest section just west of Port Jervis is a cliffside cut high above the river with classic stacked corners — a favorite filming location for car commercials — and it stays open year-round.	72 mi	—

//Rallies & events

Rally · Late May / early June, ~4 days

Americade

Lake George, NY, US

A touring-oriented motorcycle rally in the Adirondacks featuring demo rides, guided tours, an expo, and a Lake George block party, running since 1983. The 2026 edition ran May 27–30; 2027 dates are not yet announced.

NextDates TBA

ScaleUp to ~50,000 expected by organizers in recent years (Wikipedia / nysmusic.com)

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Best season

Spring – Fall (varies by elevation)

Surface

Paved two-lane

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The best motorcycle roads and rider-grade stops in New York, mapped corner by corner.

Why ride New York?

Switchback scores every road in New York by corner density and elevation, not by how fast it gets you somewhere. The result is a shortlist worth the detour — Hawk's Nest / Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (NY-97) among them — each mapped mile by mile with the fuel stops, overlooks, and bailouts that actually matter on two wheels.

Plan before you ride

Mountain and high-desert routes in New York can be seasonal — verify pass and weather conditions before you commit, top off fuel before long service gaps, and check the mile-by-mile breakdown on each road's page for the named corners, stops, and turnarounds. Pro riders get offline maps for the stretches where cell coverage drops out.

// Frequently asked

Every route is scored by corner density and elevation change, then verified by riders — not pulled from a generic car database. Stops are checked for bike parking, sightlines to your machine, and fuel before the dead zones.

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