NERR 2024 Routes & Itineraries
2024 will be our longest run ever and has us going to areas that we have never visited before with NERR. People are going to want to make sure their rides are up to the task this time, because there is a leg with some serious highway time.... compared to normal NERR standards and for the majority of participants, this will be about 10 or 12 hours away from home
Saturday October 5, 2024
Kickoff location: Mt Wachusett, Princeton, MA
Princeton, MA to Fishkill, NY
We are returning to our most often used kickoff location, for 2024's event and we will be cruising though the Berkshires of Massachusetts and the northwest corner of Connecticut before we reach our destination
This day's route is all about the drive with just one planned stop for gas/restroom about 2 hours in. We will pick a second spot later in the day, to stop just to stretch our legs
We will have a little more than five hours of seat time this day, as we cover just over 200 miles
A.I.S time: 9:30AM SHARP!!!
Important notes:
At #7 directions say, turn left toward South St. The street sign actually says Hubbardston Rd
At #8 directions say "slight left". You will actually just be continuing on, while merging with other street. WE WILL BE MERGING ONTO MAIN ROAD. THERE IS NO MERGE OR STOP SIGN, AS OTHER TRAFFIC HAS RIGHT OF WAY. BE CAREFUL!!!!
Between #15 and #16 there is a "confusing " point in road (you'll know it when you see it). Our route will stay to the right
Immediately after #76 (left onto Sharon) we will be making an added rest/gas stop
Sunday October 6, 2024
Fishkill, NY to Hershey, PA
This route will be traveling through Pennsylvania as we end the day at our hotel and the one museum stop ( Hershey Antique Auto Museum | AACA Museum | Hershey, PA ) of the day. Lots of time driving today, so road snacks will be important
We are breaking it down into two legs (for ease of mapping), with the first leg being about 96 miles and just under 2 1/2 hours behind the wheel, with one gas/restroom stop in there
The second leg is a longer one, clocking in at almost 150 miles and over 3 1/2 hours behind the wheel, with one gas/restroom stop, before arriving at the day's final destination
A.I.S. time: 8:00 AM SHARP!!
Link to Leg 1:
Important notes: This one is pretty straight forward. Only thing is that our final mapped destination of this leg, is NOT a destination. We basically just set it as a way point, so..... When we get to that point, WE WILL NOT BE STOPPING. We will just be getting in the lefthand lane and taking a left at the lights (onto Milford Rd), before continuing onto leg 2
Link to Leg 2:
Important notes:
#1 will be ignored, because we will have already turned onto Milford Rd at the end of the last leg.
#12 after this step, need to get in the left-hand lane IMMEDIATELY, as there are 3 lanes, but only one allows traffic to go left.
Once we reach our final destination for the day, our hotel and the museum parking lots are basically beside each other, so people can tour the museum at their own pace & not worry about being left behind.
Monday October 7, 2024
Hershey, PA to Luray, VA
This will be a big highway day for us, which is not normally a NERR thing, but we knew we'd need one of these days, to accomplish a trip like this. The payoff is that it enables us to have a couple/few real cool stops along the way and it sets us up for arguably some of the best driving NERR has ever had, the following day. This is the leg that is going to test your ride, like it's never been tested before during a NERR cruise, as it takes us through PA, MD, WV and VA. It is also the leg that is going to take most participants the furthest away from home, then they've ever been during a NERR event. We should be having two point of interest stops this day Our first point of interest stop (and end of our first leg) will be Cooter's Place, from the Dukes of Hazzard ( Cooter's Luray (cootersplace.com) ) and that will end our first leg, but this will need to be a short one, so we can get to our bigger stops of the day.
Our second leg has our second (and third) point of interest stops will be Luray Caverns ( Luray Caverns - What will you discover? ) along with their Car & Caravan museum, located on the same property. This stop is just a short distance from the hotels that people have booked at, so everyone can take their time and leave on their own and not worry about being left behind
If there is enough time and people are still interested in doing more, just a couple miles after the hotels are the Bear Mountain Ziplines – Find Adventure in the Shenandoah Valley (bearmountainadventure.com)
A.I.S. time: 8:00AM SHARP!
Link to leg 1:
Important notes:
#22 says "sharp left" and it is SHARP! It's basically a reverse direction across traffic
#26 is our gas stop. After fueling, we can drive right between the station and restaurant next door and then take a right directly onto Route 30. That would replace steps 27 &28
#38 turns left onto Gaston Rd. This is turning across traffic on a large curve . BE CAREFUL
Link to Leg #2:
Important notes: Nothing special here for a very short drive
Tuesday October 8, 2024
Luray. VA to Fairfield, PA
This day's driving is the entire reason why 2024's event headed in this direction. The route will take us through VA, MD and PA. We will spend a lot of this day driving through Shenandoh National Park ($30 entrance fee), along Skyline Drive. This is a B-E-A-utiful road. This day's route could possibly end up being one the best routes NERR has ever had. Our resort for this night has one or two firepits on-site and we know that goes over big with this crowd.
A.I.S. time: 8:30AM
Link to route:
Important notes:
#26 (route 643) might actually say Howellsville Rd on whatever you are using for a GPS service
#35, #36 & #37 will be ignored because we are just using Harpers Ferry as a way point. It's not an actual destination stop for us.