Top Ten Picks

Peter's Top Fifteen Picks of Things

To See in the Tri-State Region

How to Best Spend a Sunday in Our Area

The following places are the best picks to see within a 15-mile radius of Port Jervis. While staying in or near Port Jervis these tourist destinations are just minutes away and different combinations provide for great day trips for those interested in the outdoors, history and picnicking. In addition, many of the sites have things of interest for children and young adults.

Photograph by Donna Lombardo, Courtesy Krauss Photo, Port Jervis

1.) High Point State Park - Appalachian Trail & State Park Facilities

Route 23 Montague, NJ (Highest Point in the State - Great View)

2.) Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreation River, National Park Service, Narrowsburgh, NY (Stretches from Port Jervis, NY to Hancock, NY)

3.) Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, National Park Service, Bushkill,Pa. (Stretches from Milford, Pa. to Delaware Water Gap)

Photograph by Donna Lombardo, Courtesy Krauss Photo, Port Jervis

4) Delaware River Heritage Trail - Tri-State Rock & Laurel Grove Cemetery,

Port Jervis, NY (Begins at Fort Decker where there are brochures.)

5.) Roebling Bridge/Delaware Aqueduct, Route 97,

Minisink Ford, New York

6.) Grey Towers, Home of Governor Gifford Pinchot, Milford, Pa

7.) Fort Decker, 1793 Museum

127 West Main Street, Port Jervis, New York

8.) Pike County Historical Society,

Route 209, Milford, Pennsylvania

(Home of the Lincoln Flag)

9.) Neversink Valley Area Museum & D & H Canal Park & Museum, Route 209, Cuddebackville, New York

10.) Neldon Roberts Schoolhouse,

Montague Association for the Restoration of Community History, Route 206, Montague, New Jersey

11.) Foster-Armstrong House, River Road, Montague, New Jersey

12.) Gillinder Glass Factory & Museum,

Erie Street, Port Jervis, New York

13.) Port Jervis Erie Depot Museum,

15 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis, New York

14.)Hawk's Nest Scenic Overlook,

Route 97, Mongaup, New York

15.) Nature Conservancy -

Neversink Preserve, just off Route 209, Godeffroy, NY

(One of the Conservancy's Last Best 75 Places)

Other Interesting Places to See and Things to Do in the Region

Basha Kill Wetlands, NY DEC, Westbrookville, NY

Zane Grey House, Lackawaxen, PA

Upper Mill, Milford, PA

Fly-Fishing - Neversink River, Cuddebackville, NY

Revolutionary War History- Battle of Minisink Historic Site, Minisink Ford, NY

Prepared by Peter Osborne, Executive Director

The Minisink Valley Historical Society

http://www.minisink.org

Tri-State Chamber of Commerce

Broome Street

Port Jervis, New York 12771

(845) 856-6694

How To Best Spend a Sunday in the Region

1.) Grab a lawn chair and sit in the middle of the Delaware River with an exposed rock along side of you and read the Sunday edition of the New York Times with a cold Coca-Cola on a hot muggy afternoon. You will be the envy of hundreds of hot, tired and cranky canoeists who wished they were doing the same thing.

The city historian out fishing on the Delaware.

2.) Go to Silver Canoe Rentals (845-856-7055) and take the "no paddle raft trip" from the Mongaup River to Port Jervis. It is simply the most relaxing thing in the world to do. Bring along a bag lunch, water, reading material and sun tan lotion.

3.) Hike the Delaware River Heritage Trail on cool fall afternoon when the color is changing in the trees. The early morning is the best time if you wish to do it in solitude.

4.) Take a picnic lunch to Elks-Brox Park and take the family, best friend, spouse or significant other along for a great view, solitude and a relaxing day.

5.) Make a day trip of visiting all of the area's former Delaware and Hudson Canal sites along Route 97 and Route 209.

6.) Hike a section of the Appalachian Trail somewhere in New Jersey's High Point State Park or Stokes State Forest. The views are great, the exercise good for you and you will also experience the "magic between markers" as a through-hiker once said to me.