Top 15 Things to See in the Area
The following choices are the best places picks to see within a 15-mile radius of Port Jervis, New York. 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. Many of the sites have things of interest for children and young adults.
1.) High Point State Park & Appalachian Trail,
Route 23 Montague, NJ ( Highest Point in the State - Great View)
2.) Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreation River,
National Park Service (Stretches from Port Jervis, NY to Hancock, NY)
3.) Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area,
National Park Service (Stretches from Milford, Pa. to the Delaware Water Gap)
4.) Delaware River Heritage Trail, Tri-State Rock &
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, NY
(Begins at Fort Decker where there are brochures.)
(Begins at Fort Decker where there are brochures.)
5.) Roebling Bridge (Delaware Aqueduct),
Route 97, Minisink Ford, NY
6.) Grey Towers,
Home of Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot, Milford, PA
7.) Fort Decker, 1793 Stone House Museum,
127 West Main Street, Port Jervis, NY
8.) Pike County Historical Society, Route 209, Milford, PA
(Home of the Abraham Lincoln Flag)
9.) Neversink Valley Area Museum & D & H Canal Park & Museum,
Route 209, Cuddebackville, NY
10.) Neldon-Roberts Schoolhouse,
Montague Association for the Restoration of Community History,
Route 206, Montague, NJ
11.) Foster-Armstrong House,
Montague Association for the Restoration of Community History,
River Road, Montague, NJ
12.) Gillinder Glass Factory & Museum,
Erie Street, Port Jervis, NY
13.) Port Jervis Erie Turntable,
Port Jervis, NY
14.) Hawk's Nest Scenic Overlook,
Route 97, Sparrowbush, NY
15.) Neversink Preserve, Route 209, Godeffroy, NY ( One of the Nature 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, Port Jervis Erie Depot and Antique shops in the
area
How Best to Spend a Summer Sunday in the Region
1.) Pick a spot 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 drink 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.
2.) Go to a local canoe and raft livery and take the "no paddle raft trip" on the Delaware 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.) 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.
4.) Make a day trip of visiting all of the area's former Delaware and Hudson Canal sites along New York's Route 97 and Route 209.
5.) 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
is good for you and you will also experience the "magic between markers" as a through-hiker.
6.) Meet us on the byway - the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway, that is, an 72-mile adventure from Port Jervis to Hancock along Route 97 with lots of
great history, cultural sites, antique shops and scenic beauty to see.
Enter the National Park Services Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational
River unit and experience a beauty that is loved by valley residents.
Prepared
by Peter Osborne, Executive Director
The Minisink Valley Historical Society
The Minisink Valley Historical Society