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| Howell Living History Farm ,
Valley Road, off Route 29, Titusville, 609-737-3299. Website: www.howellfarm.org. Experience 19th-century agricultural life on this working and teaching farm. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Mondays. Free. Washington Crossing Park, Pennsylvania, 215-493-4076. A visitors center has a film and reproductions of long boats used to ferry the Revolutionary soldiers across the river. Five tours daily show period buildings holding artifacts representing everyday life in the 18th and 19th centuries, $4. Also find nature trails in the northern section of the park. More 18th and early 19th century buildings of historic interest are found near the river in Washington Crossing State Park, New Jersey 609-737-0609. Further into the park are a visitors' center, nature trails, picnic and play grounds, and the outdoor amphitheater (see Drama listings). http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/virtual_tours/washington_crossing.html
Coryell's Ferry Historic Sightseeing Boat Rides leave the river landing behind Gerenser's ice cream store at
22 South Main Streetin New Hope; winter hours are variable. Get your tickets ($5 adults, $3 kids; phone 215-862-2050) at the shop. http://www.newhopepa.com/History/Coryells_Ferry/coryell_hist_1.htm The General George Washington, a 40-foot paddlewheel boat, goes a mile and a half north of the ice cream shop on the river, then turns around and comes back. See the natural beauty of New Jersey to the east, and the backs of New Hope's lovely houses along the river to the west. Upon request, your captain will offer a brief narrative on the historic significance of New Hope in the events leading up to the Battle of Trenton in 1776. $5. 215-862-2050.
New Hope Mule Barge Company, 215-862-2842, barges, drawn by real live mules, ply the waters of the Delaware Canal, a Pennsylvania State Park and National Historic Landmark. At its peak, the Delaware Canal from Bristol to Easton (opened 1832) floated 3,000 barge trips per year. Today, the last remaining barge leaves from
New Street, one block up from Main off of
Mechanic Street. The two-mile 50-minute trip is $6.95 for adults, $4.25 for children under 12. http://www.onthecanal.net/whats.htm
New Street, one block up from Main off of
Mechanic Street. The two-mile 50-minute trip is $6.95 for adults, $4.25 for children under 12. http://www.onthecanal.net/whats.htm
, one block up from Main off of . The two-mile 50-minute trip is $6.95 for adults, $4.25 for children under 12.
, one block up from Main off of . The two-mile 50-minute trip is $6.95 for adults, $4.25 for children under 12.
, one block up from Main off of . The two-mile 50-minute trip is $6.95 for adults, $4.25 for children under 12.
Where else can you learn about the history of the Delaware Canal and the importance of barge traffic in the 19th century while being serenaded by a guitar player in the presence of beasts of burden? The barge operates at 11:30 a.m., 1, 2, 3, and 4:30 p.m.
New Hope and Ivyland Railroad, www.newhoperailroad.com 215-862-2332,
32 West Bridge Street and Stockton Streetin New Hope. Pretty countryside is the prime offering of this railroad, as it will be impossible to detrain in Lahaska, but movie buffs will consider the trip worthwhile for the chance to see where "The Perils of Pauline" was filmed. The 70-year-old Baldwin locomotive leaves hourly (11 to 4) on its 50-minute round-trip. $7.95 adults, $3.95 kids 2 to 11. Dining car dinners on Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
32 West Bridge Street and Stockton Streetin New Hope. Pretty countryside is the prime offering of this railroad, as it will be impossible to detrain in Lahaska, but movie buffs will consider the trip worthwhile for the chance to see where "The Perils of Pauline" was filmed. The 70-year-old Baldwin locomotive leaves hourly (11 to 4) on its 50-minute round-trip. $7.95 adults, $3.95 kids 2 to 11. Dining car dinners on Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
in New Hope. Pretty countryside is the prime offering of this railroad, as it will be impossible to detrain in Lahaska, but movie buffs will consider the trip worthwhile for the chance to see where "The Perils of Pauline" was filmed. The 70-year-old Baldwin locomotive leaves hourly (11 to 4) on its 50-minute round-trip. $7.95 adults, $3.95 kids 2 to 11. Dining car dinners on Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
in New Hope. Pretty countryside is the prime offering of this railroad, as it will be impossible to detrain in Lahaska, but movie buffs will consider the trip worthwhile for the chance to see where "The Perils of Pauline" was filmed. The 70-year-old Baldwin locomotive leaves hourly (11 to 4) on its 50-minute round-trip. $7.95 adults, $3.95 kids 2 to 11. Dining car dinners on Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
in New Hope. Pretty countryside is the prime offering of this railroad, as it will be impossible to detrain in Lahaska, but movie buffs will consider the trip worthwhile for the chance to see where "The Perils of Pauline" was filmed. The 70-year-old Baldwin locomotive leaves hourly (11 to 4) on its 50-minute round-trip. $7.95 adults, $3.95 kids 2 to 11. Dining car dinners on Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
Black River & Western Steam Railroad, www.brwrr.com 908-782-9600. Lambertville Station to Flemington, at 1, 2:30, and 4 p.m. ($10.50 adults, $5.25 kids round-trip). You can get off the train in Flemington, a destination worth seeing for the Hunterdon Courthouse and the Union Hotel, principal sites of the Hauptmann trial (also known for its factory outlet stores), then take a later train back to Lambertville. |
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