The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-08-19
FOR A $3.50 CYCLE TOUR
One of the Most Picturesque Runs
Imaginable.

Exhilaration and Amid Delightful
Environments from Start to Finish
Good Roads all the Way.
A most popular short tour for wheel
men, that passes through region of
matchless natural beauty, with forest
and meadow and brook and mountain
and lake and shadowy dell, through
Morris and Sussex counties, Port Jervis,
N Y, and returns along the valley of
the Delaware, through the Water Gap
and over the mountains through Morris
county, back to Morristown.
The trip can be made very easily in
three days, giving an abundance of time
to visit points of interest. 1t can be
made in two days by wheeling to Hack
ettstown and taking the evening train,
reaching Morristown at 9.05 o'clock. By
leaving Morristown at 7.30 or s a. m.
Port Jervis ought to be reached by
o'clock, about So miles; this may seem
rather slow riding to some, but allows
for time spent in admiring the grand
panoramic views from the mountains.
In leaving Morristown the way leads
up through Morris Plains, Tabor, Den
vile, Rockaway, Dover, Berkshire Val
ley, Hurdtown TO Woodport, at the
extreme end of Lake Hopatcong. Here
leave the macadam road and climb the
first hill of any account. The road
winds gracefully over the Waikiki
Mountain for about two or two and
half miles, some parts being too steep to
ride without experiencing tired feeling
before reaching the summit, from which
may be seen the fourishing villages of
Sparta, Newton, Augusta and others
surrounded by the just now blooming
buckwheat hills of Sussex; and in the
distance the Delaware Water Gap and
the Wind Gap of the Delaware, the
Turnpike Gap between Newton and
Milford, and the blue hills of Pennsyl-
vania and New York.
At the base of the summit lies lake
of remarkable beauty. No part of our
country more abounds in beautiful lakes.
A fine stretch of road for coasting down
the mountain side is now before you, but
the wheel needs to be kept we'll under
control, as there are some short and steep
turns before the village of Sparta is
reached. Here are several large sum-
mer boarding houses with beautifully
kept grounds, the whole village seeming
to be filed with visitors. For the Ian
guild frame and the sick heart, there is
nothing like the pure, elastic air, the re-
viving atmosphere of these mountain
solitudes, where every breeze visits the
senses as if laden with the renovating
spirit of life. You will here learn, too,
what few seem to know, that the most
charming parts of New Jersey are the
least frequented.
We next pass through Ogdensburg,
three miles north of Sparta, and on to
Franklin, thriving village where the
manufacture of iron is extensively car
ried on. The road all through this valley
is exceptionally good. We next come to
the small village of Hardistonville, and
then to Hamburg, and so on to the
thriving village of Deekertown. We are
now well up among the hills of "OId
Sussex, !" the natural scenery Of which is
rarely surpassed as we near the summit
of the Blue or Shawangunk Mountain.
After passing through Coleville an ex-
tensive view stretches north nearly to
the Catskills, and south to the Delaware
Water Gap. This last landscape is con-
tinuously intermingeled with woodlands;
hourishing fields, lakes and rivers, vii
lagos and farm houses are thickly dotted
over the whole. All these rich charms
of nature are spread out like a painted
canvas.
Upon the summit, five miles from
Port Jervis, commanding view which
for grandeur is equaled by few spots on
this continent, is High Point Inn. There
are nearly 300 guests there now. From
High Rock can be seen twenty-seven
cities and towns of three States and lakes
and ponds without number. Ranges of
mountains roll up back of each other
like the pillows of the sea. From here
to Port Jervis is a coast of nearly five
miles, although not very safe one, that
should only be taken by one who can
thoroughly control the wheel. The road
/ is narrow, with many turns and bridges,
and with very little room to pass team.
| After passing through the village of
Tri-States and over the Neversink River
we are in the busy city of Port Jervis, q
great railroad town, being the end Of the
New York division and having the car
Shops The Union House, Kept by P. E.
Gumaer, is very pleasantly located.
While not modern building, it is we'll
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