The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-20
PALISADES PARK
DRIVE NOW OPEN
25 Mile Road From Tuxedo to
Bear Mountain Newly
Resurfaced.

Motorists generally viii be interested
in to-day's announcement that the twen-
ty-five mile drive from Tuxedo to Bear
Mountain passing through the Hartman
section OF the Palisades Interstate Park
has just been reopened for motor traffic.
The road was closed for a few weeks
while being resurfaced, and now offers
an Ideal one day motor trip from New
York to Bear Mountain via Hackensack,
Paterson, Suffern. Tuxedo and the park
drive.
In addition to n fine motor highway.
motorists will find some points of sps-
cial interest after leaving Tuxedo and
entering the park. There are seven lakes
on the park drive, some wholly artificial
and others artificially enlarged.
At Lake Stahahe, which Is the first
lake one passes after leaving Tuxedo,
more than 100 children are In the
camps Of the commission. These chill
dren come from the crowded districts of
the city and live In rustic pavilions with
open fireplaces built especially for them.
Although Bear Mountain Inn is seven
teen miles from Lake Stahahe most of
the children are fed from Bear Mountain
Inn by means of heart retaining recepta-
cles filled with food transported by
motor over the park drive. More than
1900 meals a day are served this way
in the camps.
Cedar Lake, the largest Of the park
lakes, is 800 acres in extent and lies
over 100 feet above tidewater. It is
remarkable piece of engineering in
genuity and scenic beauty.
After leaving Tuxedo at the Kanoh-
wauke chain of lakes. nearly 1900 Boy
Scouts are in the camps Of the commits
sion. These camps are operated by the
Boy Scouts Of America and the boys
live in primitive style with sanitary and
food arrangements calculated to develop
the boy physically. In addition an edu-
cational programme is conducted
Along the park drive there are 2,000.-
900 pine trees which have been planted
by the commission in its programme of
reforestation. The motorist passes allur-
ing brooks, where fish invite the sports
man At the terminus of the drive is
Bear Mountain Inn, operated by the
commission. where food is sold as an
accommodation to the public There are
free tennis courts, baseball diamonds,
running track and free rowboats at this
centre.
The Palisades Park represents an in
vestment of nearly Ss.0o0,00o. Nearly
million people annually come to this
end OF the park by the river boats.
A remarkable scenic view Is to, be
had on the road to Bear Mountain Inn.
This is known as the Doodletown Valley.
There rise above this valley an outline
of the Dunderberg Mountain, the limp
and other ranges which form an I'M
usual setting for a district In such close
proximity to Now York Tho hills In
this region are Swisslike In their
beauty. and the park has moro than
once been referred to as the Switzerland
Of the East The grades on the park
drive are easy to negotiate, and one rolls
over the mountain and through the
valleys on the beautiful winding road
which was built with the view to Its
scenic value.
At Bear Mountain there is ample op.
portunity for automobile parties to resi-
in shady pavilions. to have luncheon and
to partake generally of the facilitie,
which are being developed to make this
the most popular and populous park IL
the world.
The park is administered by an un.
paid commission appointed by the Gov.
ernors OF New York and New Jersey
respectively. The president of the New
York Commission is George w. Perkins
who from its inception has been at the
head of this organization not only al
president but also as executive director.