The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-16
Motor Routes Through New Jersey Attractive Trips Through Different Sections of the State
 Suggested by the A. C. A.

 Trail through Tannersville and Scotrun into Mt Pocono, the cen- tral point of this most attractive mountain region. To the right of the highway here lies Skytop, and to the left Pocono Manor, both all year round resorts. Continuing up the trail you come to Scranton. Here turn off the trail along route 6 which leads through Carbondale and Honesdale to Hawley and down to the Delaware River valley at Milford. Turn left into Port Jervis and then over Slate Hill in- to Middletown.
 Follow route 84 into Montgom- cry, then route 215 into New burgh, that popular city on the west bank of the Hudson. Turn south here to Cornwall and over Storm King Highway, around past West Point into Highland Falls, and so down to Bear Noun tain. Here the bridge may be crossed to the east bank and the Albany Post Road used to Broad way, or else, the west bank may be followed through Haverstraw and Nyack to Alpine and the ferry crossed to Yonkers, then Broad way followed back to the city.
 Another short trip which will be found attractive at all seasons of the year is the following: Leave route 25 down past Newark, Eliz- abeth, and New Brunswick, to where it becomes the Cranbury Turnpike, which should be fol- lowed through Cranbury and Hightstown to Robbinsville. and Bordentown, thence along the highway, paralleling the Delaware River through Burlington into Camden. Cross the river here into Philadelphia, the leading city of the Keystone state, and then turn back again, this time on the Lin coin Highway, running via $. Langhorne to the bank of the Del aware again. crossing it into Tren- ton, the capital city of New Jersey, and then through Princeton, the home of the university of the same name, through Kingston and Franklin Park into New Bruns- wick, and through Metuchen into Elizabeth, Newark and across the ferry to the city.
 The third trip Is one that leads across the northern part of the state, a region of rolling hills, with fertile valleys in between, and sparkling rivers that call to the fisherman in the spring. This par ticular section is one of great ap- peal and it leads to another across the Delaware that has long been favorite with travellers even before the days of the motorcar. Leave the city either by tunnel or ferry and then follow the Belleville Turnpike into Montclair which is often referred to as the finest su- burban town in the country, ideal ly situated as it is on the eastern slope of the first range of the through Caldwell into Pine Brook where route 6 is picked up and followed westward through Par sippany to Denville, and through Dover to Ledgewood, beyond which point a road runs up to Lake Hopatcong, nine miles long and one mile wide, with an in dented shore of over sixty miles, and one of the most popular places in all northern New Jersey.
 After a visit here, run back to the main road at Netcong, and continue along route 6. past 'Budd Lake into Hackettstown, and west ward through Vienna and Buttz- vile into Delaware where the river is crossed. Continue along the west bank into Portland, then ove: the million dollar highway into the far-famed Delaware Water Gap, one of the scenic marvels of this country. And the incest part about this region is that this notch through which centuries ago the river forced its way, is but one feature of the many attractions. Beyond the Gap. lie Stroudsburg and then over the I4ackawanna Trail the Pocono region. These mountains belong to |. the same chain as the Catskills in New York and the Black Mountains in the Carolinas, and from their summits. marvellous views of the surround ing countryside, especially of the Blue Ridge to the east. standing straight against the skyline except where the break that is the Water Gap allows the blue hills of New Jersey to show through, may be had,
 Beyond the Gap to the north along the river, is a well-known spot called Shawnee -pn-the-Dela- ware From here run on, Joining the main highway. and continue northward along the Delaware through Bushkill Falls, to Ding mans Ferry. Cross the river here and run through Branchville to Augusta. then through Lafayette and Monroe to Franklin, and along route 23 through Stockholm, New foundland, to Pompton. From here follow the Hamburgh Turn pike into Paterson, thence to Hackensack, from where either Dyckman Street ferry from Engle- wood, or the 130th Street ferry from Fort Lee may be used to reach New York.