Surrounding
Areas
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Sussex County | Warren
County | Eastern Pennsylvania
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Sussex
County
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People
and Nature together. Sussex County has rolling hills
and beautiful vistas, with farms, lakes, golf courses
and charming villages and shopping areas. Sussex
County is a wonderful place to live - or visit,
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Warren
County
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| Warren
County was established in 1825 when it separated
from Sussex County. Transportation has played an
important role in the development of the county
since its beginning. The first Europeans settled
in the county and dug for copper around 1650. |
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During
this period, they constructed a road over which they
transported the proceeds of their mining ventures. This
road, the first commercial highway built in the United
States, is still in existence today. Known as "Old
Mine Road," it traverses the Delaware Water Gap
National Recreation Area, a major visitor attraction
in the county.
Transportation
continues to play an important role in the county's
evolution. Interstate highways I-78 and I-80 cross the
county, opening the area to many new residents who commute
daily to their jobs in metropolitan New Jersey. Meanwhile,
commercial and industrial areas are being created along
the highway corridors, as Warren County's proximity
to New York, Philadelphia and New Jersey's most heavily
populated areas, along with the quality of life the
county offers, make it an attractive area for homes
and businesses.
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Eastern
Pennsylvania
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Stroudsburg
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Mountains |
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This
region of northeastern Pennsylvania offers the odd
juxtaposition of two distinct elements of Americana
- love of leisure time and the outdoors and our
industrial heritage. The region is filled with clear
lakes, wide-open countryside and rugged mountains,
and offers year-round, outdoor activity.
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Winter visitors can find abundant downhill and
cross-country skiing, snowboarding, snow tubing
and snowmobiling. The Pocono Raceway hosts two
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series races in the summer.
There are equestrian trails, fishing, canoeing,
rafting down the Delaware River, viewing waterfalls,
interpretive programs, and 25 miles of the infamous
Appalachian Train found in and around the recreation
areas. There are historical buildings and original
Indian settlements. The Zane Grey Museum, former
home of the famous western fiction writer and
author of "Riders of the Purple Sage"
overlooks the Roebling Aqueduct, a wire suspension
bridge that was the forerunner to the Brooklyn
Bridge and is the oldest wire suspension bridge
in the United States. Visitors to the Lake Region
will find rentals of any type of water sport equipment
from canoes to water skis, sailboats and ice fishing
equipment, readily available. Hawk and eagle watching
along the Delaware River is also very popular.
In fact, the Upper Delaware and Lackawaxen Rivers
are the largest wintering areas for bald and golden
eagles east of the Mississippi.
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