Town · New Hope, Bucks County
New Hope
A riverside arts town across the bridge from Lambertville, with galleries, the Bucks County Playhouse, the canal towpath and a heritage railroad.
New Hope sits on the Pennsylvania bank of the Delaware, joined to Lambertville by a bridge you can walk across in a few minutes, so a day in one town easily becomes a day in both. Early in the twentieth century painters such as Edward Redfield and Daniel Garber settled along this stretch of river, and the landscapes of the Pennsylvania Impressionists still define the place; galleries and craft shops line its narrow main streets.
The Bucks County Playhouse has staged shows in a former mill on the river since 1939, and excursion trains of the New Hope Railroad leave from a Victorian station at the edge of town. The towpath of the Delaware Canal runs right through New Hope, flat and shaded, with the canal on one side and the river close by on the other.
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In and around New Hope
State park · Tinicum Township, Bucks County
Delaware Canal State Park
Nearly 60 miles of towpath along a 19th-century canal that still runs unbroken from Easton to Bristol, passing locks, river islands and old canal towns such as New Hope.
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic park · Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County
Washington Crossing Historic Park
The Pennsylvania shore where Washington's army set out across the icy Delaware on Christmas night 1776, with historic buildings and a yearly reenactment.
Photo: Susan Spitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shopping village · Buckingham Township, Bucks County
Peddler's Village
A village of shops, restaurants and an inn among landscaped gardens in Lahaska, with seasonal festivals and holiday lights.
Museum · Doylestown, Bucks County
James A. Michener Art Museum
Pennsylvania Impressionist landscapes and other art of the Bucks County region, in a museum built inside the walls of the old county jail.
Native plant preserve · Solebury Township, Bucks County
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
More than 100 acres of woods and meadows devoted to the region's native plants, with trails along Pidcock Creek that are at their best in spring wildflower season.
Photo: Daderot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
More than 100 acres of woods and meadows devoted to the region's native plants, with trails along Pidcock Creek that are at their best in spring wildflower season.
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Peddler's Village
A village of shops, restaurants and an inn among landscaped gardens in Lahaska, with seasonal festivals and holiday lights.
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Washington Crossing Historic Park
The Pennsylvania shore where Washington's army set out across the icy Delaware on Christmas night 1776, with historic buildings and a yearly reenactment.
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Ralph Stover State Park
Rock climbers scale the cliffs of High Rocks above a horseshoe bend of Tohickon Creek, whitewater paddlers run it on release weekends, and picnickers spread out along its banks below.
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Tyler State Park
The Schofield Ford Covered Bridge spans Neshaminy Creek in this park of old farm fields and woodland, laced with paved paths and bridle trails and home to a historic mill.
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Moravian Pottery and Tile Works
Henry Mercer's Spanish Mission-style concrete tile factory, where artisans still make handmade tiles using his Arts and Crafts designs and methods.
