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New Jersey Port

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A cup of coffee on a wooden café table by a window overlooking a street of red-brick rowhouses

Day trips from Jersey

Pennsylvania

Amish farmland, a Victorian railroad town, mountain lakes and Philadelphia cafés, all within a two-hour drive of the Garden State.

Every Pennsylvania guide

A cup of coffee on a wooden café table by a window overlooking a street of red-brick rowhouses

CoffeeCoffee Shops in Philadelphia: 12 Cafés for a Day Trip from NJ11 min read

A Victorian town in a steep wooded valley in autumn, with a river and railroad tracks below

Things to doThings to Do in Jim Thorpe, PA: The Gorge Train, Mansions and Mountain Trails10 min read

Rolling farmland with a white farmhouse and red barn along a quiet country road at sunrise

Things to doThings to Do in Lancaster, PA: A Day Trip From New Jersey to Amish Country12 min read

A river cutting through a gap between two wooded ridges in autumn mist

Things to doThings to Do in the Poconos: Waterfalls, Lakes and Mountain Towns Across the Water Gap13 min read

The Sunday Port

One slow weekend idea, every Sunday morning.

A town, a café, a walk and a book to bring, plus what's on that weekend. Free, short, easy to leave.