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MARCH 2017 • BACKROADS
Hannum’s Harley-Davidson Presents
G REAT A LL AMERICA N DINE R RUN
tasty places to take your bike
inn At MillrAce Pond 313 hoPe JohnsonbUrg roAd (cr 519), hoPe nJ 07884 908-459-4884 • www.innatmillracepond.com Breakfast: 8-10am Thur-Sun • Lunch: 11:30am-4pm • Dinner: 5-9pm Wed-Sun.
In western New Jersey, just off Interstate 80 where it makes a run through the foothills of the Kittatiny Mountains and the Water Gap, you will find the small hamlet of Hope. This tiny burg is one of the oldest planned communities in the United States and certainly the region, first brought together by immigrating Moravians, seeking religious freedom and a new life in these newly discovered lands across the Atlantic. The Moravians were a religious group whose formal name was the “Unitas Fratrum” or Unity of the Brethren. They were originally from Czechoslovakia and were offered refuge in the Moravian region of Germany where they got the name commonly associated with them. Many left for the new world and settled in what is now Nazareth and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – where the Moravian College sits today. With land available east of the Delaware they tried a communal experiment
- creating a new community and calling it Hope in 1769. The name is derived from the “hope of immortality.” Great stonemasons, they created a large church and the stream running through the center of town powered a great gristmill, also created from stone. The town thrived for a number of years and then younger people left for their own lives and competition from other local mills made Hope less and less viable. After four decades the remaining Moravians sold their lands and building and moved back to Pennsylvania. These days the stately stone buildings are still in use. The Moravian Church is now a bank, many of the smaller building have become antique havens and along the stream the impressive gristmill is now home to the Inn at Millrace Pond. The Inn features 17 beautifully appointed rooms all with reasonable rates during the week and not out of sight on the weekend.
Rip & Ride® • INN AT MILLRACE POND 313 HOPE JOHNSONBURG ROAD (CR 519), HOPE NJ 07884 • 908-459-4884 • www.innatmillracepond.com GPS download: www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/mwqf3c • 100-mile one-way route
START: HUDSON RIVER TOWN OF NYACK RTE. 9W NORTH STRAIGHT AT RTE. 202 NORTH LEFT AT RTE. 210 INTO GATE HILL RD. RIGHT AT RTE. 106 KANAWAUKE RD. CROSS THROUGH HARRIMAN STATE PARK STRAIGHT AT RTE. 17A TO WARWICK LEFT AT RTE. 94 RIGHT AT CR 1A INTO CR 1
STRAIGHT AT LIBERTY CORNERS RD. RIGHT AT OIL CITY RD./ STATE LINE RD. LEFT AT RTE. 284 INTO NJ RIGHT AT RTE. 23 NORTH LEFT AT CR 650 LEFT AT CR 519 TAKE 519 ALL THE WAY TO HOPE, NJ INN ON RIGHT AS YOU HEAD INTO TOWN