Old Mine Road, Hardwick Township, NJ
Phone: (570) 426-2452, Bushkill, PA
www.nps.gov/DEWA/planyourvisit/millbrook-village.htm
U.S. Department of the Interior
Turn Left out of parking area and proceed north on CR 602. After 1.1 miles find parking for Millbrook Village. Map
Open daily from dawn to dusk. Parking is available. Visitors are free to walk around the village during off-season. Between Memorial and Labor Day, various buildings are open to the public on weekends, usually between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Building accessibility and times are dictated by the availability of staff and volunteers from the National Park Service and The Millbrook Village Society.
| | The Millbrook Village Society and the National Park Service have recreated village life during the time period of 1830-1900, and depending on their availability members and staff are more than happy to interpret the challenges of what village life was like during this time. After an immersion in history, take a walk south along the 0.5 mile Millbrook-Watergate Trail that runs through the center of the village. For a longer jaunt, walk north along the 2.0 mile Donkeys Corner Trail. Visit the society’s website for fun things to do during in-season visits, and make sure to mark the October dates when they hold their festival, Millbrook Days. Information on Millbrook Village programs and events is also provided in the Calendar of Events, Programs, Meetings and History Events sections of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area website.
Take a quiet stroll through the village while watching overhead for passing hawks and eagles. Mammals in the area include red fox, coyote, raccoon, opossum and porcupine. Great Horned Owl and Eastern Screech Owl may be heard as the sun sets, their nests possibly easier to spot among the bare trees.
Warblers are plentiful all along Old Mine Road and habitats that border Millbrook Village are no exception. Look for Nashville, Northern Parula, Hooded, Magnolia, Myrtle, Black-throated Green, Pine, Prairie, Blackpoll and Black-and-white Warblers. Thrushes will begin arriving including Veery, Wood and Hermit, and Yellow-throated, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos are all possibilities.
Early morning is the best time to witness breeding bird activity. Baltimore and Orchard Orioles, Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoos, Brown Creeper, House and Carolina Wrens and Cedar Waxwing are all around feeding their young.
While Sharp-shinned, Cooper’s, Red-tailed and Broad-winged Hawks are all common, this is a fine spot from which to catch a glimpse of the less common Red-shouldered Hawk or the rare Northern Goshawk.
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