Town · Hopewell Borough, Mercer County
Hopewell
A small, friendly borough at the foot of the Sourland Mountains, with a Victorian main street and farm country all around.
Hopewell is a small borough with a big-hearted main street: Victorian houses, cafes and shops along Broad Street, a restored railroad station, and a community of artists and growers in the farm country of the Hopewell Valley. It makes a relaxed base for a day of farm stands, back-road drives and walks.
The forested ridges of the Sourland Mountains rise just to the north, with boulder-strewn trails in the Sourland Mountain Preserve, and Washington Crossing and Princeton are each about fifteen minutes away.
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In and around Hopewell
State Park · Hopewell Township, Mercer County
Washington Crossing State Park
Where Washington's army landed after crossing the icy Delaware on Christmas night 1776, with a visitor center, an open-air theater and wooded river trails.
State Park · Princeton, Mercer County
Princeton Battlefield State Park
The quiet fields where Washington defeated British troops on January 3, 1777, with the Thomas Clarke House and a stone colonnade marking the soldiers' grave.
Photo: Patrick Nouhailler's…, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
State Historic Site · Franklin Township, Somerset County
Rockingham Historic Site
Washington's last wartime headquarters, where he wrote his farewell orders to the army in 1783. The house has been moved several times to save it.
Photo: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Also nearby
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Princeton
A university town with a lively downtown, the Gothic campus of Princeton University, and Revolutionary history at every turn.
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Princeton Battlefield State Park
The quiet fields where Washington defeated British troops on January 3, 1777, with the Thomas Clarke House and a stone colonnade marking the soldiers' grave.
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