Hugh Moore Park — Attraction in Easton

Walk, or drift, into the past aboard a 22 foot canal boat at this National Park. 3 generations in our party today and we all enjoyed ourselves. Plan on spending several hours so you can experience much of the many things on offer here. Besides the 45 minute canal boat ride which included an informative and engaging history lesson, there were multiple special activities for the kids/family including painting a horseshoe that we got to take home, the lock tender's historical house complete with ice box in the kitchen, wind-up phonograph in the parlor, and items for daily living in the front room. Somehow the magical museum staff enticed my middle school girl to build aquaducts and suspension bridges, and to experiment with many designs at the water table, she was hooked into learning about physical concepts like pulleys, levers, and inclined planes by having fun! I wouldn't have believed it was possible if I didn't see it with my own eyes. We hit the gift shop hard and couldn't leave without a Don't Feed the Mules hoodie, cat's cradle game, and other mementos. There is also a playground that has a Zipline and a tunnel, enjoyed by my girl. The walkways have benches for taking a break from walking that the grandparents made good use of. Pro tip: bring a carrot or fruit, the mules are allowed to have treats after the last boat ride around 3:45pm and they're excited for them. You can affordably rent bikes, paddle boats, and kayaks. SNAP recipients get in free, so don't let funds keep you from enjoying...

This was a very clean & nice park. We visited there 6/19 at about 10:30am. It wasn’t very busy and had a nice playground for my daughter to play on. Sadly the zip line was broken & of course she had been really excited to try it, & then very disappointed to find out that it was broken. It was already getting hot out & the slides were already getting pretty hot to the touch, so beware on hot days that they might burn your kiddos legs. There’s some picnic tables, pavilions, rest rooms, a riverboat you can take a ride on, a little museum, & some walking trails too. Unfortunately, there were quite a bit of gnats out, which I wish I had some bug repellent to help combat against. All in all, this is a nice park & would recommend it to anyone from those who want a nice place to walk &/or take...

I visited the park and museum to attend a lecture by a local historian about an old defunct rail line that ran in the Jim Thorpe area. It turned out to be a very interesting talk and worth the visit. Also joined the D&L Trail group, which I had been meaning to do for a while.

Folks at the museum were very attentive and knowledgeable. For me the highlight was a small back gallery where a local furniture manufacturer was featured. Buehlers Furniture of Allentown closed a few years back but they had been the manufacturers of very ornate wooden framed furniture. There is an excellent, but silent, video of the production of one chair. As an amateur woodworker, I found it fascinating to see the combination of machine and human carved wood.

Good exhibits throughout and some great...