Heading to Paterson, New Jersey for the weekend. Any tips from DU?

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where should we go?

[In_The_Wind]

1. Don't drive through any innocent looking streams.

[LiberalEsto]

2. Great Falls National Park & Garrett Mountain

are both worth seeing.

But as someone who grew up in Paterson and neighboring Wayne, I should point out that Paterson is a very high poverty, high crime area. Don't go alone, and be very, very careful. My brother lives in Paterson, but he's not in a nice neighborhood. I'm not sure there are any nice neighborhoods there.

for info on Great Falls: http://www.nps.gov/pagr/index.htm

Garrett Mountain: http://cafenewjersey.com/garrett-mountain/passaiccounty.htm

[rug]

3. I'll be damned. I didn't know either of them was there.

Thanks.

[Chan790]

4. I always found the I95 onramp to return to NYC to be a highlight of my trips to Paterson. n/t

[whistler162]

5. Cleveland or Nashville!

[NYC_SKP]

6. Keep going 'til you hit Manhattan.

Unless you're traveling south, in which case stop before you hit the Lincoln tunnel or GW bridge.

[hollysmom]

7. come visit me, I live near there!!!!!

When I have company, they always want to go to
http://www.minado.com/stores/littleferry.htm - there are so many choices, that everyone loves something here, it is not your usual buffet, but an higher class of buffet - don't forget to try the eggplant salad, is it Delicious!!!!

Weehawken - great views of Manhattan, the GWbridge and the verizano at the same time and lots of fun boat traffic. Great for tourist picture taking.

Lambert's castle http://www.lambertcastle.org/

[rug]

8. Sounds better than Istanbul.

Thanks!

[Moondog]

9. Somewhere else. n/t