Charlie Fineran’s Photo of the Week shows the sun setting in the Delaware Water Gap taken from Sunset Pointe located along the Hope Great Meadows Road.  This description is short and to the point, BUT, many other stories are also interwoven within our Photo of the Week!!  Let us visit the various chapters to this story.

This photo was taken on June 20^th 2012, the year itself is not important, BUT, June 20^th is the day the sun shines directly over the Tropic of Cancer, reaching its furthest point North.  This is known as the Summer Solstice OR the first day of Summer for the Northern Hemisphere!  In 2012, the year of this photo, the sun reached the Tropic of Capricorn at 7PM (EDT) our photo was taken at 8:40PM (EDT).  Looking at the photo, the mountain to your right is Mount Tammany in NJ, the mountain to the left is Mount Minsi, across the Delaware River in PA, both within the famous Delaware Water Gap.  NOTE:  You can get some nice sunsets in the Water Gap about two weeks before and two weeks after June 20^th, HINT – a great fun Family visit!!

Sunset Pointe is one of my favorite overlooks, giving the visitor beautiful views of the Warren County countryside from Hope to the Delaware Water Gap twelve miles away.  I probably have over 60 photo albums of visits, most are trying to catch a beautiful sunset along the distant mountains, others are just recording interesting views and/or weather conditions!!  Always something to see, all within a great landscape!!  Our Photo of the Week depicts the setting sun in the Water Gap, keep in mind, every day, the sun begins its journey South and you can witness that from this overlook!  In the Winter you have to look far to the left, away from the Water Gap, to see the sun set behind the mountains.  NOTE:  Why not create a Family Sunset Photo Album photo documenting the sun’s journey across the distant horizon!?  This Overlook is located atop the same ridge that Jenny Jump Forest is located on.  The distant mountains are part of the vast Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Worthington State Forest, both offering many great recreational, educational opportunities for your Family all amid the wondrous natural setting!!  While visiting Sunset Pointe look down to your right and you will see two church steeples and the look for the blinker light in the center of historic Hope Village.  Speaking of Hope, they are in the planning stages for their 250^th Anniversary Celebration in 2019!

Please visit my Flickr site for additional photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/charliefineran/albums/72157666982869694

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We certainly should be thankful that we live in such a beautiful area AND I can’t think of a better way to observe those areas ‘Inside Warren’ than by visiting one of our spectacular overlooks!

Enjoy Your Open Space, Charlie Fineran