While busily bagging Pennsylvania county highpoints, I eventually made my way to the eastern part of Pennsylvania, and made my way toward the New Jersey state highpoint, which is located near where New Jersey,m New York and Pennsylvania come together; in other words, far northwest New Jersey. I took Interstate-80 to Stroudsberg PA, then up US-209 toward Port Jervis NY. This area is apparently pretty popular with the tourists and people coming over from New Jersey. The first few miles out of Stroudsberg to the town of Bushkill, about 10 miles, is heavy traffic. To make matters worse, a couple of yahoos in a big SUV decided to pass traffic by cutting on the right shoulder and/or crossing double yellow lines. They got the one-finger salute from me and the guy in front of me, but then they decided to follow me for a bit before turning off. Jerks. Anyway, US-209 after Bushkill is a winding 2-lane road that is full of big RVs and trailers so it was real slow going, taking about an hour to cover the 30 miles to Port Jervis.

From Port Jervis, I immediately entered New Jersey on NJ-23 for about 4 miles to the High Point State Park. New Jersey should be commended for creating such a nice park for its highpoint. However, today the weather was rainy and foggy, and the 220-foot monument on its summit was closed for repairs. The only upside was that I didn't have to pay any entry fee. I just drove up to the top, parked in the dense fog, walked the 200 feet or so to the "summit", and made my way to the rocky top, just outside of the fencing and construction being done on the monument. No one else was there when I was there. I didn't stay long. I stopped for a meal at the Dairy Queen in Port Jervis, then re-entered Pennsylvania via I-84 to Scranton, then down the Turnpike to Philadelphia, where I stayed the night in Essington.