Workshop Locations
Great Meadows, NJ
Welcome to our New Location at
14 Sussex Lane, Great Meadows, NJ!
(New Phone # 908-637-8137)
Fondly nick-named "The Hacienda", our new base of operations is a beautiful 13-acre property in Central Jersey, between the I-78 and I-80 corridors. Only about 10 miles from the Delaware Water Gap and near the towns of Washington, Oxford, Long Valley and Hackettstown, our new home is virtually due west of NYC. (So for all of you who come down from the north, no more New York or Jersey Shore traffic!)
Plenty of deer, turkey, bear and other wildlife, a great variety of
big, old trees amidst the 10 wooded acres, giant grapevines, and more
wine berries than you can imagine, Practical Primitive's new home will
provide us with a multitude of great opportunites to create many experiences
for you, our students, and take our existing programs to whole new heights.
We look forward to seeing you there!
We have spent the winter months making lists and planning for the longer days and warmer weather, and looking forward to continuing our 2011 Workshop Season with so many new resources and opportunites. Those of you in the area, we hope you'll join us for our next Open Skills Night to see all the progress we have made!
You can click on the map below to get directions from your location, but since this is a new place and we are set a little further off the road now, here are some additional directions for you to follow on your first time out:
IF YOU ARE USING A GPS: Sussex Lane is a private road that does not show up in all GPS databases or internet mapping systems, however using the address 31 Danville Mountain Rd. will take you to the intersection of Danville Mountain Rd. & Sussex Lane. Turn left onto Sussex Lane and follow it for just under a half mile, when you'll see a paved driveway on your right with our sign (shown above) next to it. Turn right up the driveway, go past the little white house on your left and continue up to the big orange house at the top of the hill. Park diagonally on either side of the driveway & come to the doorway under the side portico.
Traveling West on Hwy 46:
Approximately 5 miles out of Hackettstown you will enter the village of
Great Meadows.
Turn RIGHT
on Rt 611, on the corner with the large Church of St. Peter and
Paul.
After only about 50 yds, turn LEFT onto Danville Mountain Rd. You will see
a 25 MPH speed limit sign and a bright blue house on your right; these
are directly across from your turn. (See "From Danville Moutain
Rd." for
additional directions.)
Traveling East on Hwy 46:
Approximately 5 miles after passing (or turning off of) Hwy 31 you will
enter the village of Great Meadows.
Turn LEFT on Rt 611, on the far side of the large Church of St. Peter and
Paul.
After only about 50 yds, turn LEFT onto Danville Mountain Rd. You will see
a 25 MPH speed limit sign and a bright blue house on your right; these
are directly across from your turn. (See "From Danville Mountain
Rd.
" for additional directions.)
Traveling South from I-80:
Take Exit 12 (Rt 521/Hope Blairstown Rd) and follow Rt. 521 south in to
the village of Hope. At the flashing red light turn LEFT on to Rt. 519.
After about 100 yds you will see a large sign on your right pointing toward
"The Land of Make Believe". Take that FIRST RIGHT on to Rt 611 (also called
the Hope-Great Meadows Rd.) and follow it past the Land of Make Believe,
the entrance to Jenny Jump State Park and the Senic Lookout on to the Delaware
Water Gap. After about 4.5 miles you will see large fields (the great meadows)
on your right and a large red barn on your left. After that curve in the
road you will see a small green house and a small bright blue house on your
left. These are directly across from where you turn RIGHT onto Danville
Mountain Rd. (See "From
Danville Mountain Rd." for
additional directions.)
From Danville Mountain Rd.
Follow Danville Mountain Rd.
for almost exactly a 1/2 mile, passing the church parking lot
on your left and following the road up, around several curves, until you
see two white mailboxes on your right, the first with two blue reflectors
on the post and our address, 14 Sussex Lane, along with a red arrow pointing
to the left, on the box. You will see the green street sign for Sussex
Lane on your left.
Turn LEFT onto Sussex Lane — it is a private, gravel
road and looks a more like a driveway than a regular road, and
is closer to one lane wide than two so please go slow.
Follow Sussex Lane for a little less than 1/2 mile, past the
gravel drive leading to our neighbor's house, until you see a post on
your right with another two blue reflectors, and a small solar light on
top. Just past that post you will see a paved driveway on your right with
our Practical Primitive sign (see photo above).
Follow the paved driveway, past the little white house
on your left, all the way up to the big orange Hacienda. Park
diagonally on either side of the driveway and come to the door underneath
the side portico.
Welcome, and Come on in!
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO GET DIRECTIONS FROM YOUR LOCATION:
Starhaven Ranch — Clifton, TX
40 miles northwest of Waco and about two hours each from Dallas, Austin and Houston,
Starhaven Ranch is 60+ acres of pure Texas. Located just outside of Clifton
in beautiful Bosque County, Starhaven provides us with an entirely different
eco-system in which to teach, and to test, skills.
We hold workshops in this
unique location on a regular basis in the Spring and Fall and, as with our
New Jersey location, there is plenty of room to pitch a tent to stay overnight,
or you can put down a sleeping bag in the heated/cooled classroom. (Directions
from Clifton, TX to Starhaven will be provided upon registration for your workshop.)
If you would like
to be notified when Texas workshops are going to be on the schedule please
send us an e-mail that includes your name, and with the phrase "Add me
to the Texas list" in the subject line. (You can remove yourself any time.)
