D&H Canal Field Trip Program

As part of your local history curriculum, a visit to the Neversink Valley Area Museum at the D&H Canal Park in Cuddebackville is an ideal trip!

A field trip to the D&H Canal is an educational, enjoyable outdoor and indoor experience for children and adults.

The D&H Canal Field Trip Includes:

Our canal boat replica the Neversink Kate
  • Hands-on canal activities in our full-size, land-based canal boat replica! For a real life canal boat experience, your students will steer the boat, work a bilge pump, tie the boat to a snubbing post and haul supplies on and off the boat.
  • Introduction and D&H Canal video
  • A one-hour guided walk along the canal which includes canal buildings such as a locktender's house, canal store and blacksmith's house (viewed from the outside) a section of towpath along a water-filled section of the canal, a canalboat basin, remains of a canal aqueduct built by John Roebling, and location of Lock 51.
  • "Black Diamonds and the D&H Canal", a three room exhibition on the D&H Canal including a working canal lock model demonstration, wall size canal map, boat models, photographs, descriptive text and visual information on the history of the canal from 1825 to 1898.
  • Canal-era games and a visit to the Museum Store during lunch
  • A canal souvenir for each student to take home!

Cost per Program

The cost of the program is $4.50 per student, all teachers and chaperones free.

We provide information packets for teachers prior to their visit to help prepare students for their trip, and teachers receive a packet of follow-up ready-to-photocopy canal activities.

The D&H Canal Park and Visitor Center has an indoor/outdoor picnic area for students to each lunch, and rest room facilities. The Museum Store has high quality educational toys, books, crafts, gift items and more.

Kids on a field trip

Spring is a popular time for groups to visit the canal park, so call early to get the best dates!

We look forward to seeing you!