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Directions to the Land of the Vikings
Use your odometer. Many of these roads are small and easy to miss!

From New York City/New Jersey:

Take Exit 16 on the N.Y. Thruway and proceed west on Rt. 17.

Go past exit 87 (Hancock) for seven miles to Hale Eddy. (Mile marker 278).

Turn left, cross RR tracks and bridge.

Bear right after the bridge.

Go 1/2 mile to end of road and turn left. (River Rd).

Follow River Road about 4 - 5 miles and you will be at Land of the Vikings.


From the South:
From Rte. 81N in PA

Take Exit 230 to PA-171 “GREAT BEND / SUSQUEHANNA"
Make a right on this exit, traveling East on Rte. 171 going towards Susquehanna.

About 8.5 miles later, you will take a sharp right turn and go over a bridge to keep on following Rt. 171.
At the end of the bridge there will be a stoplight.
You are now in the town of Susquehanna.

(If you’re hungry, there’s a local diner about 200 ft. down on the right called the Town Restaurant).

Continue following the street signs for Route 171 and/or Main Street and/or South Main Street for 2.4 miles.

Route 171 continues to the right and South Main Street continues to the Left.
Take the left split (South Main Street).

You will drive under a very high and large cement train trestle.

Follow South Main Street until you get to a widened “T” in the road.
Take the road to the right. (Viaduct Street.)

You will see an enormous stone Viaduct and you will drive underneath it.
Viaduct Street is also Route SR 1009, and later up the road it’s known as Starucca CR Road.

Follow this series of roads 4 miles
Turn left on Stevens Point Road. Follow Stevens Point Road for 1.5 miles. (Watch closely; it's small.)

Make a slight right onto a dirt road called Mountain Road. (Pay even closer attention here. It almost looks like someone’s driveway -- a narrow dirt road that goes uphill. You can see the street sign for it on your left before you take the road.

Drive on Mountain Road until it ends (about 4 miles).

Make a right turn to drive onto the Land of Vikings’ long driveway.

From Northern New York:

Take Interstate 81S to Binghamton.
Follow 17E 4 miles past Exit 84
(Pass by Deposit, NY)
Look for and make a Right turn to Hale Eddy, this turn is shortly after Milepost # 277
Cross Hale Eddy Bridge, turn Right after crossing Bridge
Drive approximately 3/4 mile, to a T-intersection (a cemetery on your right corner), turn Left.
Straight Ahead through Sherman, PA (church on Left) to Land of the Vikings (approximately 4 miles)

Via NY Route # 17

Traveling WEST on Route # 17 (Pass by Hancock, NY)

Look for and make a Left turn to Hale Eddy, this turn is just after Milepost # 278.
Cross Hale Eddy Bridge, turn Right after crossing Bridge
Drive approximately 3/4 mile, to a T-intersection (a cemetery on your right corner), turn Left.
Straight Ahead through Sherman, PA (church on Left) to Land of the Vikings (approximately 4 miles)

Traveling EAST on Route # 17

(Pass by Deposit, NY)
Look for and make a Right turn to Hale Eddy, this turn is shortly after Milepost # 277
Cross Hale Eddy Bridge, turn Right after crossing Bridge
Drive approximately 3/4 mile, to a T-intersection (a cemetery on your right corner), turn Left.
Straight Ahead through Sherman, PA (church on Left) to Land of the Vikings (approximately 4 miles)

From New England

Take the Mass Pike to Route 84
Take Exit 4W in New York to Route 17.
Traveling EAST on Route # 17
(Pass by Deposit, NY)
Look for and make a Right turn to Hale Eddy, this turn is shortly after Milepost # 277
Cross Hale Eddy Bridge, turn Right after crossing Bridge
Drive approximately 3/4 mile, to a T-intersection (a cemetery on your right corner), turn Left.
Straight Ahead through Sherman, PA (church on Left) to Land of the Vikings (approximately 4 miles)