The Eerie Deserted Ghost Town of Walpack, NJ 

This town is kept up very well. I'm from New Jersey born and raised and never heard of this town.

What a great old town. I can almost feel what life was like back then. I could live there now. thanks for sharing.

Empty town perhaps, ghost town? I don't think so. This place is being maintained.

Interesting example of a well-preserved , yet abandoned 20th Century small town. Although it was purchased by the government in 1955, the satellite dish speaks to the fact that folks lived there for many years afterwards. Moreover, the condition of most of the buildings is much better than what 60+ years would do, especially on the Eastern Seaboard. Has a very pastoral feel. Thanks for the video.

I’ve passed this little town a bunch of times while riding motorcycles and thankfully it always appears to be well maintained and frozen in time.

Walpack went into the National Parks system when the dam project was abandoned. It still has an Inn and campground, and around 10 full time residents, including a mayor.

I grew up in a town 10 miles away & made many trips past this town in my teenage years and till about 5 yrs ago! . Its beautiful. Not eerie or scary or Haloweenish! Sad how were programmed to think that way. There's an awesome restaurant close by called Walpack Inn that we'd go to at least once a year. There are water falls in the area & a lake. We'd go up there in the 70s & hang out w friends & party...fun days! So excited to see this video!

Would love to live in that town without a doubt

This small town looks like it could be right out of the walking dead tv series! Pretty awesome actually.

What a wonderful well kept town. It's heart breaking to see a lot of the houses starting to decay away. Hopefully someone will step in and fix it back up to the way it was in its early days..thanks for the share! Stay safe healthy and blessed on your next adventure! From Southern California ☀️

I went to school in Ocean Township, NJ. In 6th grade, must have been 1986 - we went for a weekend camping in Walpack - it was the most stars i had ever seen in my life, the entire milky way was on display. It is a fantastic memory! Was at what appeared to be a Summer Camp type place.

We went here maybe 5 or so years ago. We just drove through though. It was interesting. I remember it was WAY off the main highway, it took a while to get there, and the road wasn't well maintained. So few people drove up that way that there were branches ad things lying in the road. It's sad these people had to move out over a project that never came to fruition. But what's cool about it is this town is frozen in time. There is nothing there that is newer than the 1960s - actually most buildings are much older than that. It shows how people used to live before lots the commercialization that's all over the place now. This place has to be maintained. The grass is mowed, some buildings had to have been painted. You'd expect this place to be in much worse shape than it is given that no one has lived here in 50 or so years.

I live about 25-30min from here and always driving around the area for work,there is a ton of history up here

Beautiful Town

All those homes left to rot. What a shame

The Flatbrook-Roy trout stream is up the road. It's was Babe Ruth's favorite fishing spot.

Oh this was sweeet..very interesting..so glad its upkept...what a great day for it..love the way you let us peek into the houses!!!! Beautiful church!!kool old gas pump..another great video ray!!

Wondering if you could get a good deal on the whole town!!

This place was cool when I went 2 years ago!

wow we passed thru here for almost 30 yrs on our way to cross the dingman wooden bridge (lake adventure in the poconos ) not even realizing it was abandoned! It always looked like folks were living there lol Ty for this presentation:)

Those are beautiful homes that can probably be put to good use!

It's great that the place is maintained well. The grass is cut, and buildings somewhat protected against vandals.

I love ur video..😍😍😍..Thank u so much Ray Out There.. 🙏🙏🙏 ❤️❤️❤️ 💪💪💪

The first house with all the curtains was spooky I expected something or someone looking back. It would make a good place to film movies.

Its nice n clean, homes look in great shape..I'd live there in a heartbeat!!

That place is definitely creepy! Great video, as usual!

The tower by the gas station with the yellow rocket looking thing in that tower, was an Air Raid Siren. All in all I don't blame you for the creepy vibe. Deserted houses that have nothing really wrong with them always make me feel a little uneasy.

Awesome! Always meant to go here but keep forgetting.

I love this video. I may have to make a trip to see this historic little town. It's beautiful.

In the early 70's. I met most of the families living there at the time. I don't live too far away. Flatbrookville is nearby. Knew the 2 families there then. There were other manufactured homes nearby that were removed on flatbeds about 1973-74. The Layton post office I believe was open then and theres a graveyard at the end of the town. Flatbrookvilles gas station was open then too.

Would LOVE to live in such a town!!

They need to fix up those other properties and use them so they don’t crumble and fall apart. Love the feeling there, like it’s back in time.

This place is being maintain. Nice place .. 😍

Beautiful town. Even creepier at night lol

1:09 ...Were you pushed by a ghost? (haha)

I would absolutely love to live in a small town like this

On google the population of this town was 12 people in 2021. There are still people who are there if anybody was still wondering. I love the documentation of this, amazing!

great video !!

Love the quality of your camera and your camera work . It really does look great and professional

The fact that they have no squatters or vandals coming there and destroying the place is very rare and unique. In 250 more years this place will be a special site

Northern Jerseyan here. It's hard to imagine a place this rural exists in my state. It's a stark contrast to the suburbs where I live.

Surprising it isn't used for old movie story sets. Someone should make an old 1930's-1940's small town story movie NOW & use this as the setting. It'd definitely make a good backdrop setting for a creepy cult town story or an old Amish town story. 💗

What a darling of a town can anyone live their. I grew up in a small town in new hampshire in the 60s and early 70s would love to in a charming town of yesterday again

Thank you for the video, went and checked it out last weekend.. it was great . Although I was surprised by the number of bees ! Looks like some buildings must have huge nests

You know it's really deserted when you don't see any feral cats wandering around. New Jersey is interesting.

Those sounds are so nice

Nothing more creepy than an abandoned ghost town. Awesome man and good history and narration.that little shack reminds me of that little shack from Friday the 13th part 2.

Looks like a great place to film a new old friday 13th or horror

...very nice imagery, seemed like an orderly town.

Subbed! Cool vid, went there a few years ago when I visited my cousin in PA.

I've been here many times its very eerie out there especially at night. Spent much time out there

love this

My ooohhh my.. 😯😯😯 Where did they all go..??? It's too bad to leave that cool calm fresh town like that.. It's unbelievable.. 🤦🤦🤦

That church would make a good wedding venue and the houses for BNBs, a caretakers house. Corporate retreat. There could be money there if they used it property. Its got "escape from the city" written all over it.

Great video! You got a new subscriber!

Hey Ray, nice vid, thanks for sharing! I think the "Gas Station" was probably a Fire Station as the tower beside it appears to be the town alarm that would call the volunteers to the station, the white buildings behind may have been the city buildings with maintenance vehicles or more fire apparatus on the side, maybe, I think :{)

Its beautiful.

With all the remote IT workers this town would be perfect. Like someone else stated such an incredible waste. Look at the cost of maintaining the lawns while allowing some structures to fall into disrepair. 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ Or as a retiree village, just so unbelievable.

I remember fishing in the Walpack stream when I was young (long ago). So sad what the government did when they bought up everything, forced people out and then the whole project went bellyup - now it continues to sit there lost in time. But it is still maintained. Have been to the Walpack Inn down the road, hopefully still there!

Cool video thanks for sharing. I wish they had more old phones 🙂

New fan here. Looked like it would have been a nice neighborhood to live in as a child. Love abandoned and ghost towns. Would love to see that place in person also but I live in Utah

Who cuts the grass?

The whole place looks clean and manicure like they could use it as a town again. I'm from New Jersey originally I never heard of this town.

i love theses kind of things 3/24/22

Whats good ray? New to the channel. I've been to the walpack Inn. Never saw the actual ghosttown. Might have to go up there and check it out and do a hike by the Dingman falls in PA.

1:08 be careful, Ray! 😂 Great video tho!

The whole town is a living museum. 2000 years from now, it'll be known as 'The Pompeii of New Jersey.' Thanks, Ray. You did an awesome job with this. Now I'm going to research my family records, to see if I'm related to Hazel Christie...Maybe I can inherit that house! :-D

You should visit Eckley Miners Village near Hazleton, PA. Abandoned mining town that was restored. Has a museum, gift shop. A must see.

Looks like the lawns are well maintained.

Wow! We have so many homeless in this country and so many ghost towns!Thanks for sharing this video mate.

I was there once, in the late 90s/early 2000s. What you called the gas station was the volunteer firehouse, I'm quite sure. The building behind it was the old schoolhouse, and the building attached to that, I'm guessing, was an anciliary garage building for the fire company. When I was there I walked down the street and took pictures, but never got as close to the buildings as you did. Thanks for this.

Population : what maybe 10 . Now thats my kind of town ! Ray Out There , someone must make it into town in order to do grounds keeping 🤗🤗

Movin to Walpac!😉🥃🙊

I feel like the people wanted to maintain the town for historical purposes.

The lawns are well manicured. That's a lot of work to keep the yards clean.

Been here a lot in the early to mid eighties and it is spooky.

That's a Nice clean looking place, why don't people come to live there...

they should be filling up houses with the homeless that would be more than thrilled to have a roof over their head

Oh Wow

As beautiful as this is now, people will now vandalize it. In the US, vandals make sure nothing survives. Its a shame. I wonder if someone can buy the town? This would be a great place to start a business.

Perfect for a Hollywood set

The dam was called the Tocks Island project proposed around 1950 I lot of families lost their homes throughout that valley I believe now that area is part of national parks Stokes' State Park Another point of interest going south east is Buttermilk Falls overlooking the area that the dam was to be placed I wonder if anyone remembers that the site was also going to be the next Woodstock the year after that event in New York State it was all rumors but cause the park service a lot of overtime

Been there. If you go past the garage and church if you go by the river there is good fishing.

I'd live there, no problem!

The Government owns this town ? Why not fix up the houses and Post Office and sell the houses this would make a nice little community.

Back in the 1980s - 1990s some of the houses were occupied by Park Rangers who worked in the park. The tower at 11:40 is an old air raid siren. Before the days of radios and beepers, they were used to summon volunteer firemen and ambulance workers.

The caretakers really good at their jobs!!

The tower at 11:51 is a siren. Probably to call volunteer fireman to the station.

I was at wall pack back in the day! Probably 30 years ago? It was and still is a ghostly tour then . They used to send our kids in school there? I defiantly wanted to go! So I did ?

I lovee how a bunch of people in here were born and raised in jersey but have never heard of walpack or have never visited the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. So glad north jersey is still nj nest kept secret. Even from other jerseyans.

I’m a new subscriber. November 16, 2021. Just viewed this video.I’ll be watching more.

probley the old firehouse with the siren at the end

I remember Camp Walpack in the 80's. It was like Job Corp.

Nice save on the trip lmfaooo

I will visit later today and I will stay rent free 😃😃😃😃😃😃

I remember when Walpak was owned by the Eatontown Lions Club and there used be be a environmental center which was also a camp the the town used for their school district. I went every year until I was in 6th grade. It's a shame that they let it go to pot.

Suddenly a 1940s cop car pulls up and takes you to town jail for tresspassing

3/12/23: 🙏😥Love this little town, Terrible that they bought out and ran people out and DAM never took place. Too Cool. Lacey Robbins House. I love these Bldgs and area, someone is taking care of the Grounds Patty Sue in MARYLAND

So many homeless and this just sits here.

Looks like that church is ready to open its doors next Sunday. (I'm assuming Sunday, I don't know if they used another day).