ELKHART
AREA ATTRACTIONS

RV/MH Museum - This is an activity of the RV/MH Heritage Foundation. An unusual museum, exhibits and displays trace the history of recreational vehicles and manufactured housing going back to the 1920s. On exhibit is a variety of recreational vehicles plus many, many photos. It is really very interesting.
  Following the directions to the North Central Railroad Museum, after you cross the tracks just continue one more block to St. Joseph Street. Turn right and drive to the end of the block to Benham Avenue. Address is 801 Benham Avenue. Telephone (toll-free) 1-800-378-8694 or visit their web site at: RV/MY Museum.

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Amish Country Tours - This is Amish country and, as stated above, the Visitors' Center has tapes and CDs for 'guided' tours. You can chose to take a buggy tour if you lake and have the time. For more information, contact the Visitors' Center. Phone: 1-800-262-8161.

New York Central Railroad Museum - Founded in 1987, this museum is not only a preserver of the great NY Central Railroad and its super trains which connected New York City and Chicago - through Elkhart, Indiana back inb the days when rail travel was the vital impetus to the economic and physical growth of the U.S.A. The museum also allow us to see and understand Elkhart's role as it functioned in this rail network. Elkhart's rail yard is still among the largest in the United States and Elkhart still is an important link in our nation's rail system. 
  From the Indiana Toll Road (I-80/90), turn left at the end of the long off-ramp and follow IN-19 southbound into Elkhart to its end at Beardsley Avenue. Turn right, go 3 blocks to Main Street there's a traffic light there) and turn left. Continue south on Main, crossing the St Joseph River, to the railroad tracks. Cross the tracks and turn right into the Museum's parking lot. 721 South Main Street; phone 1-574-294-3001.  
  Hour are 10a-4p Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4p Sundays. Closed major holidays. Note that this is 'Chicago time' during the summer months because Indiana does not observe daylight savings time. The rest of the year this is Eastern Standard Time.
  View their web site at NYC Museum.

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