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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
For Kids
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Kids!

... if you are coming to visit the park, you can earn a patch in this park's junior ranger program. (For teens there's the Appalachian Trail Adventure Guide for Teens.)

... or you can be a WebRanger right at home. Learn about other parks with the National Park Service's On-line Junior Ranger Program.

 
red newt on forest floor

To learn about the park's animals and plants, you can visit the park's Nature & Science pages or look at this website's Fun Pages:

 Beavers | Tracking the Park

There is also a Fun Page about the Water Gap.

To learn about the park's people and places, you can visit the park's History & Culture pages.

 

Other things to do...
ϑ The park has Family Fun Days.
ϑ Take a look at the Park Calendar of Events 
ϑ Some things to tell your TEACHERS about...

Architect's aerial view of an earthen dam stretching across a wide river  

Did You Know?
... that the reservoir of the proposed Tocks Island Dam would have inundated 30 miles of the Delaware River and 30,000 acres of its river valley (now part of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The defeat of the dam was an early victory of the environmental movement in this country.
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Last Updated: March 13, 2008 at 13:05 EST