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    Delaware Water Gap

    National Recreation Area NJ,PA

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Features: Recreating in the Park

Most of these features were first published in the park's newsletter, Spanning the Gap (STG) or in the Cultural Resource Management magazine, CRM. STG and CRM features are pdf files.

For related pages in this website, and for links to other websites for each feature,
look up the feature under:

• NEWS: Park Newspaper-Features from Back Issues, by year (STG features) or under:
• NEWS: Park Newspaper-CRM Magazine, by topic (CRM features) 

Native American People | Colonial and historic peoples (under Collections)

 

HISTORICAL RECREATION IN THE PARK 

From Resort Era to Recreation Area (STG Summer 1984 Vol. 7 No. 2) History of Kittatinny Hotel and Resort Point Overlook PA.

Life at the Kittatinny (STG Winter 2001 Vol. 23, No. 4) The hotel that once stood at Resort Point at the Water Gap.

History along Karamac Trail: New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad and the Karamac Hotel (Additional material to STG Summer 2003 Vol. 25, No. 2) A brief history of the rail bed and the hotel grounds that form most of the trail.

 

PEOPLE RECREATING IN THE PARK TODAY

Climbing the Gap (STG: Spring 1983 Vol. 6 No. 1) Locations and cautions. By Hugh Dougher.

The "AT" Experience (STG: Spring/Summer 2004 Vol. 26, No. 1) A brief background of the Appalachian Trail and its path through the recreation area. By District Ranger Brad Clawson.

Using Cell Phones Means Needing Cell Towers (STG Winter 2004/2005 Vol. 26, No. 2) A report on cell-tower applications to the recreation area. By ranger activities assistant Michele Kuna.

Cliff Park Reopens (STG Winter 2004/2005 Vol. 26, No. 2) The historic property that is now part of the recreation area.

Dingmans Campground: Welcome (back) ! (STG: Summer/Fall 2005 Vol. 27 No. 1) The concession campground within the recreation area reopens after a three-year hiatus. By Ranger Activities Assistant Michele Kuna.

 

Did You Know?

Sketch of a hand underwater and reaching for a life jacket

... chief causes of water fatalities on the Delaware River are: (1) swimming without a lifejacket (PFD); (2) trying to swim across the river; and (3) swimming after drinking lots of alcohol. Wear a pfd and swim at  lifeguarded beaches. DON'T drink-then-swim! NEVER TRY TO SWIM ACROSS THE RIVER! More...