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    Delaware Water Gap

    National Recreation Area NJ,PA

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    Childs Park opens May 25. Dingmans Falls, Blue Mt Lakes/Skyline and unpaved Old Mine roads are open. STILL CLOSED PA: Mt. Minsi spur trails closed due to falcon nesting; Hornbecks & Adams Trails closed; McDade Trail closed trail miles 24.5 to 27.5 More »

Features: Bridges and Ferries

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)

 

OLD MINE ROAD

Old Mine Road (STG: Summer 2000 Vol. 22, No. 2) (under Stories)

Searching for the Old Mine Road (under Stories)

"Drive-thru" History: A Self-Guided Auto Tour (under Stories)

 

OTHER ROADS

Railway Avenue and the Delaware Valley Railroad (DVRR) (STG Winter 2000 Vol. 22, No. 4) Railway Avenue, once a street in the village of Bushkill, is now a flat trail through the woods and along an old railroad bed.

River Road Rehab: An Update (under Places: Cultural Landscapes)
Additional material
• A Historical Narrative of River Road and Freeman Tract Road
By park historian Susan Kopczynski.
• A Chronology of River Road and its Ferries

Update on Park Projects (includes roads) (under People: Managing the Park)

 

BRIDGES AND FERRIES

Dingmans Bridge (STG: Summer 1993 Vol. 15, No. 2) Historic privately-owned toll bridge crossing the Delaware River at Dingmans Ferry PA.

River Road Rehab: An Update (under Places: Cultural Landscapes)
Additional material
• A Historical Narrative of River Road and Freeman Tract Road
By park historian Susan Kopczynski.
• A Chronology of River Road and its Ferries

Bridges in/near the park | Dingmans Bridge website

History of Delaware Bridges (from the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission DRJTBC)

 

Did You Know?

A series of arm patches

... that Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area includes lands which once belonged to 5 New Jersey boy scout camps. Private and religious camps also flourished along the riverbanks that are now part of the park at sites such as Turn Farm PA, Coppermine Inn NJ, and Coppermine Hiking Area NJ. More...