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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Lightscape: The Night Sky
Full moon in a cloudy sky, over a ridge

Moonrise over Walpack Ridge seen from Headquarters in Bushkill PA.

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Image of the week's night sky and Weekly Night Sky Information from McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas.
 
La observación de los cielos
Universo Online y Avisos semanales para mirar las estrellas (en español) de Universo Online/U.S. Naval Observatory.

Sunrise/sunset & Moonrise/moonset
from the U.S. Naval Observatory
(The zip code for the park is 18324)

 

Feature pages on Environmental Factors
View of the sky through hemlock treetops  

Did You Know?
... that hemlock groves in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area are threatened by a non-native insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid. Hemlocks provide shade for spectacular rhodondenron, for trout streams, and for native wildflowers. As hemlocks weaken and die, they are cut down for your safety.
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