• Winter sunrise, Kittatinny Ridge

    Delaware Water Gap

    National Recreation Area NJ,PA

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  • Season Starts!

    Childs Park opens Thursday, May 23. Dingmans Falls Visitor Center opens Saturday May 25, and will be open Friday, Saturday, Sunday the rest of the summer. The road to Dingmans Falls is open but is single lane at one point and NO BUSES or RVs ARE ALLOWED More »

National Designations

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area - September 1, 1965
Middle Delaware National Scenic River - November 10, 1978
Appalachian National Scenic Trail -established October 2, 1968
2,150 miles from Maine to Georgia (27+ miles in the recreation area)
Minisink Archeological Site (National Historic Landmark) - April 19, 1993
(Middle Delaware Segment of the) Delaware River Water Trail - June 2, 2007

 

Properties in the park on the National Register of Historic Places
(under History & Culture: Places)

Did You Know?

A ranger testing water quality in a stream.

... that the Middle Delaware River exceeds ordinary federal standards for clean water. Because of this, special higher standards have been set for the river, so it does not "deteriorate" to being just "clean enough." The river in this park is, and will remain, truly "cleaner than clean." More...