• Winter sunrise, Kittatinny Ridge

    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 »

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?

Sketch of a dam with forests on the river banks.

... 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. More...