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    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 »

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May 20, 2013
George W. Childs Recreation Site Re-Opens to the Public
George W. Childs Recreation Site within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will reopen on Thursday, May 23, after a nearly three year closure.

April 29, 2013
Milford Beach Stays Open Due to Donation
There is a plan in place to keep Milford Beach open for 2013. Kinder Morgan, the parent company of Tennessee Gas, raced in with a proposal to donate the full $41,000 needed to pay for operations at Milford Beach this summer.

April 02, 2013
Sequestration Impacts National Park Service
Superintendent John J. Donahue announced today that although the majority of the park will be open this season, sequestration-related budget cuts will result in reduced services and facility closures at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

March 29, 2013
Prescribed Fires Planned at Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation is planning a series of prescribed burns in the coming weeks. The areas to be burned involve approximately 528 acres of grasses, shrubs, and woodlands in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

March 12, 2013
Park Rescuers Receive Accreditation
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area's High Angle Rescue (HAR) Team has recently been accredited by the Mountain Rescue Association (MRA). In doing so, the Water Gap team joins the ranks of 13 other national park units that have already received MRA accreditation including Denali, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, and Mount Rainier National Parks.

September 06, 2012
New Request for Cliff Park Proposals
The National Park Service has issued a new Request For Proposals (RFP) for a 25-year lease for the Cliff Park Inn hotel, restaurant and nine-hole golf course (Commercial Use) within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

April 30, 2012
Park Rangers
Park rangers will begin issuing violation notices to drivers who turn onto Community Drive from either the northbound or southbound lanes of U.S. Route 209.

 

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... 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 alcohol. Wear a pfd on and in the river. Swim at  lifeguarded beaches. NEVER TRY TO SWIM ACROSS THE RIVER! More...