• 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 »

Park Bulletins on Recreation

River Guides
Canoe Day Trips by Livery
(legal size 8.5 x 14")
List of liveries renting canoes and kayaks, equipment checklist, river mileage,and safety advice

River Map & Guide
(legal size 8.5 x 14")
River safety, distances, camping regulations, river map showing locations of campsites

Bicycling in the Park
Road Bike Touring
(letter size 8.5 X 11")
Map of roads in New Jersey that are suitable for road bike touring, with dirt roads that could form loop tours.
McDade Trail
Hiking/biking trail in Pennsylvania with stretches of up to 25 miles on crushed stone.

Fishing and Boating
(legal size 8.5 x 14")
State license and information sources, gallery of common species, fish consumption advisories

Hunting
(legal size 8.5 x 14")
Additional regulations particular to the recreation area, areas closed to hunting, information sources

Campgrounds
(letter size 8.5 x 11")

Trails for Crosscountry Skiing
(letter size 8.5 x 11")
Slateford Farmhouse
Blue Mountain Lakes
McDade Trail

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...