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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Hike/Bike/XC Ski McDade Trail PA
 

Joseph M. McDade Recreational Trail is a planned recreational trail which, when completed, will extend for 37 miles on the Pennsylvania side of the park. The trail is open to hiking, biking, and crosscountry skiing. Motorized vehicles are not permitted.

 

STATUS AS OF SPRING 2008

Two sections are presently completed:
(1) a section along River Road PA from Hialeah Picnic Area PA to Turn Farm Trailhead PA (5 miles)
(2) A section from Milford Beach PA to Pittman Orchard PA at Route 209 (2.7 miles)
Please link to the park bulletin at the right (pdf) for a maps of these sections of the trail and for rules of the road.

 
 

Additional sections are open for use but do not inter-connect:
See park bulletin at right (pdf file) for map and details.

McDade Trail near Hialeah PA
Park Bulletin:
McDade Trail PA
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Architect's aerial view of an earthen dam stretching across a wide river  

Did You Know?
... 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.
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Last Updated: July 24, 2008 at 17:29 EST