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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area The Delaware River downstream from the Gap in autumn
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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Hiking in Pennsylvania
 

Childs Park is closed. Update Nov. 2011: Rehabilitation of Childs Park will last through the fll of 2012. | Details

 

TRAIL SUGGESTIONS FOR PENNSYLVANIA:

Hikes from 2 to 6 hours in length
Mt. Minsi at the Gap | Map of Minsi loop hike (hikes 1 and 3)
McDade Trail (various sections) | Map of entire trail | Detail maps
Pocono Environmental Education Center PA (PEEC) (a variety of
      trails open to all park visitors) | Map of PEEC trails

Waterfalls
     Raymondskill Falls
     Childs Park (Factory Falls, Fulmer Falls & Dear Leap Falls)
     Dingmans Falls (Silverthread and Dingmans Falls)

History Hikes and Strolls
McDade Trail I: Hialeah to Turn Farm
Lime Kilns near McDade Trail
McDade Trail II: Milford Beach to Pittman Orchard

(Fairly) Flat and Easy Trails
     
• about 2 miles round-trip
    • little or gradual ascent; no scrambling
    • flat trail surface and fairly good footing
McDade Trail (most sections) | Map of entire trail | Detail maps
Toms Creek Trail | Map of Toms Creek Trail
The Appalachian Trail: Totts Gap to view of Mt. Tammany
     The AT Experience 

Wheelchair-Accessible Trails
The boardwalk trail at Dingmans Falls

 

DAYLIGHT HOURS
Please note that daylight may end early in ravines
and in the shadows of mountain ridges.

Sunrise and Sunset, Moonrise and Moonset, and Twilight 
from the U.S. Naval Observatory
(Under "Form A," use "Milford PA" for the north of the park or "Stroudsburg PA" for the south of the park.)

 
A small, red wildflower with three parts
Park Bulletin:
Woods & Waterfalls in Pennsylvania
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McDade Trail near Hialeah PA
Park Bulletin:
McDade Trail PA
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a mountain outcrop shaped like a human profile looking to the right
Park Bulletin:
Hike the Gap/New Jersey/Tammany
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Triangular marker for the AT
Bulletin (legal size):
Hiking & Backpacking the Appalachian Trail
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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: November 17, 2011 at 15:35 MST