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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
For Kids

Check the Park Schedule of Events for details on specific offerings.

Kids can also explore the park on their own using the Junior Naturalist and Junior Ranger booklets.

The Park Lecture Series includes Family Fun Days.

Pocono Environmental Education Center, just off Route 209 within the recreation area, offers a variety of programs for children and families year round. There is a charge for some of these programs.

For information on school trips, traveling trunks, and curriculum-based field trips, please link to FOR TEACHERS.
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 21, 2008 at 14:16 EST