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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.

What's a Water Gap? (Fun Page for Kids - pdf file)

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.
View of the sky through hemlock treetops  

Did You Know?
... that hemlock groves in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area are threatened by a non-native insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid. Hemlocks provide shade for spectacular rhodondenron, for trout streams, and for native wildflowers. As hemlocks weaken and die, they are cut down for your safety.
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Last Updated: July 02, 2009 at 12:26 EST