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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Kittatinny Point Visitor Center NJ
 

KITTATINNY POINT VISITOR CENTER

Phone: (908) 496-4458

Usual Hours of Operation :
Summer: daily from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend
Fall: weekends only
Winter: closed
Specific hours of operation for this year. 
Location:
In the Water Gap just off Interstate 80 in New Jersey.
Directions
Available Services:
Ranger-staffed information desk; park maps and brochures (also available on line); children's materials (also available on line); America the Beautiful passes for all the National Parks (also available on line); annual passes for this park; Eastern National bookstore; restrooms or portable toilets, water fountain/pump, phone; picnic area, canoe launch, views of the Water Gap. No food services (nearby places to get food
Accessibility
The new visitor center building is handicapped accessible. Wheelchair users can reach the terrace overlooking the river behind the old visitor center building, construction permitting. There is a paved parking lot.

For an explanation of the formation of the Water Gap, please link park bulletin at the right. (pdf)

A sketch of two mountains and river between them
Park Bulletin:
How the Gap Formed (a basic explanation)
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Grayish outcrop of quartzite rock
Park Bulletin:
Advanced 18-stop Geology Tour of Mt. Tammany NJ
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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: August 13, 2008 at 13:13 EST