• Winter sunrise, Kittatinny Ridge

    Delaware Water Gap

    National Recreation Area NJ,PA

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  • Season Starts!

    Childs Park opens Thursday, May 23. Dingmans Falls Visitor Center opens Saturday May 25, and will be open Friday, Saturday, Sunday the rest of the summer. The road to Dingmans Falls is open but is single lane at one point and NO BUSES or RVs ARE ALLOWED More »

Pets

Pets are NOT permitted at the following sites:

Pennsylvania

  • Smithfield and Milford Beach, except in off season
  • Raymondskill Falls, Dingmans Falls and Hackers Falls
  • George W. Childs Recreation Site
  • Valley View Group Campsites
  • Hidden Lake
  • Hialeah Picnic Area
  • McDade Trail from milepost 1.0 to milepost 2.5 (from June 1 to September 8)

New Jersey

  • Turtle Beach
  • Rivers Bend Group Campsites
  • Watergate Recreation Site
  • Kittatinny Point (picnic areas and visitor center area)

Service Animals
National Park Service regulations exempt service animals such as guide dogs for the blind and signal dogs for the hearing-impaired from prohibitions on pets.

Hunting Dogs
Certain regulations apply to the training and use of hunting dogs.
Hunting in the park

Other Pet Regulations

  • Pets must be on a 6-foot leash and attended at all times.
  • You may not leave a pet tied up or in a vehicle.
  • Please clean up after your pet.
  • You shouldn't lose your pet, but if you do, contact Park Dispatch at (570) 426-2435.

Did You Know?

Sketch of a shiny, silvery, oval shaped fish with smallish fins

... that shad have made a comeback in the Delaware River, due to pollution control. This member of the herring family lives its adult life in the ocean, but travels up rivers and streams to spawn. Each spring, anglers follow the "shad run" up the Delaware River to catch these hard-fighting fish. More...