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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation AreaWalpack: M.E. Church, Van Campen Inn, Main St.
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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Directions: Walpack Ctr/Van Campen Inn /New Jersey District Ranger Station
 

Via Old Mine Road NJ from the north (through Peters Valley)
Use Directions to Peters Valley via Old Mine Road from the north to reach Peters Valley NJ
For Walpack Center: At the stop sign at Peters Valley, continue straight across the intersection onto route NPS 615 south. Continue 3.5 miles to the village of Walpack Center on the left.
For Van Campen Inn: At the stop sign at Peters Valley, turn hard right onto Kuhn Road and continue 1/2 mile. The road (and paving) ends at a "T" intersection with an unpaved road. This is the original dirt roadbed of Old Mine Road. The road is passable to cars, but drive carefully and watch the road. Turn left (south) onto Old Mine Road and continue 2.5 miles to Van Campen Inn on the left.

Via Old Mine Road NJ from Interstate 80 (through Millbrook Village) and
Via Blairstown NJ  to the east (through Millbrook Village)
Use Directions to Millbrook Village to reach Millbrook Village.
At Millbrook Village, bear left from Old Mine Road, or turn right from Route 602, to continue north 2 miles to a bridge and a "T" intersection. 
For Walpack Center: Turn right onto Route NPS 615 North. Continue on Route NPS 615 North 6.5 miles to the village on the right.
For Van Campen Inn:
 turn left, to remain on Old Mine Road. Continue 4 1/4 miles to the intersection of an unpaved road on the right, which is the original dirt roadbed of Old Mine Road. The road is passable to cars, but drive carefully and watch the road. Continue 2 1/4 miles north on unpaved Old Mine Road to the Inn on the right.

 
New Jersey District Ranger Station is located on the west side of Route NPS 615, 1/4 mile south of Walpack Center. It is 6 1/4 north of the south end of Route NPS 615 at the Flatbrook Bridge/Old Mine Road, and 3 3/4 miles south of the north end of Route NPS 615 at Peters Valley.
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 12:39 EST