• Winter sunrise, Kittatinny Ridge

    Delaware Water Gap

    National Recreation Area NJ,PA

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Bookstore

Eastern National is a cooperating association which operates bookstores in the visitor centers at Dingmans Falls and Kittatinny Point. Eastern National provides quality educational products and services to America's national parks and public trusts.

Eastern National The bookstores are open when the visitor centers are open (hours). Sales items include not only books, but toys and souvenirs of an educational nature. Items are also available through mail order and an on line bookstore. For more information, call (570) 828-7055, or write:

Eastern National
1978 River Road
Bushkill PA 18324

 

Eastern National also publishes and sells a number of materials that are specifically about this park, including:

Exploring Delaware Water Gap History: a Field Guide to the Historic Structures and Cultural Landscapes of Delaware Wate Gap National Recreation Area by park historian Susan Kopczynski. (108 pp., 8.5 x 5.5" spiral bound, black and white) ISBN 1-888213-49-3

Down the Delaware: A River User's Guide by park staff. (64 pp., 8.5 x 5.5", 2-color) ISBN 1-59091-017-6

There were Camps Along the Delaware: Memories of boy scouting on the Delaware River by park seasonal interpreter and former camper Albert Zusman. (14 pp., 8.5 x 7" black and white) ISBN 9 1-888213-62-0

 

On-line ordering information or call Eastern National in the park at (570) 828-7055.

Did You Know?

A small steamboat passing a beach with rowboats

... that a century before this recreation area was formed, the Delaware Water Gap was touted as a Wonder of the World, and drew vacationers via rail lines from Philadelphia and New York City. There were trails to stroll, verandas for viewing the gap, and a steamboat for moonlight cruises. More...