Eating & Sleeping

A picnic area surrounded by trees with bright yellow and green leaves.
Enjoy lunch at one of the picnic areas.

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Eat in the Park

Guests are welcome to visit the picnic areas within the park to have lunch. There are very limited options for food purchase once visitors enter the park, so come prepared. Visitors are expected to pack out all trash and food scraps. Ground fires are never permitted unless in a designated, raised fire ring.

Personally owned grills, stoves, or lanterns may be used only within designated picnic areas, campgrounds, or river campsites. Grilling is permitted at:

  • Milford Beach
  • Toms Creek
  • Smithfield Beach
  • Hialeah Recreation Site
  • Turtle Beach
  • Namanock Recreation Site


Food preparation and grilling is not permitted at the following picnic sites:

  • Hidden Lake
  • Kittatinny Point
  • Millbrook Village
  • Crater Lake

Visit the Superintendent's Compendium for related rules and regulations.

Eat in a Restaurant

Explore the surrounding towns and chow down!

New Jersey Dining Information

Outside the park in New Jersey
Dining in North West New Jersey

Pennsylvania Dining Information

Outside the park in Pennsylvania
Dining in the Poconos

 
 

Last updated: May 6, 2025

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Mailing Address:

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
P.O. Box 2

Bushkill, PA 18324

Phone:

570 426-2452

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