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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

National Parks Quiz And Trivia #17

There are quite a few parks associations out there, all with programs to enrich a visitor’s experience while explaining how important national parks and protected lands are. This particular quiz focuses on parks and other protected lands supported by the Western National Parks Association across 12 Western states. See just how much you know about some of these parks before checking the answers at the bottom of the page.

Delaware Water Gap NRA Visitor Use Plan Proposing Changes To Address Rising Visitation

A significant increase in visitors has National Park Service staff contemplating some significant changes in how they manage Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, ranging from a plan to add more campsites for river users to charging a park-wide entrance fee as opposed to site-specific fees.

Dingmans Falls At Delaware Water Gap NRA Reopens On Halloween

The Dingmans Falls boardwalk trail at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania was set to reopen at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The popular visitor destination and local favorite was hit hard by damages from back-to-back winter storms in March 2018, and as a result was closed for the spring and summer while work crews made repairs.

Peregrine Falcon Chicks Banded At Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

For the first time in seven decades, peregrine falcons have successfully nested this year in the Milford Cliffs area of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Historic nesting pairs were first reported on these cliffs in the 1940s and 1950s. No nests have been identified at this site until now.

Back-To-Back Storms Took Heavy Toll On Delaware Water Gap NRA

It could take "years" to clean up Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in the wake of back-to-back storms that downed thousands of trees, closed trails, and possibly damaged historic structures in the park that straddles the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border, according to Deputy Superintendent Keith Farrar.

Exploring The Parks: Dingmans Falls At Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Straddling the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is a 70,000-acre swath of forests cut by a river, with tributaries flowing in throughout the parkscape. It offers a quick and easy escape from urban areas of the metropolitan New York-New Jersey, as well as from the Philadelphia area.

The Essential RVing Guide

The Essential RVing Guide to the National Parks

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