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The Delaware Water Gap is on the border of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River traverses a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. A water gap is a geological formation where a river cuts through a mountain ridge. A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ...
Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ...
Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²) - Width 280 miles (455 km) - Length 160 miles (255 km) - % water 2. ...
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The Himalaya as seen from the International Space Station A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ...
The Blue Mountain area ; Not shown to the west is Hawk Mountain area . Blue Mountain, is the prominent, most southeastern Appalachian ridge in the Ridge-and-Valley Province of Pennsylvania. ...
The Kittatinny Mountains are a long ridge across northwestern New Jersey. ...
Interstate 80 (abbreviated I-80) is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States. ...
Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ...
Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²) - Width 280 miles (455 km) - Length 160 miles (255 km) - % water 2. ...
For the Delaware River in Kansas, see Delaware River (Kansas) The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. ...
Appalachians in North Carolina The Appalachian Mountains (French: les Appalaches) are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. ...
Water gap is a term geologists use to describe a notch which flowing water has carved into a mountain. ...
The Delaware Water Gap is the site of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, which is used primarily for recreational purposes, such as rafting, canoeing, swimming, fishing, hiking and rock climbing. With a fishing license, one can fish in the Delaware for carp, shad and other fish. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, administered by the National Park Service, preserves almost 70,000 acres (283 km²) of land along the Delaware Rivers New Jersey and Pennsylvania shores. ...
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Canoeing is the recreational or sporting activity of paddling a canoe or kayak. ...
This article concentrates on human swimming. ...
Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ...
Two hikers in the Mount Hood National Forest Eagle Creek hiking Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ...
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 The Delaware Water Gap from Mount Tammany. Note the freight train on the Pennsylvania side. The ridge of the Appalachians that the Delaware crosses is called the Blue Mountains in Pennsylvania and the Kittatinny Ridge in New Jersey. The New Jersey mountain is Mt. Tammany (located in Worthington State Forest); the Pennsylvania mountain is Mount Minsi. The summit of Tammany is 1200 ft (360 m) above the river. The Appalachian Trail threads the gap, and climbs the Kittatinies alongside Dunnfield Creek. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3600x2492, 739 KB) Chuck Walsh I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3600x2492, 739 KB) Chuck Walsh I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
The Blue Mountain area ; Not shown to the west is Hawk Mountain area . Blue Mountain, is the prominent, most southeastern Appalachian ridge in the Ridge-and-Valley Province of Pennsylvania. ...
The Kittatinny Mountains are a long ridge across northwestern New Jersey. ...
Mount Tammany is the southernmost peak of the Kittatinny Mountains. ...
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A.T., is a 2,174-mile (3,500-km)[2] marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. ...
The Worthington State Forest is to the immediate northeast on the New Jersey side of the river. Interstate 80 passes through the gap on the New Jersey side via the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge, while the New Jersey Cut-Off mainline of the old Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad--now owned by the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Rail Authority and operated by the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad--passes through on the Pennsylvania side. Pennsylvania Route 611, which is adjacent to the railroad for most of way through the Gap, occupies the right-of-way of a former trolley line. Interstate 80 occupies the former right-of-way of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway. Worthington State Forest, taken from a campsite 6,421-acre Worthington State Forest runs more than seven miles along the Kittatinny Ridge on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River, just north of the Delaware Water Gap in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. ...
Interstate 80 (abbreviated I-80) is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States. ...
The Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge (also know as the Interstate 80 Toll Bridge) is a toll bridge that crosses the Delaware River at the Delaware Water Gap, connecting New Jersey and Pennsylvania, carrying Interstate 80. ...
The New Jersey Cut-Off (or Lackawanna Cut-Off) was a 28-mile high-speed, double-track mainline constructed by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad between 1908-1911 and which ran from Port Morris, New Jersey to Slateford, Pennsylvania. ...
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company (DL&W or Lackawanna) (AAR reporting marks DLW) was a railroad connecting Pennsylvanias Lackawanna Valley, rich in anthracite coal, to New York City, Buffalo and Oswego, New York. ...
Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Rail Authority is a bi-county creation of both Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania and Monroe County, Pennsylvania to oversee the use of a common rail freight line formerly owned by Conrail running from Scranton, Pennsylvania, through the Poconos of Northeastern Pennsylvania towards New Jersey and the New York...
The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad (AAR reporting mark DL) began service August, 1993, as desginated operator of over 85 miles of Lackawanna County trackage north, east and south from the Scranton, Pennsylvania, terminus in Northeastern Pennsylvania as a part of the Genesee Valley Transportation Company, Inc. ...
Route 611 is a state highway in Pennsylvania, United States, running from Interstate 95 south of downtown Philadelphia north to Interstate 380 at Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. ...
A right-of-way (plural: rights-of-way) is an easement or strip of land granted to a railroad company upon which to build a railroad. ...
The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W), also known as the Susie-Q, or simply The Susquehanna, is an American freight railway operating over 500 miles (800 km) of track in the northeastern U.S. states of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. ...
National Park Service
 The Delaware Water Gap from Knowlton Township in New Jersey. The Red Dot Trail provides a path to the top of the Kittatinny Ridge, which has views of the entire area. This is roughly a one-hour hike, traversing over 600 vertical feet. The Gray Dot Trail is a very steep, climber's trail that goes from I-80 to the top of the gap along the top of the big wall. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3264x2448, 1503 KB) Delaware Water Gap from Linaberry Road, Knowlton Township, NJ, Nov 24, 2006 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3264x2448, 1503 KB) Delaware Water Gap from Linaberry Road, Knowlton Township, NJ, Nov 24, 2006 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
The Kittatinny Mountains are a long ridge across northwestern New Jersey. ...
Rock climbing is mostly done on the New Jersey side. Climbers can walk along the cement wall along I-80 until they pass the big wall on I-80 and then go up a path that follows the base of the big wall. The path is steep and fairly dangerous, with poison ivy in the spring and summer and occasionally falling rock. The wall is metaquartzite, with bands of shale from a half inch to four inches thick. The sun shines on the wall from 10am to 3pm. Shale Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. ...
In the 1960s, a dam was planned upstream of the water gap at Tocks Island. The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area was created from the land acquired for the planned reservoir. Tocks Island, located upstream from Delaware Water Gap in the Delaware River was the controversial site of a dam, proposed in the 1950s, which would have created a 37 mile (60 km) long lake between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. ...
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, administered by the National Park Service, preserves almost 70,000 acres (283 km²) of land along the Delaware Rivers New Jersey and Pennsylvania shores. ...
Pahaquarra Boy Scout Camp was located on the Old Mine Road on the New Jersey side of the river. The camp served Boy Scouts from the George Washington Council. Camp Weygadt was located at the base of Mount Tammany. It served Boy Scouts from the Delaware Valley Council. It has been suggested that Gray, Frank F be merged into this article or section. ...
Old Mine Road is the oldest continuously-used road in the United States. ...
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is a United States Scouting organization, with some presence in other countries. ...
Scouting in New Jersey has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live. ...
Mount Tammany is the southernmost peak of the Kittatinny Mountains. ...
Valley Forge Trail Medal Scouting in Pennsylvania has a long and rich tradition, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live. ...
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