Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is located within an hour and a half drive of the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan areas. It is about 2 1/2 hours drive from the park to Pennsylvania Dutch country.
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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