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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Dingmans Falls & Visitor Center PA
 

DINGMANS FALLS and VISITOR CENTER PA

Phone: (570) 828-2253

Visitor Center
Usual hours of operation:

Summer: daily from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend
Fall: weekends only (see below under Winter)
Winter: closed. The road to the visitor center and falls is gated closed for the season when icy conditions set in, which can occur as early as November.
Specific hours of operation for this year. 

Boardwalk trail to the falls
Usual hours of operation:

Spring through Fall: open daily until 10:00 p.m. The road to the visitor center and falls is gated closed at 10:00 p.m.
For a short trail guide to Dingmans Falls Ravine, please link to the park's bulletin at right. (pdf)
Winter: closed. The road to the visitor center and falls is gated closed for the season when icy conditions set in, which can occur as early as November.
Specific hours of operation for this year.

Location
The visitor center and the falls are at the end of a 1-mile approach road off Johnny Bee Road, which intersects PA Rt. 209 near milepost 14, just south of the traffic light at PA Routes 209 & 739 in Dingmans Ferry PA.
Directions
Programs
Materials for children to earn Junior Naturalist and Junior Ranger prizes; school programs by appointment.
Exhibits
A variety of temporary displays.
Available Services
Ranger-staffed information desk; park maps and brochures (also available on line); children's materials (also available on line); America the Beautiful passes for all the National Parks (also available on line); annual passes for this park; Eastern National bookstore; restrooms, water fountain, public phone. No food services; (nearby places to get food) No picnic facilites (the nearest picnic tables are at Childs Recreation Site PA).
Accessibility
There is a flat boardwalk trail to base of Dingmans Falls, and a steep staircase of 240 steps to the top of the falls. Persons with medical conditions should not climb the stairs. The parking area and the visitor center are fully accessible.

A pinkish white flower with many upright buds and dark leaves
Park Bulletin:
Dingmans Falls Trail Guide
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Dingmans Ferry Bridge
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Bridges at Dingmans Ferry
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1908 RD&W pipe in Dingmans Creek
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Mills on Dingmans Creek
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Steeple of a church that once stood in Dingmans Ferry Pa
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Village of Dingmans Ferry
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View of the sky through hemlock treetops  

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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Last Updated: September 03, 2008 at 13:26 EST