Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area River Camping & Canoe Campsite Map

„ ALWAYS WEAR A LIFE JACKET (PFD) „ DRINKING AND BOATING DON’T MIX! River Safety WHILE BOATING! Each boater must Alcoholic beverages are not permitted Your 24-hour toll-free have a life vest which fits properly, is in in the area between Depue Island on the phone number for good shape, and is accessible in an north and Depew Island on the south. reporting crimes or emergency. In Pennsylvania, children less This includes: Smithfield Beach PA, emergencies in than 12 yrs. old must wear a life jacket in Hialeah Picnic Area PA, Worthington Delaware Water Gap a canoe, kayak or boat less than 20 ft. long. State Forest NJ and its campground, and National Recreation Area „ YOUR LIFE JACKET CAN’T SAVE YOU Tocks and Labar Islands NJ. 1-800-543-4295 IF YOU DON’T HAVE IT ON! „ DRINKING AND SWIMMING DON’T 1-800-543-Hawk Tie your spare gear into your canoe but MIX! DON’T DRINK-THEN-SWIM. wear your life vest. Don’t tie your „ The river has sharp drop-offs and lifejacket (PFD) into the canoe. strong currents. Do not try to swim or „ Never stand in a canoe. Kneel in the wade across the river. canoe when going through rapids. „ NEVER SWIM ALONE! „ Wear shoes to protect your feet from „ Plan to be off the river before dark. sharp stones and from glass. „ Bring enough water. Don’t drink river „ Protect yourself from the sun: wear sun water unless it is boiled at least 3 screen, a hat, light clothing, sunglasses. minutes.

MILEAGE BETWEEN RIVER ACCESS POINTS MILES CUMULATIVE River (See map) point to point from Milford Beach Distances Milford Beach PA (mile 0) to Namanock NJ (mile 4) 4 4 Namanock NJ (mile 4) to Dingmans Ferry PA (mile 8) 4 8 Canoeists average about 2 Dingmans PA (mile 8) to Eshback PA (mile 14) 6 14 miles an hour, but their speed Eshback PA CANOE ONLY (mile 14) to Bushkill PA (mile 18) 4 18 can vary greatly with river Bushkill PA (mile 18) to Poxono NJ (mile 26) 8 26 level, wind, current, and Poxono NJ (mile 26) to Smithfield PA (mile 28) 2 28 paddling skill. Smithfield PA (mile 28) to Worthington SF NJ (mile 30) 2 30 Worthington SF NJ (mile 30) to Kittatinny Pt. NJ CANOE ONLY (mile 34) 4 34 Kittatinny Point NJ CANOE ONLY (mile 34)

River campsites are for canoeists on trips Camping is allowed where the distance is too great to be ONLY in areas Overnight travelled in one day. See below for the designated by this sign. required minimum distance you must on the River travel on an overnight trip. „ Camping is limited to one night in each SEE RIVER MAP Required minimum distances location, first come first served. There are on page 2 for on Overnight Trips at present no fees and no reservations. campsites and (See notice at left for group sites.) One-night trips (at least 14 miles) „ access points Use a campstove rather than a campfire. „ Put in at Milford Beach; travel to Eshback Fires are permitted in existing fire grates Access or farther downstream only. Keep fires small. Use dead & down Rivers Bend Group Campsite is „ Put in at Dingmans Access OR at Eshback wood only. Do not cut standing trees. available by advance permit Access; travel to Smithfield Beach Access „ Use soaps sparingly; even biodegradable to non-profit groups only. or Kittatinny Pt Access or farther soaps are pollutants. Soap and food Valley View Group Campsites are downstream particles should be dumped on well- is available by advance permit only. drained soil away from water sources. Site 1 at Valley View is accessible. Two-night trips (at least 26 miles) „ Respect the river and those who follow For reservations call (570) 296-8757. „ Put in at Milford Beach Access; travel to you. Do not urinate or defecate within Smithfield Beach Access or farther 100 ft. of any river or stream. Fecal downstream material, including pet waste, must be „ Put in at Dingmans Access; travel to placed in a hole at least 300 ft. away from Kittatinny Pt Access or farther water. The hole must be at least 6” deep, downstream and be covered with at least 6” of soil. „ Loud audio devices and fireworks are Three-night trips (at least 34 miles) prohibited. Observe quiet hours from „ Put in at Milford Beach Access; travel to 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Kittatinny Pt Access or farther „ Do not leave food that will attract wildlife. downstream Carry out leftover food and garbage.

For a day trip: a spare paddle if you have In addition, for an overnight trip: Equipment List one, meals for the trip and some extra, trash a change of clothes, extra socks (wool or bags, water bailer, kneeling pads, waterproof high performance synthetic, even in summer), Store gear in waterproof containers or bags, raingear, windbreaker, insect repellent, tent & ground cloth, sleeping bags (nights on “dry” bags tied into the canoe. Do NOT map or guidebook, flashlight, spare car keys the river can be cool), portable cook stove tie your lifejacket (PFD) into the canoe. „ Within the recreation area, a fishing „ A 10 m.p.h. speed limit is enforced from Fishing / Boating license from either Pennsylvania or April 1 through September 30, except for New Jersey is required to fish on the waterskiing (35 m.p.h.) at Smithfield Pool Delaware River or from its banks. and Price’s Landing Pool. Waterskiing 8/11/09 may be resticted duting high water Access points are open to both boats River & Canoe Campsite Map and canoes unless otherwise noted.

RIVER CAMPSITES 521 Site # (individuals per site) 1mile 5 miles N Mashipacong Island NJ Milford Site #1 (4)

FEES are charged in season TOLL Quicks for parking at Milford Beach, Island NJ Dingmans Access, Bushkill Milford Beach Access, and Smithfield Beach Access PA PA. Annual park passes are $ sold at park headquarters and at visitor centers.

Old Mine Road Namanock Island NJ Milford Rd. 739 Namanock Sites #14-17 (6) Access NJ SR 2001 Village of Sandyston NJ Dingmans Sites #18-23 (6) Ferry 560 Silver Lake Rd Layton

Dingmans Falls TOLL Visitor Center Peters Valley (in season) Dingmans Shallows PA Site #24 (4) park passes Hornbecks PA Bushkill Falls Rd Dingmans Sites #27-29 (4) Shapanack Island NJ Access PA Lees PA PA Walpack Center Sites #33-34 (8) $

Milford Rd. Mill Creek PA Site #35 (8) Toms Creek PA Eshback SR 2001 Access PA Sites #39-42 (6) 615 (canoe only) Ratcliffe NJ Sites #52-54 (6) 402 Bushkill Creek PA Valley View Group Campsites (permit only) k Bend Site #55 (6) Wallpac Bushkill Peters NJ Access PA Sites #56-61,64-68 (6) Rivers Bend Group Campsites (permit only) Quinn NJ $ Sites #73-79 (6) Bushkill Rapids (Class 1) Freeman Pt. PA Millbrook Village Sites #82-83 (6) Hamilton NJ Sites #89-100 (6) Park HQ Depew Island NJ N J Walters PA park passes 602 Site #106 (8) Poxono Island NJ Hialeah Island PA 447 A Poxono Access Sites #107-108 (8) To cks NJ 94

Smithfield River Rd P Island NJ Marshalls Beach Creek Access PA $ Labar Island NJ Blairstown Shawnee Woodcock Bar NJ If you capsize ..... Depue Worthington State Forest Access NJ DON’T PANIC! Island „ Stay with your capsized (private) canoe! Even a swamped canoe can support you. Shawnee Kittatinny Pt. Access NJ (canoe only) „ Keep on the upstream side of Old Mine Rd the canoe to avoid being pinned Island (in season) against a rock or obstacle. (private) TOLL „ If you lose your canoe, float on your back, feet first and pointed downstream. „ Don’t stand up in rapids. Your feet and legs can get trapped; Village of 8/11/09 the current can pull you under. Schellenberger Delaware „ Save people first! Retrieve Island PA 611 1 equipment only if it can be Water Gap Arrow Island PA & Rapids (Class ) done safely.