NATIONAL PARK SERVICE • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Foundation Document Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River New Jersey and Pennsylvania October 2014 Foundation Document . To R Middletown PORT k n 235 River mileage Appalachian Trail Ranger station Wheelchair accessible JERVIS i s (Mile zero is at the 255 r e river’s mouth) v Boat launch Picnic area 6 e 6 209 N State Forest Other hiking trail MATAMORAS Canoe launch Hiking trailhead 1 N.Y. Unpaved road Joseph M. McDade Information Horse trail r C 53 e N.J. Recreational Trail u v 23 m i (biking and hiking) R Lifeguarded swim m 521 area (summer) i e Area within the authorized Joseph M. McDade n r Recreational Trail s a National Recreation Area (hiking only) 84 w d boundary also contains wild- a a l o k e R life management areas and C D o r o e private land. Respect private r e er V v To C k i B a R property. r New York n a d w City e p r e f m o North e a r D d r 250 0 5 Kilometers k B 0 5 Miles ra n ch Sawkill C reek C 6 r HIGH e 209 e PA. k To Honesdale 6 46 and Scranton N.J. MILFORD Sh POINT Grey Towers i Caddoo m National Historical Access e Landmark r Broo Milford s k U.S. Forest Service Knob STATE Milford Beach (Fee area) Foster- Armstrong House North Contact Station 84 Toll PARK bridge Cliff Park Inn Nelden-Roberts Hotel and golf course Stonehouse 245 Montague 206 Raymondskill To Scranton Creek Ramirez Solar House Raymondskill Falls d ash r a on a C u g e o h d R v C i a r o R R Jager Ro C a e d V n o i i e n Hainesville 2001 w a M s h D R d a l d o r u r y O a d g o d f a h l STOKES i o 739 B R M 209 r o o Namanock k STATE e k r e o g o a d r i R B FOREST Marie w a t Zimmermann l a l e Ad House F a 645 m s D e C tl re t ek i 240 L 560 Layton Dingmans Falls Dingmans Ferry e Access (Fee area) k Lak R DELAWARE oa o d Toll o r r Silve George W. Childs bridge 640 B Recreation Site Dingmans 560 Ferry t la F Culvers Dingmans Gap E Campground g G i D B I Dingmans Falls Wilson Peters Valley R STATE Hill Craft Center Culvers Visitor Center Road Lake Loch STILLWATER Lomond E d m a o Kittatinny Wild e R Y r Lake NATURAL Acres y e N n Lake i N I M To FOREST AREA l rnbecks Cr i T o d a Branchville l n r H a T A O i T R h c c i T a o a n I s a l e s a c d p S K a p l w NPS A a O n 615 o 235 i e Minks t a k Pond N a 521 L Pocono Environmental Education Center Lake Van B Campen Walpack Center u Maskenozha sh Inn k il l Falls ms R To o C 209 ad re e k DELAWARE WATER GAP Pompey Ridge Road Buttermilk NATIONALFalls PENNSYLVANIA d k o E a Eshback Access o o r G R B L it 402 t D l e I R d RECREATION r Toms Creek Hemlock o B f l d Lake (Pond) i Crater 617 u a o s M R Lake Y h To 230 N AREA Newton K e N Swartswood i 2001 in I ll at M l T Crater Lake NPS F SWARTSWOOD A 615 T Blue STATE PARK Long T d l Mountain I O Pine e Lakes K k Valley View Group Campsites Pond a L (permit) Blue d o Mountain o w Lakes s Dead end t Bushkill Access (Fee area) r S a a Flatbrookville k w o 627 w PIKE COUNTY o S r B l MONROE COUNTY a n Rivers Bend o 225 i Group Campsites t l Fairview a i To Binghamton 0 25 Kilometers North To Albany s a (permit) N r Lake n T 617 n e C a c p i i r h e c n e m a e k a l c D d c a S Bushkill a p o n p 0 25 Miles a Bushkill R A e V N.Y. t Meeting Center c a r Millbrook Village l B T a u n sh a w m SUSSEX COUNTY Pa. South Contact Station e e Upper Glen r Watergate WARREN COUNTY Hancock F Stillwater a K (Fee area) Kingston i ll r 17 e Park Headquarters k e 97 e Upper Delaware 209 r 402 C e 52 B k l a a L 209 i Scenic and n e Mohican r e iv Monticello 87 d r Outdoor d i D Catfish g 81 Center r H N.Y. u Recreational k Hidden Lake Pond e b e d r n 17B R C o p d s 602 Poxono R Thruway 220 m k River To Newton a r c Access C e a l M s J i C a a re Honesdale (toll) River r s G e h Coppermine k a 652 l d 94 l s n Narrowsburg o Pa. P Kaiser Carbondale Wurtsboro Turtle Beach Lackawaxen Smithfield Beach (Fee area) C il r (Fee area) a e Tr ek ic Lower Barryville r n 6 Hawley Marshalls Creek ce e Yards Creek d S R v l Reservoir Newburgh i r a e R n Middletown iv io River R TOCKS t Hialeah a 6 ISLAND N Upper Blairstown BUS e n r ia Yards Creek 209 209 h a c Reservoir l la il 17 w pa K 84 la Ap e Sunfish Pond Port Jervis Shawnee on D Scranton Delaware WORTHINGTON E Milford d G a D 521 Delaware o STATE FOREST I Hudson 215 R Matamoras R e Walnut Valley s To in k NE Extension e n M e Y i New York r l Water Gap N d C u City l N O I a P N.Y. T Pa. Turnpike ld A k o National e T fi T o NEW JERSEY n I r n K (toll) 209 u B 206 N.J. D Recreation 309 380 EAST 310 Kittatinny Point Visitor Center STROUDSBURG k Area Cr e e 23 Dunnfield Toll DELAWARE 80 bridge 1527ft y WATER GAP 465m n Hainesburg 15 To o 1 Mt Tammany t 80 519 209 d S a Resort e Point dh THE GAP Stroudsburg New York ro Overlook B Point of Gap 94 476 611 d Overlook a City R i k d n e Mt Minsi R p Hope o e E y a 1463ft e r l d l G G Arrow e C 446m a 210 l To Scranton, D V s 80 a I y t Island t r C To Bethlehem, r N o 33 e I Overlook R h T and C A Hazleton k T Slateford e 80 e d Philadelphia r R UN EY C y O R le 4 F l M e a iv V r D Totts Gap y r D 611 O r Park Columbia r la l e p . a G h o O n NE 191 P C W C . tio J O a Portland E 519 C R N S e Toll PENN E iv S Y N YE r bridge Y N N O D L O V R 611 TI N T t A O P N A M 46 M M I A A e H u KITT RT l NO B 205 Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River Contents Mission of the National Park Service 1 Introduction 2 Part 1: Core Components 2 Brief Description of the Park 3 Park Purpose 4 Park Significance 5 Fundamental Resources and Values 6 Other Important Resources and Values 8 Interpretive Themes 9 Part 2: Dynamic Components 10 Special Mandates and Administrative Commitments 10 Assessment of Planning and Data Needs 10 Analysis of Fundamental and Other Important Resources and Values 11 Identification of Key Issues and Associated Planning and Data Needs 11 Planning and Data Needs 12 Part 3: Contributors 20 Appendixes 21 Appendix A: Fundamental and Other Resources and Values Analysis Tables for Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River 21 Appendix B: Enabling Legislation and Legislative Acts for Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and the Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River 42 Appendix C: Related Federal Legislation, Regulations, and Executive Orders 46 Appendix D: Inventory of Special Mandates and Administrative Commitments 48 Appendix E: Wild and Scenic River Values 56 i Foundation Document Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River Mission of the National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.