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Bushkill Falls. There are eight waterfalls and more than 2 miles (3.2 km) of trail on these 300 acres (120 ha), located in Pennsylvania near the top of Delaware Water Gap National Recreational park. The drop of the main fall of Bushkill Falls is about 100 feet (30 m). [11] While the drop from the first falls to the bottom of the lower gorge is ...
"The Gap" as seen from the Delaware River Viaduct. The namesake feature of the recreation area is the prominent Delaware Water Gap, located at the area's southern end.The Delaware River runs through the gap, separating Pennsylvania's Mount Minsi on Blue Mountain, elevation 1,461 feet (445 m), from New Jersey's Mount Tammany on Kittatinny Mountain, elevation 1,527 feet (465 m).
A water gap is a geological feature where a river cuts through a mountain ridge. The Delaware Water Gap formed 500 million years ago [4] when quartz pebbles from mountains in the area were deposited in a shallow sea. The Martinsburg Shale on the eastern side of what was to be Kittatinny Mountain was uplifted 450 million years ago when a chain ...
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for 282 miles (454 km) [ 1 ] along the borders of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, before ...
Silverthread Falls is a waterfall located in Dingmans Ferry in Delaware Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States, near Dingmans Falls in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. [1] It has a vertical drop of 24.3 m (80 ft). Both Silverthread Falls and Dingmans Falls are visible from a handicap-accessible trail.
Bushkill Falls is a series of eight privately owned waterfalls, the tallest of which cascades over 100 feet (30 m), located in Lehman Township, Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountains. Water of the Little Bush Kill and Pond Run Creek descends the mountain, toward the Delaware River , forming Bushkill Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, Bridesmaid Falls ...
Official website. Worthington State Forest is a state forest located in Warren County, New Jersey within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, just north of the water gap in the Skylands Region of the state. It covers an area of 6,660 acres (27.0 km 2) and stretches for more than 7 miles (11 km) along the Kittatinny Ridge near Columbia.
The easiest route to the summit of Minsi is by way of the Appalachian Trail, from the Lake Lenape trailhead near the town of Delaware Water Gap. The Mount Minsi fire road shares and parallels parts of the same route on the same northwest slopes. Both travel about 5 miles (8 km) round trip, and gain 1,020 feet (310 m) of elevation. [3]