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The Delaware River port complex refers to the ports and energy facilities along the river in the tri-state PA-NJ-DE Delaware Valley region. They include the Port of Salem, the Port of Wilmington, the Port of Chester, the Port of Paulsboro, the Port of Philadelphia and the Port of Camden. Combined they create one of the largest shipping areas of ...
The Delaware Water Gap is a water gap on the border of the U.S. states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River cuts through a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. [ 2 ] The gap makes up the southern portion of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area , which is used primarily for recreational purposes, such as ...
From Easton to Bristol, the trail is known as the Delaware Canal towpath, a 60-mile (97 km) section that passes entirely through Delaware Canal State Park. The Delaware Canal towpath is a National Recreation Trail. [4] The highest point on the trail is 1,785 ft (544 m) in Mountain Top; the lowest point is 20 ft (6.1 m) in Bristol.
"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).
Fort DuPont State Park, Delaware and Fort Mott, New Jersey 39°35′6.7″N 75°33′54.52″W / 39.585194°N 75.5651444°W / 39.585194; -75.5651444 ( Forts Ferry Zoom out if map is blank.
Category:Cowans Gap State Park on Wikimedia Commons: Delaware Canal State Park: Bucks and Northampton Counties: 830 acres (336 ha) 1931: Delaware River: Park runs 60 miles (97 km) along Delaware Canal, the only 19th century U.S. towpath canal left continuously intact. Denton Hill State Park: Potter County: 700 acres (283 ha) 1951: None
The Lehigh River (/ ˈ l iː h aɪ /) is a 109-mile-long (175 km) [1] tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania. The river flows in a generally southward pattern from the Pocono Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania through Allentown and much of the Lehigh Valley before joining the Delaware River in Easton .
Unlike the Upper Delaware and Middle Delaware scenic rivers, the Lower Delaware is not an official unit of the National Park System. The area is held by a patchwork of state, local, and private landowners, and is overseen cooperatively by the National Park Service and a number of partners including the Delaware River Greenway Partnership. [1]