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Fort Delaware State Park is a 288-acre (117 ha), 1 mi (1.6 km) long Delaware state park on Pea Patch Island in the mid channel of the Delaware River near its entrance into Delaware Bay. It is a low, marshy island in New Castle County , Delaware , facing Delaware City on the Delaware shore and Finns Point on the New Jersey shore.
Fort Delaware State Park, Pea Patch Island, New Castle County, Delaware, USA: Nearest city: Delaware City, Delaware: Area: 288 acres: Built: 1846-1868 [2] Architect: Joseph G. Totten: Architectural style: Third System: NRHP reference No. 71000226 [1] Added to NRHP: December 16, 1971: Site history; In use: 1846–1945: Battles/wars: American ...
In 1981 Fenwick Island State Park became a separate park; before that it was the southern part of Delaware Seashore State Park. First State Heritage: Kent: 2004 Designed as an urban "park without boundaries," this park links historic and cultural sites throughout the capital city, Dover. Fort Delaware: New Castle: 248.55 acres (100.58 ha) 1951
"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).
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The Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River is a unit of the National Park Service designated under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. It stretches along 73.4 miles (118.1 km) of the Delaware River between Hancock, New York , and Sparrowbush, New York .
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