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"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).
The trail crosses Route 206 and continues along the ridgeline of the Kittatinny Mountains to High Point State Park, eventually entering New York. Of the 2,174 miles (3,499 km) of trail, 28 miles (45 km) are within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. [17] Additional trails also traverse through the area.
Kittatinny Mountain cross section. The name Kittatinny comes from a Lenape Native American word meaning "endless hill" or "great mountain". [1] The highest peak in the range is High Point at 1,803 feet (550 m), which is also the highest point in the state of New Jersey. This peak is located in High Point state park and has a road leading to the ...
Stokes State Forest is a state park located in Sandyston, Montague and Frankford in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.Stokes comprises 16,447 acres (66.56 km 2) of mountainous woods in the Kittatinny Mountains, extending from the southern boundary of High Point State Park southwestward to the eastern boundary of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
Wallpack Center, New Jersey in Walpack Township is a small village, now a Historic District in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in the middle of the Walpack Valley. Kittatinny Mountain is in the background.
Sunfish Pond is a 44-acre (18 ha) glacial lake surrounded by a 258-acre (104 ha) hardwood forest located on the Kittatinny Ridge within Worthington State Forest, adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Warren County, New Jersey. The Appalachian Trail runs alongside the western and northern edges of the lake.
High Point is a mountain peak within High Point State Park on the border of Wantage Township and Montague Township, Sussex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located in the portion of the state known as the Skylands , it is the highest elevation in the state, with a peak elevation of 1,803 feet (550 m).
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.