Bushkill in Pike County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Park Headquarters

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

1. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Marker

Inscription. Welcome to Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. This unit of the National Park system stretches along both sides of the middle Delaware River for 40 miles from Milford in the north to the scenic Water Gap in the south.

The park has places to boat, fish, swim, camp, hike, and sightsee. Visitor centers are open at Kittatinny Point just off Interstate 80 at the Water Gap in New Jersey and in season at Dingmans Falls and at Bushkill on the Pennsylvania side.

Erected by National Park Service-United States Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Environment • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 41° 4.231′ N, 75° 1.038′ W. Marker is in Bushkill, Pennsylvania, in Pike County. It is on River Road (CR 2028). The marker is located on the grounds of the Park Headquarters. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bushkill PA 18324, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dutch Settlers (approx. 0.4 miles away); Fort Hyndshaw (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (approx. 1½ miles away); Village of Bushkill

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(approx. 1½ miles away); Old Mine Road (approx. 2.3 miles away in New Jersey); a different marker also named Old Mine Road (approx. 2.9 miles away in New Jersey); Delaware Water Gap (approx. 3.4 miles away); This National Park Is Our Home (approx. 3.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bushkill.

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Marker with Park Headquarters building in the background image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

2. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Marker with Park Headquarters building in the background

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 12, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 489 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 12, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.