Official Site of The State of New Jersey

The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (DWGNRA) was established in 1978 and straddles a stretch of the Delaware River on the New Jersey and Pennsylvania border which slices through the Kittatinny Ridge. Worthington State Forest is encompassed by the DWGNRA as well. The Appalachian National Scenic Trail enters New Jersey from the south on a pedestrian walkway along the Interstate 80 (I-80) bridge over the Delaware River, ascends from the Delaware Water Gap to the top of Kittatinny Mountain in Worthington State Forest and continues north through the DWGNRA and Stokes State Forest.

A 40-mile section of the Delaware River, entirely within the DWGNRA, has been granted protected status as the Middle Delaware National Scenic River under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and is also administered by the National Park Service (NPS).

Tribal nations from the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Shawnee Tribe; Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; and Stockbridge Munsee Mohican Tribe, Wisconsin have a cultural interest in the area.

In addition, there are documented threatened and endangered (T&E) plant and animal species present in the DWGNRA.