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Delaware Water Gap

American  

noun

  1. a gorge on the boundary between E Pennsylvania and NW New Jersey.


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What to Do: Rent a pontoon boat on Lake Wallenpaupack, then work off the camp-candy crash with a hike through Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

His father operated a small hotel, the Bellevue Inn, from a Victorian house near the Delaware Water Gap.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

Last year, the outbreak canceled a nearly half-century-old school tradition that ends freshman year — a mandatory 50-mile hike over five days along the western edge of New Jersey to the Delaware Water Gap.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2021

When New York City suddenly shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic in March, Marilyn moved to Pike County, Pennsylvania, a rural region hugging the scenic Delaware Water Gap and the Pocono Mountains.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2020

Just occasionally am I permitted an appreciative glimpse into the wonder that is geology, and such a place is the Delaware Water Gap.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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