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Wallpack Center, New Jersey

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation AreaNRHP infobox with nocatUnincorporated communities in New JerseyUnincorporated communities in Sussex County, New JerseyUse American English from July 2023
Use mdy dates from July 2023Walpack Township, New Jersey
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Wallpack Center (also known as Walpack Center) is an unincorporated community located within Walpack Township, Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Wallpack Center is located in the Flat Brook Valley 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west of Branchville. Wallpack Center has a post office with ZIP Code 07881. It is now part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

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Wallpack Center, New Jersey
Main Street, Walpack Township

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07851 Walpack Township
New Jersey, United States
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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is a 70,000-acre (28,000 ha) national recreation area administered by the National Park Service in northwest New Jersey and northeast Pennsylvania. It is centered around a 40-mile (64 km) stretch of the Delaware River designated the Middle Delaware National Scenic River. At the area's southern end lays the Delaware Water Gap, a dramatic mountain pass where the river cuts between Blue Mountain and Kittatinny Mountain. More than 4 million people visit the recreation area annually, many from the nearby New York metropolitan area. Canoeing, kayaking, and rafting trips down the river are popular in the summer. Other activities include hiking, rock climbing, swimming, fishing, hunting, camping, cycling, cross-country skiing, and horseback riding. Worthington State Forest and a section of the long-distance Appalachian Trail are located within the area, alongside numerous waterfalls and historic sites. The region, known historically as the Minisink, was inhabited by the Munsee at the time of Dutch and French Huguenot colonization in the late 17th century. The national recreation area was established in 1965 ahead of a dam project which would have flooded a large region north of the Water Gap. Over 15,000 people were displaced as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers acquired land for the reservoir. The controversial project was ultimately canceled in 1978 and the land transferred to the recreation area. There are efforts as of 2022 to re-designate the area as a national park, the first in New Jersey or Pennsylvania.