Could This Be America’s NEXT National Park? | Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (2022)

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[@kristinadia]

There is immense local opposition to this becoming a national park. Most of our local and federal representatives also oppose it becoming a National Park

[@Derek032789]

Why is that? It seems like it would boost tourism to the area.

[@y0su0002]

@@Derek032789I live somewhere about 2hr’s drive from there. It sounds like a perfect day trip destination, right? But it seldom worked, because almost every time when I got there, I could hardly find any parking spot near any one of the popular trails. A designation of national park would likely make it even worse. Furthermore, national park or not, the most scenic area in that region is actually Bushkill Falls, a privately operated attraction just outside the NPS managed land.

[@emilstalzer8553]

I live right outside of the park back in the 60s,70s Army Corps of Engineers thrown out the whole town of Dingmans ferry and now want to expand and swallow up the rest of the community thats left ,so locals do not support it and fighting it . Also how attendance is counted that every car driving though the park is counted most people here need to commute to work those numbers are definitely skewed much higher it’s a major roadway

[@stonewallwalks]

#nonationalpark I have yet to meet anyone who actually lives in and by the area who supports this. It’s a shameless land grab and the reasons for it are completely illogical.

[@emilstalzer8553]

Yes I live there ,in the 60s they wiped out the whole town of Dingmans ferry and now they want to expand and kill the rest of the Communities

[@waynejkl4035]

I looove a good road trip! I'm pinning all the parks on your channel to my Google maps in case I'm ever close by any of them. Thanks for documenting your visits!

[@TravelDash]

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[@TheCrossroads533]

New York City area population spillover has ruined the Poconos and Lehigh Valley regions. Residences brought development, crime, and a rapid demise of local agriculture. A national park would likely produce more visitors, carbon pollution, and stress on the landscape.

[@TravelDash]

I’d be curious to hear the NPS’s arguments

[@michael7054]

Great video! I enjoyed watching!

[@history_leisure]

The Bushkill name makes me think of an older park that looks semi-abandoned and only has a bunch of old kids rides and a fun house

[@kevincinnamontoast3669]

Dingman not dingsman. Show some respect to Jebediah Dingman,the 4th earl of Worcestershire England UK. Dingman Falls,say its name.

[@emilstalzer8553]

Nope the first Dingman was of Dutch descent , he settled in the area in the late 1600s that still Bears his name from upstate New York started a ferry service across the Delaware and later descendants built a bridge that still there today call Dingman ferry bridge . In 60s and 70s the town was wiped out by the army corps engineering to place a dam that fell through and the confiscated land was given to the federal government

[@MarciaLopes-gm1jk]

Is this in Pennsylvania ? Or New Jersey ?

[@TravelDash]

Delaware Water Gap is on the PA/NJ border, so about half and half. All of the waterfalls shown in this video are in PA, however.

[@whitedeer9567]

No national park!

[@Derek032789]

The NPS already owns it. I don't think changing the name would make much of a difference. New River Gorge in WV was designated as a NP by Trump in 2020, and the name change seems to have improved the local economy in that area.