Peters River Campsites — Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2016

Very nice when you can get a site.

This is a series of 10 sites maintained by the NPS, located on the N.J. side of the river. Like the majority of the NPS sites on the Delaware, its a first come/first camp situation.

These sites tend to fill up fairly regular. They are between 2 access points that make for a short to/from camp trip which draws more people than other places on the river. Also, listening to the "Old-Timers" in the area the S channel we are camping on is a great place to get catfish at night,(my daughter has proven this to me) and you are within shouting distance of Big Flatbrook, a "trout stream of no mean reputation" which has native brook, brown, and rainbow trout and is heavily populated in April.

These sites all have metal fire grates and are separated from one another enough to allow privacy, yet letting you hear your neighbors on the wind at night. The sites are all primitive and even though it has been said that each site has a primitive toilet, I would say its more like one area for every 2 sites,

A few of the sites are even "stepped" so to speak with a upper and lower area. The shore area is rocky and flat in the first half of the sites and dark murky mud the second half of sites. The sites also are connected to one another through a worn set of trails that makes this feel like the local campground from your childhood.

Once the crowds of the day are gone and its you and your fellow campers, you get to fully enjoy the location. Many forms of wildlife have been seen here regularly, Bald Eagles, deer, black bear, and raccoons all make appearances from time to time, the raccoons here have NO fear. If no place else on the river does, this site should require "bear-bag" packing at night. I would also like to say, for the last 5 years, many trips a year, I have been serenaded to sleep by the local owls when I stay here.

  • Review photo of Peters River Campsites — Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area by John B., August 30, 2016
  • Review photo of Peters River Campsites — Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area by John B., August 30, 2016
  • Review photo of Peters River Campsites — Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area by John B., August 30, 2016
  • Review photo of Peters River Campsites — Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area by John B., August 30, 2016
  • Review photo of Peters River Campsites — Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area by John B., August 30, 2016
  • Review photo of Peters River Campsites — Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area by John B., August 30, 2016