Paddling near Bushkill, PA

Bushkill sits in Pike County within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, where the Delaware River is the center of local paddle culture. The river runs through 70,000 acres of Pocono wilderness, drawing canoeists, kayakers, and SUP paddlers to a corridor that mixes calm flatwater stretches with occasional Class 1–2 rapids. Multiple public boat launches — including the Bushkill Access ramp — give paddlers easy entry to one of the Northeast's most scenic river corridors.