Landmarks and Mileage

A guide to features along the Delaware Canal

This Delaware Canal Landmark and Mileage chart shows the results of a comprehensive survey of the entire length of the Delaware Canal, in the interest of locating physical landmark features of the waterway such as locks, bridges, waste gates and the like. It is helpful for the user in that it indicates parking, picnic and restroom facilities, along with the landmark information.

The chart below is an abridged version of the most important landmarks along the Canal. For a full list of landmarks, which includes GPS coordinates, click here to view and download the PDF version of the Landmark and Mileage chart. In addition, for guidance on how to use the chart, click here watch a short video.

If you’d like to see the map for a specific location, simply open the PDF and paste the latitude (second column from the right) and longitude (right column) into a map locator such as Google maps, separating each set of coordinates with a space. Then click “Search Maps” to view the map.

For more information on this chart, you may download the author’s notes.

Landmark and Mileage Chart

Miles from Bristol	What to See	Facilities	Canal Landmark, Structure or Feature
0.14	Lock		Tide Lock – Riverfront Park
0.29	Lock		Lock 1 – Bristol Lock 1
0.49	Lock		Lock 2 – Bristol Lock 2
0.55	Lock		Lock 3 – Bristol Lock 3
0.962			Washington Street – Begininng of watered canal
1.000			Parking next to Grundy Mill, near RR Station at Prospect Street
1.110			Jefferson Avenue – Bristol Lagoon
1.213			Overflow from Lagoon, with foot bridge
1.297			Railroad Overpass (Amtrak)
1.424	Waste Gate		Adam's Hollow Waste Gate
1.47			Stone culvert under Adams Hollow Creek
2.119			Green Lane
2.706	Lock		Lock 4 – Edgely Lock
3.085			Edgely Road
4.023	Structure		Inverted Siphon Outlet at Levittown Shopping Center (Home Depot)
4.31			Inverted Siphon Inlet at Levittown Shopping Center (Dunkin' Donuts)
4.604			Passageway under Southbound Route 13
4.667			Passageway under Northbound Route 13
5.582			Mill Creek Road, Falls Township Park 0.1 mile west
5.692	Waste Gate		Waste Gate
7.609			Tyburn Road culvert, south end, trail detour
7.713			Tyburn Road culvert, north end, trail detour
8.691			Conrail Tracks over culvert, trail detour, the "Hill Climb"
9.530			Bridge Street, 7­Eleven Shopping Center, trail detour
10.179	Waste Gate		Waste gate
10.320			Trenton Avenue, leads to Calhoun Street Bridge
10.706			East Ferry Road
12.261			Black Rock Road ­ over culvert
13.25			Path to Macclesfield Park
13.281			Yardley Water Co. 12" main
13.340	Lock		Lock 5 – Yardley Lock
13.486			Letchworth Avenue – bridge
13.59			Silver Creek (earlier Van Horn Creek)
13.751			College Avenue – bridge
13.977			Afton Avenue (Route 332) ­ bridge
14.011	Aqueduct		Yardley Aqueduct at Brock Creek, waste gate adjacent
14.376			Mary Yardley Footbridge, Fuld Avenue
14.693	Camelback Bridge		Authentic Camelback Bridge, "Sommers"
14.871	Lock		Lock 6 – Lear's Lock
15.093	Structure		Spillway, concrete
15.117			Interstate 95, Scudders Falls Bridge overhead
15.15	Structure		Overflow, natural
15.227			Woodside Road, Park & Ride lot
15.240	Waste Gate		Waste gate
15.483	Lock		Lock 7 – Borden's Lock
15.483			Park Maintenance Area, ­ Yardley
15.947	Waste Gate		Waste gate, overflow, Dyers Creek
16.097			Mt. Eyre Road ­ bridge
16.348			Bridge, queen post truss, "Milk House"
16.50			Milk House Creek
16.686	Camelback Bridge		Authentic Camelback Bridge, "Goat Farm"
17.002	Aqueduct		Taylorsville Aqueduct, Hough's Creek
17.325			Bridge, "Tebola Beans" of oil truck fame
17.589			Camelback bridge, "White's Bridge", only traces remain
17.852			Route 532, Washington Crossing, near Park parking area
18.482			Pedestrian bridge, "Crow's Bridge"
18.756			Remnants of Malone's Lower Bridge
19.120			Malone's Upper Bridge, "Buckstone", David Library
19.37			Old bridge abutment, only berm side now present
19.60			Old bridge abutment, only berm side now present
20.041	Aqueduct		Aqueduct ­– Lawless, Stoney Run, Jericho Creek
21.011			Old bridge abutment
21.459			Bridge, concrete deck, Rossiter's
21.789	Stop Gate		Stop gate, Bowman's Hill (repaired 2008)
21.819	Waste Gate		Waste gate, (Bowman's Hill, Pidcock Creek, Maintenance Area
22.000			Revolutionary War memorial and grave site
22.164	Structure		Concrete overflow, Pidcock Creek (Neely's Creek?)
22.200	Camelback Bridge		Authentic Camelback Bridge, "Thompson ­Neely"
22.266			Culvert / bridge, Washington Crossing Park / Bowman's Hill
23.045			Ferman's Creek inlet
23.573	Flop Gate		Flop gate, controls river entry to canal
23.684			Bridge, Water View
23.742			Bridge ­– Union Paper, The Waterworks entrance
23.771			Old stop gate, regulated flow into paper mill
23.809			Foot bridge to Waterworks
23.82			"Paper Mill Lock" ­ removed 1847, wall segments remain
23.840			Bridge –­ Union Mills, The Waterworks exit
23.990			Bridge and inlet gate to Delaware, east of Canal
24.001			Bridge at Chez Odette, blocked to vehicles
24.01	Lock		Lock 8, drop gate upper end – New Hope Lock 8
24.044			Access / culvert to Chez Odette
24.121	Lock		Lock 9 – New Hope Lock 9
24.14	Waste Gate		Waste gate, Dark Hollow Creek
24.15	Structure		Overflow
24.25	Lock		Lock 10 – New Hope Lock 10, now area of Route 32 culvert
24.29			Foot bridge at lower gate Lock 11 (2003)
24.30	Lock		Lock 11 – New Hope Lock 11, rebuilt 2003
24.313			Lock 11 – Locktender's House, Friends of the Delaware Canal
24.53	Aqueduct		Aqueduct ­ New Hope, Aquetong Creek, Ingham Creek
25.409			Rabbit Run Bridge, (Route 32
25.45			Culvert, Rabbit Run
25.65			Route 202 Bridge overhead
25.74			Foot bridge, Malcolm Crooks, Solebury Canal Park (2009)
26.136			Phillips' Mill Bridge
26.19			Culvert, Primrose Creek (Phillip's Creek)
26.799			Lower Limeport Bridge, Hal H. Clark County Park
27.213			Upper Limeport Bridge, "Col. Haines" (replaced 2013)
27.631			Overflow, concrete (60' with railing)
27.681			Route 263, Centre Bridge­-Stockton Bridge, Dilly's Corner
28.024			Redfield Bridge
28.20			Anchors for suspension bridge to Hendrick's Island, lost in 1955 flood
28.56			Johnson's Creek
28.863	Stop Gate		Stop gate, Virginia Forrest (repaired 2008)
28.880	Waste Gate		Waste gate, Paxson Creek
28.967			Virginia Forrest Recreation Area, new bridge (1998), river access
29.48	Structure		Overflow, concrete
29.912			Private bridge, Delaware Quarries
30.010			Culvert under Canal, Cuttalossa Creek (replaced 2015)
30.146	Structure		Overflow
30.470	Waste Gate		Waste gate and overflow, Lumberville Creek, Coppernose Creek
30.914			Foot bridge, Lumberville to Bulls Island via Lock 12 & Route 32
31.018	Lock		Lock 12 – Lumberville Lock
31.111	Aqueduct		Aqueduct –­ Lumberville, Paunnacussing Creek
31.230			Creek entrance
31.285	Structure		Overflow
31.425			Raritan Dam, wing dam (D&R Canal feeder enters on NJ side)
32.066	Waste Gate		Waste gate and spillway
32.349			Canal bridge at Lock 13, from Mountainside parking lot
32.363	Lock		Lock 13 – Point Pleasant Lock, White's Lock
32.45			Point Pleasant Pumping Station
32.524	Lock		Lock 14 – White's Lock
32.547	Waste Gate		Waste gate, Hickory Creek
32.712			Vehicle bridge, Kinsman Company
32.750	Aqueduct		Aqueduct –­ Point Pleasant, Tohickon Creek
32.842			Point Pleasant Avenue, Pratt Pony truss bridge (built 1877, rehab.1995)
32.91			Tohickon Creek
33.386			Smithtown Bridge No. 1, Walter's Nursery, "Clymers"
33.945			Smithtown Bridge No. 2, "Sollidays" (rebuilt 2003), Praul's Island access
35.176			Smithtown Bridge No. 3
35.19			Lock 15 / 16 – Smithtown Locks, Locktender House present
35.557			Smithtown Bridge No. 4
35.574	Waste Gates		Waste gates, Smithtown Creek, Worman's Creek on surveys
35.879			Smithtown Bridge No. 5 (rebuilt 2013)
36.189	Lock		Lock 17 – Treasure Island Lock, bridge over Canal
36.814	Structure		Concrete overflow spillway, waste gate
36.92			Bridge, "Petritis", survey map notes "remains of abutment"
37.195	Aqueduct		Aqueduct – Tinicum Creek
37.361	Waste gates		Waste gates
37.503			Route 32 near Golden Pheasant Inn
37.80	Strructure		Overflow, masonry spillway
38.242			Headquarters Road ­over culvert
38.60			Tinicum Park Picnic Area, road extension to Canal
38.61			Buckeye Co. Pipeline Crossing
38.85			Swamp Creek
39.34	Structure		Spillway
39.398	Waste Gate		Waste gate, Ben Toy gate (earlier Farley's)
39.945			Uhlerstown Hill Road ­ covered bridge
39.970	Lock		Lock 18 – Uhlerstown Lock
41.311	Camelback Bridge		Authentic Camelback Bridge, "Hazzard's"
41.756	Lock		Lock 19 – Lodi Lock, DCSP Park Office, Lodi
41.84	Waste Gate		Double waste gate
42.360	Camelback Bridge		Authentic Camelback Bridge, "Spahr's"
42.701			Berm Lane, bridge, "Gottlieb"
44.887			Vehicle bridge (and adjacent parking lot, Ringing Rocks Trail Access)
45.03			Falls Creek
45.78	Stop Gate		Stop gate, Indian Rock
45.838	Waste Gate		Waste gate, Narrowsville
45.86			Indian Rock Inn
46.730	Lock		Lock 20 – Narrowsville Lock, Parking Bridge
47.162	Aqueduct		Gallow's Run Aqueduct
47.708			Island Road, Evans Bridge
47.878			Nicholas Bridge
48.244			Trauger's Bridge – Farm Market
48.573	Stop Gate		Stop gate – Trauger's
48.603			Trauger's Bridge
48.700	Structure		Overflow, spillway
48.71			Masonry arch – Rodges Run
49.227	Lock		Lock 21 – Durham Lock
49.267	Aqueduct		Aqueduct – Durham, Cooks Creek, Durham Creek
49.403			PA Fishing & Boating access, large wooden vehicle bridge
50.28			Foot bridge (new 2009) to Riegelsville Roebling Bridge
50.340			Delaware Road – Riegelsville Bridge
51.327			Foot bridge to Mueller's Kitchen and General Store
51.327	Stop Gate		Stop gate, Rocky Falls
51.356	Waste Gate		Waste gate, Rocky Falls
52.136	Aqueduct		Aqueduct – Kleinhan's, footbridge, Frys Run, Kleinhan's Creek
53.104			Theodore Roosevelt Recreation Area (canoe access)
53.104			Canal Road Bridge – Access to Recreation Area
53.11	Lock		Locks 22 / 23 – Groundhog Lock, Raubsville Lock
53.425			Foot bridge
53.948	Structure		Emergency overflow with wooden foot bridge
54.076	Structure		Overflow
54.171	Camelback Bridge		Authentic Camelback Bridge, "Smith's," aka "Woody's"
54.728	Waste Gate		Waste gate, foot bridge, waste gate, near Brown's Terrace
56.20			Wooden foot bridge to Wy-­Hit­-Tuk Park – "Monet" Bridge
56.570	Stop Gate		Stop gate, Wy-­Hit­-Tuk, vehicle bridge
57.297	Waste Gate		Waste gate – Black Iron Frame
58.002	Stop Gate		Foot bridge, stop gate, Easton Treatment Plant
58.03	Flop Gate		Flop gate to Delaware River
58.88	Lock		Lock 24 – Easton Lock, Guard Lock
58.899			Guard Lock / Forks of the Delaware / Fish Ladder