Between Yardley and New Hope, on the Delaware River, Yardley, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Bucks.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000650.
1 contributing site.
Washington's Crossing is the location of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on the night of December 25–26, 1776 in the American Revolutionary War. This maneuver led to victory in the Battle of Trenton. The site, a National Historic Landmark, is composed of U.S. state parks in Washington Crossing, New Jersey, and Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, north of Trenton, New Jersey.
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