Washington's Crossing

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Washington's Crossing
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

View of the ferry crossing site in 2013
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Nearest city	Titusville, New Jersey, and Yardley, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°17′47″N 74°52′10″W / 40.29639°N 74.86944°W / 40.29639; -74.86944
Area	872 acres (353 ha)
Built	1776
NRHP reference No.	66000650
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	January 20, 1961

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.