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2 THINGS TO DO!
2019
Here are just a few of the fun things to see and do in the Middletown-Odessa-Townsend area!
Odessa Historic House and Walking Tour
302-378-4119
www.historicodessa.org
PO Box 697, Odessa
Step into the past with a tour of restored 18th- and 19th-century houses. Houses are open
to the public March through December, Tuesday through Saturday 10am–4:30pm; Sunday 1pm–4:30pm; and Monday by reservation. The last tour each day begins at 3pm. Special hours for holidays, but closed January and February, Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
54th Annual Christmas in Odessa
December 1, 2018
302-378-4900
www.christmasinodessa.com
PO Box 254, Odessa
A tour of private homes and public buildings decorated for the holidays, also offering special events like a Christmas craft shop. The first “Christmas in Odessa” was born 54 years ago as a fund-raiser for the Women’s Club of Odessa.
Christmas In Odessa
36th Annual Delaware Doublecross
July 2019
info@whiteclaybicycleclub.org
www.whiteclaybicycleclub.org
Sponsored by the White Clay Bicycle Club, this event is the shortest and flattest state doublecrossing in the United States . . . only 31 miles!
26th Annual Olde-Tyme Peach Festival August 2019
302-218-4708
www.middletownpeachfestival.com
E Main St, N Cass St, Middletown
The Olde-Tyme Peach Festival celebrates the important role peaches played in the formation of present day Middletown
while providing an inexpensive, enjoyable family outing.
Plenty of peaches products and related items for sale. Sponsored
by the Middletown Historical Society. Parade starts at 8:45am, with the Festival running until 4pm. No admission fee.
Frightland
End of September–November 2018
302-838-0256
www.frightland.com
309 Port Penn Rd, Middletown
(On Rt 13 and Port Penn Rd, one mile south of the St Georges Bridge)
Frightland’s nighttime attractions are open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Gates open at 6pm, but arrive early—people are dying to get in. The Frightland complex in St. Georges, Delaware features ten terrifying haunted attractions, including haunted houses, haunted barns, haunted hayrides, a haunted Zombie town, and more! Make your Halloween special by visiting Frightland’s haunted houses.
THINGS TO DO!
Frightland