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STATE PARKS & WILDLIFE 9
Delaware Seashore State Park
Redden State Forest
302-227-2800
302-856-2893
39415 Inlet Road, Rehoboth Beach
This state park offers 2,800 acres of fishing, swimming, kayaking, boating, and camping. The park borders the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and Rehoboth and Indian River Bays to the west. World War II observation towers still stand along the ocean as markers to the park’s military history. Reserve a campsite in our modern family campground, just a short walk away from the beach.
18074 Redden Forest Drive, Georgetown
Delaware’s largest state forest totaling over 12,400 acres. With over 44 miles of trails, the 18 tracts of Redden State Forest are popular for hiking, horseback riding, bicycling, and bird-watching. Redden’s large timbered tracts are also ideal for deer hunting. It
also contains a natural resource education facility, formerly a historic carriage house.
Trap Pond State Park
302-875-5153
33587 Baldcypress Lane, Laurel
Open Daily 8am to Sunset
Trap Pond State Park is home to Delaware’s Cypress Swamp. Freshwater wetlands once covered a large portion of southwestern Sussex County. The park retains a part of the swamp’s original beauty and mystery, and features the northernmost natural stand
of baldcypress trees in the United States. The pond was created in the late 1700s to power a sawmill during the harvest of large baldcypress from the area. The Federal Government later purchased the pond and surrounding farmland during the 1930s and the Civilian Conservation Corps began to develop the area for recreation. Trap Pond became one of Delaware’s first state parks in 1951.
Hiking trails surround the pond, providing opportunities to glimpse native animal species and many flowering plants. Bird- watching is a popular activity and the observant hiker may spot a Great Blue Heron, owl, hummingbird, warbler, Bald Eagle, or the elusive Pileated Woodpecker.
Fenwick Island State Park
302-227-2800
For more information or Camping Reservations:
Delaware State Parks 302-739-9220 or 877-98-PARKS 89 Kings Highway, Dover www.destateparks.com
Route 1 Between Millville and Fenwick Island
This three mile, 344 acre stretch of Barrier Island has more than two miles of shoreline and salt marsh between the Atlantic Ocean and Little Assawoman Bay. Ocean swimming, bird-watching, sailing, surfing, and surf fishing are offered at designated ocean beaches. Watercraft rentals are available on the bay.
Holts Landing State Park
302-227-2800
Road 346, Millville
A 203 acre park located along Indian River Bay. Offering fishing, clamming, crabbing, horseback riding, picnicking, and bird- watching. Nearby is a short hike on the Seashore Nature Trail through over packed earth along the forest edge, open meadow, and dense forest.
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge and Visitors Center
302-684-8419 www.fws.gov/refuge/prime_hook/
11978 Turkle Pond Road, Milton
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge is a 32 mile long, 10,144 acre freshwater wetland. Established in the 1960s, it offers nature trails, bird and wildlife watching, fishing and crabbing, hunting, and many photo opportunities.
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STATE PARKS & WILDLIFE
STATE PARKS & WILDLIFE