Parks in Delaware
Explore 42 parks and public lands with richer details on amenities, trail access, and park types.
Alapocas Run State Park
Delaware
A city park along Brandywine Creek with a paved trail, woodland hikes, rock climbing on granite cliffs and an …
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
Delaware
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Albemarle Peninsula in eastern North Carolina. The …
Assateague Island National Seashore
Delaware
Want to live on the edge? Visit a place recreated each day by ocean wind and waves. Life on Assateague Island …
Auburn Valley State Park
Delaware
A historic park that preserves the Marshall family estate, mill buildings and a steam museum. You can walk a p…
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Delaware
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1938 to protect and provide habitat for migratory and win…
Bellevue State Park
Delaware
A former estate overlooking the Delaware River with a historic mansion, an arboretum, an 18-hole golf course a…
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Delaware
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was established in 1933 as a waterfowl sanctuary for birds migrating…
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Delaware
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge is a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System managed by the U.S. Fish…
Brandywine Creek State Park
Delaware
A hilly park along Brandywine Creek with mountain bike and hiking trails, nature preserves and good birdwatchi…
Cape Henlopen State Park
Delaware
A coastal park at the tip of Delaware with ocean beaches, dunes, bike trails and birding. You can tour the Wor…
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Delaware
English colonists first landed here in April 1607, erected a wooden cross and gave thanks for a successful cro…
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
Delaware
Established in 1989, Cape May National Wildlife Refuge provides critical habitat to a wide variety of migrator…
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Delaware
Located on the Indigenous homelands of the Pocomoke and Occohannock people, Chincoteague National Wildlife Ref…
Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
Delaware
Currituck NWR, located on the northern end of North Carolina's Outer Banks, was established in 1984 to preserv…
Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve
Delaware
The Delaware Reserve encompasses over 6,000 acres from the freshwater wetlands, ponds and forest lands of the …
Delaware Seashore State Park
Delaware
A barrier-beach park between the Atlantic Ocean and the inland bays, with ocean and bay beaches, water trails …
Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
Delaware
Lying at the tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge serves as o…
Fenwick Island State Park
Delaware
An ocean and bay park with lifeguarded beaches, a bathhouse and a boardwalk. Visitors swim, surf fish, and lau…
First State Heritage Park
Delaware
A park without boundaries in Dover that links historic sites around the Dover Green. Visit the John Bell House…
First State National Historical Park
Delaware
Famous as the First State to ratify the Constitution, Delaware was born out of a conflict among three world po…
First State National Historical Park
Delaware
Famous as the First State to ratify the Constitution, Delaware was born out of a conflict among three world po…
Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge
Delaware
The Virginia barrier island chain, including Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge, is one of only 17 site…
Fort Delaware State Park
Delaware
A Civil War fort on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, once a Union prison camp. You can tour the fort, w…
Fort DuPont State Park
Delaware
A former coastal defense fort on the Delaware River and the C&D Canal. You can walk the old grounds and gun ba…