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First State National Monument Trail route map
Difficulty: EasyLoop
Brandywine Creek State Park/Delaware

First State National Monument Trail

Wilmington, Delaware

2.2 mi

Distance

381 ft

Elev. Gain

49m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for First State National Monument Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:40 ft
Max:84 ft
Gain:116 ft
Loss:116 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 40 ft and 84 ft across 2.2 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.40 ft55 ft69 ft84 ft0.0 mi0.5 mi1.1 mi1.6 mi2.2 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi59 ft
High point1.5 mi84 ft
End2.2 mi59 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
Greenville, DE · about 3 mi away
County:
New Castle County, DE
Jurisdiction:
Brandywine Creek State Park · Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

Verify by phone or mail

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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