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The U.S. state of Delaware has 17 state parks.Each of the parks is operated and maintained by the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation, a branch of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), although one state park, First State Heritage Park, is managed by the Division of Parks and Recreation in partnership with other city and state agencies.
The park surrounds Lums Pond, an impoundment built by the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on St. Georges Creek. The C&D built the pond as a source of water to fill the locks of the canal that connected the Chesapeake Bay with the Delaware River during the early 19th century. Lums Pond State Park is open for a wide variety of year-round recreation.
The U.S. state of Delaware has 20 wildlife and conservation areas, as of 2015. [1] Each of the wildlife areas is operated and maintained by the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation, a branch of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC).
The Division of Parks and Recreation oversees 17 state parks and the Brandywine Zoo, together comprising more than 20,000 acres. It also manages nature preserves and conservation easements and is responsible for some historic sites, such as Fort Delaware and Fort DuPont. [6] More than 8 million people visited Delaware parks in 2022. [7]
US 301 has exits for Middletown at DE 299 west of town and Delaware Route 71 north of town. DE 71 passes north–south through Middletown on Broad Street and heads north to the Summit Bridge and south to Townsend and U.S. Route 13. DE 299 passes east–west through Middletown on Main Street. Delaware Route 15, a rural road, is concurrent with ...
Exhibits and programs about Delaware's forests and their management, open by appointment Brandywine Creek Nature Center: Wilmington: New Castle: Northern: Located in 933-acre Brandywine Creek State Park Carmine Environmental Center: Lewes: Sussex: Southern: 165 acres located on the western shore of Rehoboth Bay, part of Camp Arrowhead
Redden Lodge was built around 1903 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It can be found on the Headquarters Tract of Redden State Forest in Sussex County, Delaware. Much of Redden State Forest’s history is tied to the railroad. The Junction & Breakwater Railroad, one of Delaware’s earliest rail systems, was completed ...
White Clay Creek State Park is a Delaware state park along White Clay Creek on 3,647 acres (1,476 ha) [1] in New Castle County, near Newark, Delaware in the United States. North of the park is Pennsylvania 's White Clay Creek Preserve , and the two were originally operated as bi-state parks to jointly protect the creek, but now they operate ...