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Cape Henlopen State Park is a Delaware state park on 5,193 acres (2,102 ha) on Cape Henlopen in Sussex County, Delaware, in the United States. William Penn made the beaches of Cape Henlopen one of the first public lands established in what has become the United States in 1682 with the declaration that Cape Henlopen would be for "the usage of the citizens of Lewes and Sussex County."
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.
Looking north from Herring Point. Cape Henlopen State Park is a 5,193 acre (21 km 2) Delaware state park on Cape Henlopen. William Penn made the beaches of Cape Henlopen one of the first public lands established in what has become the United States in 1682 with the declaration that Cape Henlopen would be for "the usage of the citizens of Lewes and Sussex County."
Located on the 66 acre pond in Killens Pond State Park Lums Pond State Park: Bear: New Castle: Northern: 1,790 acres, features the Whale Wallow Nature Center Redden Forest Education Center: Georgetown: Sussex: Southern: Exhibits and programs about Redden State Forest: Seaside Nature Center: Lewes: Sussex: Southern: Located in 5,193-acre Cape ...
The Cape Henlopen Region, or the Cape Region, is a region in Sussex County, in southern Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. The region is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The region takes its name from Cape Henlopen, as does the Cape Henlopen School District and Cape Henlopen State Park.
In 1964, 543 acres (2.2 km 2) of federal land were donated to the State of Delaware to establish Cape Henlopen State Park. Over time, more land was transferred to the state park until Fort Miles ceased operation as a military MWR facility altogether in 1991, as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) process. Fort Miles ...
Cape Cod National Seashore programs and center hours are being scaled back for the off-season, while trail and building construction projects go on.
Cape Henlopen State Park; D. Delaware Seashore State Park; F. ... Fort DuPont; Fox Point State Park; H. Holts Landing State Park; K. Killens Pond State Park; L. List ...