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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.
Footbridge to Bancroft Mills Brandywine River and Alapocas Woods. Alapocas Run was originally created as a 123-acre city park (50 ha) named Alapocas Woods.In 1910 when Alfred I. du Pont was building his Nemours estate from DuPont Company lands, fellow industrialist William Poole Bancroft convinced him to have the company transfer a portion of the land between Nemours and the Brandywine to the ...
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. [5] More than 8 million people visited Delaware parks in 2022. [6]
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 ...
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.
Fenwick Island State Park is a 344-acre (139 ha) Delaware state park between Ocean City, Maryland and South Bethany, Delaware in Sussex County, Delaware, US. Fenwick Island State Park is open for year-round recreation from 8:00 am until sunset. Originally part of Delaware Seashore State Park, it was
Wilmington State Parks is a state park located in Wilmington, Delaware. Open year-round, the park is approximately 345 acres (140 ha) [ 1 ] of land mostly situated along the Brandywine Creek . The state park is made up of a group of smaller parks that are administratively managed as a single unit.
It is a partnership of state and city agencies under the leadership of Delaware State Parks. Delaware was the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. The sites of the park highlight Delaware's role as the First State. First State Heritage Park is open year-round, with special tours of the sites given the first Saturday of each ...