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The state park system includes over 26,000 acres of land [1] and over 160 miles of trails. [2] It is possible to faintly view the Milky Way from 10 of the 17 state parks. [3] In 2015, Delaware State Parks won the Gold Medal honoring the best state parks system in the country from the National Recreation and Park Association. It was the tenth ...
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 ...
There are 100 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Seven sites are further designated as National Historic Landmarks. Another property was once listed but has been removed. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024. [2]
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [ 1 ] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [ 2 ]
The park area proper is meant for recreation on foot or on bicycle, with hunting allowed on occasion. There are 10 trails in the park with a total distance of 15.76 miles (25.36 km). As with White Clay Creek State Park, trail markers help to guide visitors; and several footbridges and boardwalks ease crossing of creeks and other wet spots, with ...
The southern section of Old Mine Road provides a key access from Interstate 80 and several of the park's recreation and cultural sites. It also serves as an important route for emergency services ...
First State National Historical Park is a National Park Service unit which lies primarily in the state of Delaware but which extends partly into Pennsylvania in Chadds Ford. Initially created as First State National Monument by President Barack Obama under the Antiquities Act on March 25, 2013, the park was later redesignated as First State ...
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 ...