Brandywine Creek State Park

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Brandywine Creek State Park, Delaware, USA
Area:	933 acres (3.78 km²)
Established:	1965
Governing body:	Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

Brandywine Creek State Park is a state park, located 3 miles above Wilmington, Delaware along the Brandywine Creek. Open year-round, it is 933 acres (4 km²) large and, before becoming a state park in 1965, was a dairy farm owned by the Dupont family. It contains the first two nature preserves in Delaware.

Fourteen miles of trails run the the park, the largest being the Rocky Run Trail and the Greenways Trail. Brandywine Creek has a large population of bass, and Wilson's Run is known for its trout. Nearbye parks include White Clay Creek State Park and, on the Pennsylvania side of the Mason-Dixon Line, White Clay Creek Preserve.

	Protected Areas of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
State Parks	Bellevue | Brandywine Creek | Cape Henlopen | Delaware Seashore | Fenwick Island | First State | Fort Delaware | Fort DuPont | Fox Point | Holts Landing | Killens Pond | Lums Pond | Trap Pond | White Clay Creek | Wilmington
State Forests	Blackbird | Redden | Taber