List of Delaware state parks

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This is a list of All state parks of Delaware, operated by the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation.

Park Superintendent Park Formed Notes
Bellevue State Park 1976
Brandywine Creek State Park 1965
Brandywine Zoo See Wilmington State Parks. See Wilmington State Parks. Delaware's only zoo.
Cape Henlopen State Park
Delaware Seashore State Park 1965 Was used by the U.S. Army in World War II for its coastal artillery "disappering guns." Observation towers built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are located in northern part of park near Dewey Beach.
Fenwick Island State Park 1966 In 1981 Fenwick Island State Park became a separate park before that it was the southern part of Delaware Seashore State Park.
First State Heritage Park at Dover
Fort Delaware State Park 1951 On the National Register of Historic Places.
Fort DuPont State Park See Fort Delaware State Park. See Fort Delaware State Park. Part of Fort Delaware State Park.
Fox Point State Park
Holts Landing State Park 1965 Used to be a farm and boat operated by the Holts Family.
Killens Pond State Park 1965
Lums Pond State Park 1963 Lums Pond was originally used to supply water for the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal when the facility still had canal locks (they were removed in the 1920's)
Trap Pond State Park 1951. Pond has large numbers of cypress trees, in which the park serves as the northernmost range for the species.
White Clay Creek State Park 1968
Wilmington State Parks and the Brandywine Zoo

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