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  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation


Cape Henlopen State Park park office will close for renovations Oct. 8

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, September 30, 2016

LEWES – The Cape Henlopen State Park office will close for renovations on Oct. 8, 2016, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today. While construction keeps the park office shut for several weeks, daily entrance fees, surf fishing permits, hunting permits and lifetime Delaware State Park passes will be available for purchase at the entrance fee booths. Fee booth hours are 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.




DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation’s 2nd Annual Booo-B-Que family BBQ competition set for Oct. 21-22

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016

REHOBOTH BEACH – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will host the second-annual “Booo-B-Que By the Sea,” a two-day barbeque cook-off competition beginning Friday, Oct. 21, at Delaware Seashore State Park. The event features a wide variety of family-friendly activities, including a unique 5k Run/Walk over the Indian River Bridge and inlet pathways on Saturday, Oct. 22.




Volunteers begin DNREC’s 2016 Hawk Watch at Ashland Nature Center, Cape Henlopen State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2016

This year’s Hawk Watches – sponsored by the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife, in partnership with the Delmarva Ornithological Society, Delaware Nature Society and Delaware Division of Parks & Recreation – have begun at Delaware Nature Society’s Ashland Nature Center near Hockessin and at Cape Henlopen State Park near Lewes.




Cape Henlopen State Park campground closed to make way for improvements

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today that the popular Cape Henlopen State Park campground has closed to make way for a third and final phase of improvements.




Portion of Junction & Breakwater Trail in Cape Henlopen State Park will close Sept. 14 – 16 for minor reconstruction

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation will close the easternmost entrance of the Junction & Breakwater Trail in Lewes for minor reconstruction work from Sept. 14 through Sept. 16.







  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation

Cape Henlopen State Park park office will close for renovations Oct. 8

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, September 30, 2016

LEWES – The Cape Henlopen State Park office will close for renovations on Oct. 8, 2016, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today. While construction keeps the park office shut for several weeks, daily entrance fees, surf fishing permits, hunting permits and lifetime Delaware State Park passes will be available for purchase at the entrance fee booths. Fee booth hours are 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.




DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation’s 2nd Annual Booo-B-Que family BBQ competition set for Oct. 21-22

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016

REHOBOTH BEACH – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will host the second-annual “Booo-B-Que By the Sea,” a two-day barbeque cook-off competition beginning Friday, Oct. 21, at Delaware Seashore State Park. The event features a wide variety of family-friendly activities, including a unique 5k Run/Walk over the Indian River Bridge and inlet pathways on Saturday, Oct. 22.




Volunteers begin DNREC’s 2016 Hawk Watch at Ashland Nature Center, Cape Henlopen State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2016

This year’s Hawk Watches – sponsored by the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife, in partnership with the Delmarva Ornithological Society, Delaware Nature Society and Delaware Division of Parks & Recreation – have begun at Delaware Nature Society’s Ashland Nature Center near Hockessin and at Cape Henlopen State Park near Lewes.




Cape Henlopen State Park campground closed to make way for improvements

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today that the popular Cape Henlopen State Park campground has closed to make way for a third and final phase of improvements.




Portion of Junction & Breakwater Trail in Cape Henlopen State Park will close Sept. 14 – 16 for minor reconstruction

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation will close the easternmost entrance of the Junction & Breakwater Trail in Lewes for minor reconstruction work from Sept. 14 through Sept. 16.