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  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation


Experience living history at Fort Delaware State Park’s “Infantry Weekend”

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, August 3, 2015

See history in action at a special “Living History Weekend” on Aug. 8 and 9 at Fort Delaware State Park.




DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation named as finalist for 2015 National Gold Medal Awards

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Date Posted: Monday, June 1, 2015

The American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration (AAPRA), in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), has announced that DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation (Delaware State Parks) is one of four finalists for the 2015 National Gold Medal Awards for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management in the state parks systems category.




The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park to close for 2015 beachnesting season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, February 23, 2015

The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half mile along the bay shoreline, will close beginning Sunday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns and other species.




Gordons Pond Winter Hike at Cape Henlopen State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2015

The public is invited to Cape Henlopen State Park to experience its newest trail. Park naturalists will host a winter hike along the Gordons Pond Trail on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 11 a.m.




Unique Gordons Pond Trail opens at Cape Henlopen State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Office of the Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2014

On the eve of Cape Henlopen State Park’s 50th anniversary, hiking and biking trail fans, elected officials, park visitors and local residents today came out to celebrate the long anticipated official opening of the Gordons Pond Trail at the park. The new 3.2-mile trail is part of Governor Jack Markell’s Trails and Pathways Initiative, providing a key link in a 15-mile regional trail system connecting Lewes and Rehoboth Beach including the existing Junction and Breakwater Trail.







  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation

Experience living history at Fort Delaware State Park’s “Infantry Weekend”

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, August 3, 2015

See history in action at a special “Living History Weekend” on Aug. 8 and 9 at Fort Delaware State Park.




DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation named as finalist for 2015 National Gold Medal Awards

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Date Posted: Monday, June 1, 2015

The American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration (AAPRA), in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), has announced that DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation (Delaware State Parks) is one of four finalists for the 2015 National Gold Medal Awards for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management in the state parks systems category.




The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park to close for 2015 beachnesting season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, February 23, 2015

The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half mile along the bay shoreline, will close beginning Sunday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns and other species.




Gordons Pond Winter Hike at Cape Henlopen State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2015

The public is invited to Cape Henlopen State Park to experience its newest trail. Park naturalists will host a winter hike along the Gordons Pond Trail on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 11 a.m.




Unique Gordons Pond Trail opens at Cape Henlopen State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Office of the Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2014

On the eve of Cape Henlopen State Park’s 50th anniversary, hiking and biking trail fans, elected officials, park visitors and local residents today came out to celebrate the long anticipated official opening of the Gordons Pond Trail at the park. The new 3.2-mile trail is part of Governor Jack Markell’s Trails and Pathways Initiative, providing a key link in a 15-mile regional trail system connecting Lewes and Rehoboth Beach including the existing Junction and Breakwater Trail.