Fort Delaware State Park
Fort Delaware State Park is a 248-acre, 1-mile-long Delaware state park on Pea Patch Island in the mid channel of the Delaware River near its entrance into Delaware Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Delaware City Historic District and Chelsea.
Delaware City Historic District
Protected area
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Delaware City Historic District is a national historic district located at Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 204 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the town of Delaware City.
Chelsea
Historic building
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Chelsea is a historic home located in Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1848 by Thomas Clark, and is a three-story, three-bay-square brick block with a low, almost flat, hipped roof surmounted by a widow's walk.
Fort DuPont
Protected area
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Fort DuPont, named in honor of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, is located between the original Delaware City and the modern Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the original Reeden Point tract, which was granted to Henry Ward in 1675.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Delaware City and Saint Georges.
Delaware City
Village
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Delaware City is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 1,885 as of 2020. It is a small port town on the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and is the location of the Forts Ferry Crossing to Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island.
Saint Georges
Village
Saint Georges is an unincorporated town and former municipality situated on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in New Castle County, Delaware, United States, approximately midway between the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay. Saint Georges is situated 3½ miles southwest of Fort Delaware State Park.
Wrangle Hill
Hamlet
Wrangle Hill is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Wrangle Hill is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13, Delaware Route 7, and Delaware Route 72 west of Delaware City. Wrangle Hill is situated 3½ miles west of Fort Delaware State Park.
Fort Delaware State Park
- Type: Park
- Description: state park in Delaware, United States
- Categories: Delaware state park and recreation area
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.57991° or 39° 34′ 48″ northLongitude
-75.58741° or 75° 35′ 15″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87F6HCH7+X2OpenStreetMap ID
way 120487024OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
“Fort Delaware State Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fort Delaware State Park”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort Delaware State Park and Eastern Lock of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.
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