Rockford Park
Rockford Park is a historic public park located in a residential area of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It is characterized by a large, grassy meadow which slopes gently upward to a large knoll overlooking the Brandywine River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Delaware Art Museum and Bancroft Mills.
Delaware Art Museum
Museum
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The Delaware Art Museum is an art museum located on the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware, which holds a collection of more than 12,000 objects.
Bancroft Mills
Protected area
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Bancroft Mills is an abandoned mill complex along Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. It has been the site of some of the earliest and most famous mills near Wilmington and was the largest and longest running complex along the Brandywine.
Walker’s Mill and Walker’s Bank
Heritage site
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Walker's Mill and Walker's Bank, also known as Simsville, Siddall's Mill, and "Big White Mill", is a historic spinning cotton mill and worker's dwelling block located near Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Henry Clay and Alapocas.
Henry Clay
Hamlet
Breck's Mill Area, also known as Breck's Mill Area-Henry Clay Village Historic District, is a national historic district located along Brandywine Creek in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington.
Alapocas
Hamlet
Alapocas Run State Park is a 359-acre public recreation area located in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, along Brandywine Creek and its Alapocas Run tributary.
Wawaset Park
Hamlet
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Wawaset Park is a planned community national historic district located on the western edge of the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. The area was formerly the grounds of Schuetzen Park, a horse racing and later auto racing track and fairgrounds.
Rockford Park
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Wilmington, United States of America
- Category: recreation area
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.76709° or 39° 46′ 2″ northLongitude
-75.57149° or 75° 34′ 17″ westElevation
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
87F6QC8H+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 368140729OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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