Fort DuPont Public Boat Ramp

Fort DuPont Public Boat Ramp is a slipway in New Castle County, Delaware. Fort DuPont Public Boat Ramp is situated nearby to the protected area Delaware City Historic District, as well as near Delaware City Marina.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Delaware City Historic District and Fort DuPont.

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. Delaware City Historic District is situated 930 feet west of Fort DuPont Public Boat Ramp.

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. Fort DuPont is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Fort DuPont Public Boat Ramp.

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. Chelsea is situated 2,900 feet west of Fort DuPont Public Boat Ramp.

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 DuPont Public Boat Ramp.

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 DuPont Public Boat Ramp.

Fort DuPont Public Boat Ramp

Type: Slipway
Categories: recreation area and transportation
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.57532° or 39° 34′ 31″ north

Longitude

-75.58902° or 75° 35′ 21″ west

Open location code

87F6HCG6+49

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3802639043

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=slipway

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Delaware City Marina and United States Post Office.

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