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Cape Henlopen State Park the Point Cape Henlopen State Park The Point 0 0.5 1 Miles Point Comfort Station The Point Delaware Bay Atlantic Seaside Nature Center Picnic Pavilion Bait & Tackle Ocean Shop Youth Camps Cape May Senator Lewes Ferry David B. McBride Beach Bathhouse d Fiel ade Par rive pen D Henlo Cape d Park Office a o R h a n Lewes n a v a Campground S Fort Miles Historic Area Location Map The Great Dune Delaware Bay Cape y a Lewes w Henlopen Biden h ig Primitive Center H State Park n a Youth Camp m e Beach Plum Island re F Nature Preserve d a o R Atlantic h a n n a Ocean v a S L ew es Rehoboth R Herring Point e Beach h o b o th C an al Trails and Permitted Uses Cape He nlope n State Park Am e ric an Disc ove ry Trail Legend Bike Loop (3.3m i.) (ADT) Pine land s N ature Sh are th e Road State Park Land Re stroom s Obse rvation Towe r Trail (1.5m i.) Sh owe r/Bath Kayak Re ntal Se asid e N ature Trail (0.7m i.) W ood e d Park Land House Conne c tor Trail Food Conc e ssion Um bre lla Re ntal W ate r Salt Marsh Spur (1.2m i.) Swim m ing Are a Pe d e strian Be ac h Crossing Pic nic Pavilion (Guard e d Be ac h ) Re stric te d Are a W alking Dune s Trail (2.6m i.) Re c yc ling Trail He ad Be ac h Ve h ic le Crossing Se asonal Closure (Marc h 1 to Se pt 1) Dum p Station Playground Gord ons Pond Trail (3.2m i.) November 2018 Parking Are a Te nt Cam ping Disk Golf Prim itive Y outh Build ing Cam p Baske tball Courts Trail Descriptions Cabins Sc e nic Ove rlook Munic ipalitie s Trail Width Surface Type Trail Grade Accessible Avg 10 Feet Avg 1% Am ph ith e ate r Bike Loop Asphalt Road s W W II Artille ry Site Min 6 Feet Max 15% - Yes Air Pum ping Station Linking th e park offic e , nature c e nte r, c am pground , be ac h bath h ouse , obse rvation towe r, Je ttie s Hawk W atc h Surf Fish ing Horse bac k Rid ing and Fort Mile s Historic Are a, th e Bike Loop provid e s a full e xpe rie nc e of th e park. (Se asonal) Visitors c an also e xplore one of th e sid e trails le ad ing to th e fish ing pie r and kayak re ntal, Parking Fish ing Pie r Ligh th ouse or c h e c k out th e d une ove rlook - re sting atop a form e r m ilitary bunke r. Inform ation Bike Re pair Station Trail Width Surface Type Trail Grade Accessible Avg 4 Feet Avg 1% Pinelands Nature Trail Sand Min 3 Feet Max 6% - No Th is 1.5 m ile long loop trail m e and e rs th rough c oastal upland pine fore st ove r pac ke d and loose sand . N ature e nth usiasts will d isc ove r four spe c ie s of pine tre e s inc lud ing loblolly, Virginia, pitc h , and blac k pine wh ile passing c ranbe rry bogs along th e way. Visitors will also se e old artille ry bunke rs built d uring W orld W ar II in an are a onc e trave rse d by rails use d to re -supply Fort Mile s. De signate d in 1981, th e Pine land s Trail h as th e uniq ue d istinc tion of be ing De laware ’s first N ational Re c re ation Trail. Trail Width Surface Type Trail Grade Accessible Avg 1% Seaside Nature Trail Avg 9 Feet Loose Sand Min 8 Feet Max 2% - No Th is flat, loose sand y surfac e trail offe rs a glim pse of a c oastal pine fore st and vie ws of Contact Information th e De laware Bay, Inne r Bre akwate r, fish ing pie r, and th e He nlope n Ligh th ouse . Trail Width Surface Type Trail Grade Accessible Avg 7 Feet Avg 2% 15099 Cape He nlope n Dr., Le we s, DE 19958 Walking Dunes Trail Crushed Stone Min 6 Feet Max 14% - No Park Offic e : (302) 645-8983 Cam pground Offic e : (302) 645-2103 N ature Ce nte r: (302) 645-6852 Th e trail passe s th rough wood e d upland s and trave rse s tid al m arsh be fore te rm inating at Cam pground Re se rvations: 1-877-98-PARKS Th e Gre at Dune . In late spring, look for bloom ing Pink Lad y’s-slippe r along th e trail www.d e state parks.c om and for Be ac h h e ath e r, with its abund ant tiny ye llow flowe rs growing on th e Gre at Dune . Department of Natural Resources N ature e nth usiasts will also e njoy vie ws of th e tid al m arsh and th e m any bird ing and Environmental Control opportunitie s. Division of Parks and Recreation.
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