Delaware State Parks Reviews

This is our favorite park! The Cape has everything you're looking for, for outdoor fun.

Very nice state park with nice views, picnic area, beach.

Love exploring. Was a great, really windy, cold day.

Excellently kept campground! Exceptional amenities. Brand new playground. Plenty of private showers. 24 hour laundry. Great camp store open 7 days a week. Beautiful hiking trails connecting all the fun and interesting sites of the state park. Loved it!

Offers many beach access points and bike/walking paths that guide you through the park. Park also has so much history including watch towers, buildings, and other things used during World War 2. Beaches and facilities are always clean and staff is very nice and accommodating.

Have to go back, the tower was closed for renovations

Luv it. Drive on beach for surf fishing. Clean, convenient and not crowded during the week

A great beach, well maintained trails and historic sites will leave you with plenty to see and do. At the Cape it's always a good time.

I went to the Gordon's Pond entrance. Beach is a little rocky and no lifeguards, but parking is free after paying park admission. I bring the family several times every summer.

Love walking the beach and my husband likes fishing from the pier.

Great place to visit. Great views, hiking, biking, beach access, fishing, playground, you can even drive your truck on the beach. 5/5 for a family

Amazing State Park with a lot of WWII relics, beautiful beaches and a fun, unique disc golf course! The Gordon's Pond trail through the marshes up to the point of the park is a great day long bike ride on a well maintained trail. And it has beaches! I'd recommend a visit or a long stay at this park to anyone.

Beautiful and well maintained state park in Delaware. Close to the Delaware beaches. The place is good for a getaway from the rush at the beach. There is a hawk watching station and plenty of area to cool off. The sunset is really beautiful from Cape Henlopen. The park closes at dusk. Saw a lot of deers around the area as we headed back home. Would definitely recommend this place.

Seen the christmas lights. They are very nice. 20$ to get in. But you can keep going around the loop as much as you want. Well we did atleast.

Beautiful beach and reserve. Friendly staff, and the nature center is a must visit

This is truly the best state park I've ever been to. nice quiet beaches and there's a small boutique that rents out umbrellas chairs

Cape Henlopen State Park is a great place to visit. There are a variety of activities to engage in and many nice views for pictures. The beach is a true beach, it's the Atlantic Ocean not like the other "beaches" in Maryland. The sand is soft and the water is cleaner than Lewes Beach (a few miles down the road). So, it's definitely worth it.

I do recommend this park.

It was generally clean and not crowded when we went, though I think that has to do with COVID and the time of year.

I recommend you bring a bucket, sieve and small shovel or scoop. Always neat stuff in the sand and ocean to be found, I don't care how old you are. I wish I had brought some. I found a hermit crab though!!

Have fun!

Place is amazing. I didnt know this place existed. Has bath houses and concession stand. It costs 10 dollars to get into the park. Only thing i didnt like was that they do not offer military discounts for a day pass and that some visitors ignored the fact that you need to carry out your own trash. Trash bags are provided. Will definitely be visiting again.

Excellent beach, bike trails, lookouts, fishing pier, and military history. You have everything there plus you're right next to Lewes Delaware with nice restaurants, etc.

No lifeguards but a good beach. A lot of people were there fishing. So it has to be a good spot for that but I don't know anything about it as I am no fisherman. You could kayak or paddle board and rent umbrellas and chairs from an outlet on the beach. Look for directions to the fishing pier if you are looking for the beach.

The park holds much history of military placements for the protection of the bay.

Awesome park. Biking, hiking. Really well maintained. Great nature center, activities all throughout the year, great fishing. Definitely go there.

Went for the world war 2 reenactment it was neat and informative. Had a great time and the park was really nice.

Great state park to get away at the beach for the day.

This place is great for kids. The beach by the pier has a lot of crab holes to discover. It also has sand bars which made for tide pools collections. Our kiddos found hermit crabs, ghostcrabs and a few small fish. It was a fun treasure trove. Fisher folks were gathered on the pier and using nets to catch fish which also made for exciting seascape sites.
The beach is sandy and has ample space to lay out. The waves here are very mild for easy fun for little kids.

Great beaches. Access to surf fishing,camping, biking, sport fields. Clean bathroom facilities.

The best place to ride your bike. So much to explore and see.

Great place to spend the day with family and fishing, there was a pod dolphins today swimming around doing what dolphins do, It was a fun day.

Incredible State Park . Loaded with military history and natural beauty. Easy trails and pine Forest trails. Fantastic views overlooking the ocean and Delaware Bay!
Saw many different birds on our visit.

Based on a day trip, I had an amazing time at Cape Henlopen. Loved that there were not many people when I came (it was on and off very rainy but cleared up right when we got here)Explored the history and some of the lighthouses, etc. Roamed the beaches as if we were the only ones here. So relaxing! I have heard that camping here is not as relaxing and that things have changed for the worse over the years-also that campsites are way too close together and that a bike is needed. Still deciding if I should give camping a try. Maybe it was just a good day but my first experience here was great. We later watched wind surfers and closed the day by watching an amazing sunset by the fishing pier.

One of my favorite beaches. So much nature and history. Great for the day trip to the beach, camping, biking riding or a stroll on the trails.

Wonderful time even with Covid restrictions. Water temp is good and so was the fishing, going back next week for round two...

It's been about 10-12 yrs since I'd last been here. Still just as beautiful.

Very clean and close to the beach . My boyfriend and I love it here.

Always remember to book in advance! Cape Henlopen is a beautiful park with bikes to borrow, disc golf, trails, towers to climb and a life guarded beach! It is one of our favorite vacation spots. Also, just minutes from a boardwalk and outlet shopping. We love coming and just relaxing at a camp site or cabin.

Had a great time at the Easter egg hunt and Kite Festival over the holiday weekend. The kids really enjoyed themselves they had food trucks but we ate before going so we didn't get a chance to try any of them but the lines were long. I would definitely go back.

My wife and I go to the fishing pier at least once a week we do not catch any fish but it beats cutting grass. It has clean bath rooms and showers . A great place for kids .

Great place to come and relax. Great amenities for camping, great bike trails. So much to do. A private beach that's smaller and unguarded. A public beach that's bigger. Guarded and has showers with warm water and a snack bar.

Beach was busy busy. Nature center had a ride pool for kids to interact with and some aquariums with various fish horseshoe crabs and turtles. Kids had fun with. Had a feeding time info session with q and a as well

Beautiful park, with trails for walking and biking. Has camping and apparently one of the earliest Disc Golf courses in the US. Great beaches and cool history at Fort Miles.

Sweet little getaway, great for a swim - wear water shoes. Not exactly an idyllic white sands beach, but the long shallow entry into the water provides its own unique experience. Popular place for digging for clams.

love this amazing state park. Clean, comfortable, close to beaches and quiet at nights.

Nice, well maintained facilities. Clean wide beaches. Good-sized campsites. Close to Rehoboth and Bethany.

My Family Had The Best Time EVER ! Honestly The Best Beach In The TriState.

I only really use the beach at cape Henlopen but there are lots of trails and fishing and a nature center. There's a little snack bar and great bath houses with multiple showers. Beaches are very nice.

Always amazed at how many different activities are so effectively accommodated in this relatively small park: fishing, drive-on, walk-on, dogs, bike trails, hiking, walking path over wetlands, camping, cabins, protection zones for endangered birds...all with space to spare.

Awesome beach, clean sand, cool light house. My only real complaint was the number of fisherman, I like to fish as much as anyone, but having to dodge a mile long stretch of fishing lines takes a little away from walking on the beach. Had a great day and definitely want to stop again and explore more of the park.

A beautiful spot for the beach and trails and even WWII and post-war history.

Beautiful place to camp tent to RV. Lots of hiking trails. Beach access.

Lovely park. Great trails for running with historic sites along the way.

The cleanest, nicest, most well planned out State Park we have ever been to! We camped for a week, yes in a tent. Private and shared bathing options. Trails are well maintained, lots of activities at the educational center for the whole family to enjoy as well. Easily accessible from other popular area attractions.We haven't stopped bragging about our summer vacation since we left!

This place was great, the person at the gate of the camping area was extremely informative. This experience helped me make my decision to make a reservation for next year. The sites are spaced at a comfortable and safe distance. I would recommend it.

A great place for a walk. There is a lot of historical significance if you take some time to read about it. Love to come here!