DE State Parks Ranked ranked best in the Nation

Way to go DE!

it is not the parks, the management of the parks that won.

For what, they're over priced and you can't do a dang thing in them unless you play disc golf.

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For what, they're over priced and you can't do a dang thing in them unless you play disc golf.

...and camp, and hike, and bike, and fish, and drink, and have fires, and zip line, and canoe, and kayak. Yeah, the DE state parks sure do suck.

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...and camp, and hike, and bike, and fish, and drink, and have fires, and zip line, and canoe, and kayak. Yeah, the DE state parks sure do suck.

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...horseback riding, swimming, hunting, geocaching (?)...

Explore the abandoned Biden center in cape...

Surf Drink...I mean fish down the beach, rock climbing in Alapocas Park.

I've been hitting White Clay Creek and Middle run a lot and the trail system is well maintained and I always see people out there enjoying the woods no matter what time of day it is.

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i have to agree that the parks are over regulated. most don't allow camping, those that do only offer campgrounds which I don't really like. not allowed to use the parks at night, not allowed to launch kayaks from cape henlopen...

Anything else would lead to disaster.

Can't have people just camping anywhere in the parks. Might work in WV, but the density of people in the DE resort areas is way too great to make that manageable.

They have to chase the weirdo's out of the Rehoboth areas after dark as it is now.

And launching a kayak in the surf could lead to problems also. You may be capable, but many would try it that weren't, would get injured or killed and then want to sue the state.

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They have to chase the weirdo's out of the Rehoboth areas after dark as it is now.

That's no way to talk about Billy and Andrew.

Having spent time in the state parks out in Utah, they are a class higher than DE, some of them are national park quality. DE has some cool stuff like the Go Ape thing, but the facilities out there are newer (or maybe just maintained better), cleaner and the signs are better.

I wish they had hookups at the Cape, though.

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I wish they had hookups at the Cape, though.

Even without they are booked most the summer.

Patti and I stayed at big oaks once. Worst experience ever.

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I actually prefer not having power at Cape. Look at Big Oaks or any park in Pennsylvania and you'll see the difference.

For the record, any park in DE is worlds better than PA.

Both Trap Pond and Killens Pond have power. Makes a huge difference with a camper. All the sites are still dirt so you have the option of tent or camper - or both!