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Relax on the beach, hike a trail, check out the Fort Miles Historical Area, and visit the Seaside Nature Center. Start your outdoor adventure here!

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Something we can all agree on is we love our Delaware State Parks. In honor of our 75th anniversary, November 3 will be a free day in all Delaware State Parks. Disconnect from the world and reconnect with the outdoors at Cape Henlopen State Park! 🌳 by @capehenlopenstatepark

Thank you to all the volunteers and staff who helped make the Fantasy Trail for 2026 come to life and providing the visitors a fun, family friendly Halloween experience! by @capehenlopenstatepark

Fantasy Trail starts tonight!
Dress in your favorite costume and trick-or-treat our jack-o-lantern lighted Fantasy Trail.
Trail opens 6-8pm this Friday and Saturday, and 6-7:30pm on Sunday.
$7 per person, adults and children, pay the night of at the Nature Center.
Pets are not permitted on the trail. by @capehenlopenstatepark

Get ready for Fantasy Trail 2026!
Wear your favorite costume and trick-or-treat the trail this Friday, Saturday and Sunday starting at 6pm each night.
$7 per person, adults and children, pay the night of.
Go to https://www.destateparks.com/programs/ for more information. by @capehenlopenstatepark

Can you guess the two park animals who created the tracks in this picture?
If you would like to learn more, join us for the Cape 75 Nature Hike: Tracks and Trails!
Celebrate 75 years of DE State Parks by collecting biological data at Cape using iNaturalist as we learn to identify different tracks in the sand!
Saturday, October 17 at 11:00 AM.
For ages 7+ with an adult. FREE with park entrance fee. Pre-register by calling (302) 645-6852 by @capehenlopenstatepark

Join us this Friday, October 9 at 6:30 p.m. on our Freaky Friday Night Hike and look for bats and spiders in their nocturnal world and discover how these “freaky” critters support our ecosystems! For ages 7+ with an adult. $8 per person
Pre-registration required online at https://destateparks.com/programs
or call the Nature Center at 302-645-6852 for more information. by @capehenlopenstatepark

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Our annual Fantasy Trail trick-or-treat event is coming the week of Oct. 21-25. We need volunteers to help carve pumpkins, dress up as characters to hand out candy and other jobs to assist visitors. If you want to help, scan the QR code and register online. by @capehenlopenstatepark

Bring your 3 to 5-year-old to Guppy Club: Clamoring for Seashells this Friday, September 25 at 10:30 a.m. at the Nature Center. Find out about the different shapes of shells on our beaches and where they come from. $6 per children. Children must be accompanied by an adult (no fee) and dressed for the outdoors.
Go to destateparks.com to register or call the Nature Center at 302-645-6852 for more information. by @capehenlopenstatepark

by @capehenlopenstatepark

Looking for some family-friendly Halloween fun?
Join us for Children's Fantasy Trail on October 23, 24 and 25 at the Nature Center.
Entrance fee for the trail is $7 per person, adults and children. No pre-registration.
Call the Nature Center at (302) 645-6852 for more information! by @capehenlopenstatepark

Woo Hoo!
Our osprey pair laid their first egg of the season this morning!
Check out the "action" on the Friends of CHSP website:
https://www.fochsp.org/bird-cams by @capehenlopenstatepark