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Delaware Seashore State Park - Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
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Posted by Mykidsarecool on 8/21/2008
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We love this place!
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Delaware Seashore State Park is a wonderful place to visit. We camp in an RV and it is the only Delaware State Park to offer full hook ups which is very helpful! The sites are pull through style and have a paved surface. The balance of the site is mostly sand and be warned that there is no shade whatsoever. This never poses a problem for us because we have an awning, but if you don't it could prove to be a scorcher. The fishing from the Jetty is fantastic. You do, however, need a fishing license. You can get them online or at the park. A seven day pass runs you about $13.00. The beach is to die for and it is an easy walk under the bridge to the guarded beaches. The shower houses are newly remodeled and very nice. There is a wonderful playground for the kids to exhaust themselves. If you get bored at the campground you are smack dab in the middle of Rehoboth Beach and Ocean City, MD so you can take your pick. I don't think I would want to tent camp here, it looks pretty crammed and there is, again, no shade. The only downfall for us is that campfires are banned, but all in all we love this place!
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Cape Henlopen State Park Campground - Lewes, Delaware
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Posted by Marimckenna on 8/15/2008
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Great location
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We were lucky to book one night's stay at Cape Henlopen. Our stay was quiet and relaxing and fun.
The park is a beautiful way to see Delaware beaches. Bring your bicycles. The park is well connected with paved hiker/biker trails that lead to scenic look-outs over the sand dunes onto attractive bay and ocean beaches. There are multiple beach access points some of which are only accessible from the trail.
The trail offers insight into the role that the area played during WWII; several WWII-era bunkers and concrete observation towers are open and accessible. We spent the first two hours of our visit just exploring the park on our bikes.
After playing around in the park, we quickly set up camp in a shaded, clean site located in the middle of the campground.
Sites for tents are mixed with sites for campers. Out site was equipped with a fire ring and a water spigot (other sites have electricity hookups too). The camp offers a clean bath house with warm showers. There is an ice concession ($2.00/bag) at the entrance of the park.
The park is in Lewes, Delaware, and is only about two miles from the Lewes-Cape May ferry. On our next trip, if we are able to book a long weekend stay, we will be sure to incorporate a day trip over to Cape May with our bikes.
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Cape Henlopen State Park Campground - Lewes, Delaware
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Posted by Jesstutt on 8/10/2008
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Good times at Cape Henlopen
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We really enjoyed our stay at Cape Henlopen State Park. The sites on the outer loop offered some privacy and all sites were wooded. The ground was soft and sandy. The bugs weren't too bad at the site but out on the trails, ouch we got bit up. Take the hike to the great sand dune, it's worth it, it doesn't look like it belongs in Delaware.
The bathrooms were close and clean, but there was always a wait at the end of the "beach day" and there wasn't a convenient space arrangement for changing in there. This was my most major complaint. But it wasn't enough to ruin it or anything.
The park itself is super convenient, you could do the bay beach or the beach beach, which had bathrooms/showers/big snack bar/ beach rentals. There is an area for surf fishing, which is where we liked to lay out on the beach even t hough we weren't doing as such. There was hiking, biking, family activities, a nature center, Frisbee golf, I don't know what else you could ask for.
Lewes is adorable and only 5 mins away, and Rehobeth is about 15, depending on traffic. The outlets are even closer, so the campground is a convenient base of operations.
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Delaware Seashore State Park - Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
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Posted by Kgoldfien on 8/4/2008
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Clean, not too buggy, and quiet
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My husband and I tent camped here for one night. Although they do not allow campfires (which is a MAJOR downer, in our opinion), we liked this campground. It was quiet, I think the ranger did a nice job of keeping the place managed. It was very clean, even the bathrooms and showers were quite nice. We did not find the campground to be too buggy, just normal buggy for a campground. The dumpster areas were not nasty like I've seen at other camps. The beach was about a 10 minute walk away, which I was kind of surprised by, since I thought the campsites were a bit closer to the beach. The second day, we used the pass that the campground gave us to park free at Tower Beach, up the road, so we could get in another beach day before heading back home. We just wish we could have had a fire, but we do understand the reasons for the prohibition- open field and very breezy + fire = not good.
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Cape Henlopen State Park Campground - Lewes, Delaware
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Posted by Teresa3000 on 8/2/2008
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I like it
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We stayed there for 2 nights, and generally speaking It was not bad. The decisive factor for going there was the beach which is very nice.
The cons of the campground were the mosquitoes (as in any other campground) but above all were the flies that bite. I tried my Hot Shot flying insect killer, the sticky ribbon and mosquito repellent and the result was that neither work against the flies (did not take a flyswatter though). They were everywhere even surrounding our car when we were packing, they were at the beach too but in less number. Another thing that I didn't like was that we could clearly see our neighbors, there was vegetation behind our site but virtually no trees or plants in the line that divides the sites so you can see each other. The beach was nice but the bathrooms were dirty, only 5 stalls and like 7 showers do not suffice for all the people and families that go. They need to renovate the whole bathroom and most importantly hire somebody to clean it.
The pros were the closeness to the beach you can ride your bike or walk (quite long way if you decide to walk), and the closeness to other nice beaches like Rehoboth beach, the outlets, restaurants and so on. The campground has many walking and bike tracts and there is the ferry to Cape May, fishing pier and nature store, also the sites were big, well when we reserved we went for a large site and it was big enough for us.
I will go back but next time I will take everything to keep the flies away from me, actually something that works.
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