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Freaky Friday Night Hike
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Evening Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Easy
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Explore the park as the sun sets for signs of "Creepy" local wildlife and discover why these mysterious creatures may not be so spooky after all! Dress for the weather. For ages 7 and up with an adult. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to the program. After that, please call 302-645-6852. $6 per person. Prices: Adult: $6.00, Child (Age 7+ w/adult): $6.00 |
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Full Moon Hike
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Evening Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Moderate
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Hike the park as the sun sets and the full moon rises. Find out what animals come out at night and how they adapt. Dress for the weather. For ages 7 and older with an adult. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to the program. After that, please call 302-645-6852. Prices: Adult: $7.00, Child (Age 7+): $7.00 |
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Geminid Stargazing
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Evening Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Easy
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Learn about meteor showers and other starry sights as we search the skies on the peak night of the Geminids! Dress to go outside. For ages 7 and up with an adult. Online pre-registration and payment required. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to program. After that, if space available, please call 302-645-6852.
Prices: Public: $6.00 |
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Ghost Crab Hike
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Evening Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Moderate
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Walk the bay in search of these elusive crustaceans and experience why they come out at night. For ages 7 and older with an adult. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to the program. After that, please call 302-645-6852. $7 per person
Prices: Adult: $7.00, Child (Age 7+ w/adult): $7.00 |
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Green Spring Scavenger Hunt
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Nature Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Easy
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Join us on this interactive scavenger hunt where we follow clues to see how different green and non-green elements of nature help the park's ecosystem thrive, and how you can become a part of it! Dress for the weather. For ages 5 and older with an adult. Pre-registration required.
$5 per person
Prices: Adult: $5.00, Child (Age 5+): $5.00 |
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Guppy Club (pre-school series)
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Kid Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Easy
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Bring your 3 to 5-year-old and discover secrets of nature through stories, games, crafts, and outdoor adventures. Children must be accompanied by an adult and dressed for the outdoors. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to the program. After that, please call 302-645-6852. Prices: Child (Age 3 - 5): $6.00 |
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Guppy Club: Down by the Bay
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Kid Tour |
0 hr. 45 min.
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Moderate
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Bring your 3 to 5-year-old to explore what lives down by the bay and make a craft to take home! Children must be accompanied by an adult and dressed for the outdoors. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to program. After that, if space available, please call 302-645-6852. $5 per child.
Prices: Public: $5.00 |
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Guppy Club: Evergreens
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Kid Tour |
0 hr. 45 min.
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Easy
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Bring your 3 to 5-year-old and go outside and search for pine trees and other things that stay green all winter. Children must be accompanied by an adult and dressed for the outdoors.
Online pre-registration and payment required. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to the program. After that, please call 302-645-6852.
Prices: Child Under 5: $5.00 |
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Guppy Club: Falling Leaves!
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Kid Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Easy
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Bring your 3 to 5-year old and find out which trees lose their leaves and why as we hike, craft and more. Children must be accompanied by an adult and dressed for the outdoors. Online registration closes 24 hours prior to program. After that please call 302-645-6852. $5 per person Prices: Adult: $5.00, Child: $5.00 |
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Guppy Club: Floating Feathers!
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Kid Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Easy
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Bring your 3 to 5-year old and take a hike, make a craft and read a book together to find out what birds left feathers behind in the park. Children must be accompanied by an adult and dressed for the outdoors. Online registration closes 24 hours prior to program. After that please call 302-645-6852. $5 per child. Prices: Adult: $5.00, Child: $5.00 |
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Guppy Club: Footprints in the Park
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Kid Tour |
0 hr. 45 min.
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Easy
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Bring your 3 to 5-year-old and search for different tracks in the sand or snow and discover what these animals do during winter. Children must be accompanied by an adult and dressed for the outdoors.
Online pre-registration and payment required. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to the program. After that, please call 302-645-6852.
Prices: Child Under 5: $5.00 |
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Guppy Club: Hoot for Owls!
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Kid Tour |
0 hr. 45 min.
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Moderate
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Bring your 3 to 5-year-old to discover how and why owls love living in our park and make a hoot of a craft! Children must be accompanied by an adult and dressed for the outdoors. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to program. After that, if space available, please call 302-645-6852. $5 per child.
Prices: Public: $5.00 |
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Guppy Club: Moving Turtles!
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Kid Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Easy
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Bring your 3 to 5-year old an discover which turtles live in our park and what makes them so neat! Children must be accompanied by an adult and dressed for the outdoors. Online registration closes 24 hours prior to program. After that please call 302-645-6852. $5 per person Prices: Adult: $5.00, Child: $5.00 |
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Guppy Club: Sensing Spring
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Kid Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Bring your 3 to 5-year-old as we explore the park using our senses to detect signs of spring. Children must be accompanied by an adult and dressed for the outdoors. Online registration closes 24 hours prior to program. After that please call 302-645-6852. $5 per person Prices: Child: $5.00 |
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Guppy Club: Wild About Turkeys
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Kid Tour |
0 hr. 45 min.
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Moderate
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Bring your 3 to 5-year-old to find out what this "Thanksgiving bird" is doing in the park and create a "wild" turkey craft to take home! Children must be accompanied by an adult and dressed for the outdoors. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to program. After that, if space available, please call 302-645-6852. $5 per child.
Prices: Public: $5.00 |
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Guppy Club: Winter Seals
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Kid Tour |
0 hr. 45 min.
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Easy
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Bring your 3 to 5-year-old and find out why seals visit our waters in the winter. Children must be accompanied by an adult and dressed for the outdoors.
Online pre-registration and payment required. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to the program. After that, please call 302-645-6852.
Prices: Child Under 5: $5.00 |
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Hike the Point
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Hiking Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Difficult
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Recently opened for the public to explore the beach, join us on this guided 1.8-mile hike to explore the beauty of Cape Henlopen's Point and its ecological importance. For ages 7 and older with an adult. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to the program. After that, please call 302-645-6852. $5 per person
Prices: Adult: $5.00, Child (Age 7+): $5.00 |
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Homefront Holidays: 1940s Dinner & Dance Party
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Special Event Tour |
3 hr. 30 min.
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Easy
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NEW!
Swing back to the 1940s with this exclusive holiday party, proudly presented by First State Heritage Park and the Fort Miles Historic Area. You're invited to pull out your pinstripes and do up your Victory Rolls to join us in celebrating the holidays like it's 1942! We're recreating the Christmas dinner served to the troops stationed at historic Fort Miles during World War II for your dining experience, bringing out the smooth entertainments of Madison Coleman and the World War Tunes band, offering up swing dance lessons to help you cut a rug, and more in this sure-to-please night away. Buy your tickets, grab that special someone, and make a holiday memory to cherish!
This special event takes place in the historic venue of Battery 519, constructed to defend Delaware's coasts during World War II. Your ticket includes your meal, musical entertainments, swing dance lessons, and a guided tour. There will be a ticketed cash bar serving throughout the evening as well.
Prices: Adult: $90.00 |
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Insect Exploring
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Nature Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Antlions, hairstreaks, cow killers. Yep, all insects! Explore the park in search of these and other insects and find out why we need them. For ages 5 and older with an adult.
Prices: Adult: $3.00, Child (Age 5+): $3.00 |
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Leaf Peeper Hike
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Hiking Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Our park has more than just pine trees take a peek at the different colors of the other trees in the park and discover how and why their leaves change color. For ages 5 and older with an adult. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to the program. After that, please call 302-645-6852.
$5 per person
Prices: Adult: $5.00, Child (Age 7+): $5.00 |
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Life Underground
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Nature Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Easy
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Explore the world beneath your feet and the life that lives there as we uncover what's going down underground. Dress for the weather. For ages 7 and older with an adult. $5 per person Prices: Adult: $5.00, Child (Age 7+ w/adult): $5.00 |
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Love on the Homefront: 1940's Dinner and Dance Party
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Special Event Tour |
4 hr. 30 min.
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Easy
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Swing back to the 1940s with this exclusive Valentine's Day Sweetheart Dance, proudly presented by First State Heritage Park and the Fort Miles Museum. We invite you to dress in your best and do up your Victory Rolls to join us for a romantic time-traveling evening to 1942! Featuring a themed dinner, period music, and swing dance lessons to help you cut a rug, this will be an evening you and your partner won't soon forget. Buy your tickets, grab that special someone, and enjoy a night away! This special event fundraiser takes place in the historic venue of Battery 519, constructed to defend Delaware's coasts during World War II. Tickets are $90 per person, and your ticket includes your meal, musical entertainments, swing dance lessons, and a guided tour. There will be a ticketed cash bar serving throughout the evening as well. Prices: General Admission: $90.00 |
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Mother's Day Nature Walk
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Hiking Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Celebrate Mother's Day weekend with a short walk looking for beautiful spring flowers and some of nature's best moms! For ages 7 and up with an adult.
Prices: Adult: $3.00, Child (Age 7+): $3.00 |
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Nature Art in the Park
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Art Tour |
1 hr. 15 min.
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Easy
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Connect with nature through one of the many forms of art in this hands on program. Information on required materials to bring will be provided after registration. For ages 10 and older with an adult. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to the program. After that, please call 302-645-6852. Prices: Adult: $7.00, Child (Age 10+): $7.00 |
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Nature Trail Hike
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Nature Tour |
1 hr. 00 min.
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Easy
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Hike with a naturalist and experience one of the many different ecological wonders of the park and why it is important to us. Dress for the weather. For ages 7 and older with an adult. Online registration ends 24 hours prior to the program. After that, please call 302-645-6852. Prices: Adult: $5.00, Child (Age 7+): $5.00 |