Delaware Activities

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Delaware has beautiful beaches. The more popular ones are:

• Rehoboth Beach (known for being gay friendly)
• Lewes (known for its historic district)
• Dewey Beach (popular with college students)
• Bethany Beach (popular with families — Bethany Beach is part of what is referred to as "The Quiet Resorts")

• Delaware also has a very extensive and well maintained park system, most parks are free or at little cost www.destateparks.com

• The Blue Rocks baseball team www.bluerocks.com.

You can gamble 'til your heart's content

• Delaware Park Racetrack and Casino www.delawarepark.com
• Dover Downs Racetrack www.doverdowns.com
• Harrington Raceway & Casino www.harringtonraceway.com

There's also quite a bit of small town charm, like:

• Delaware's State Fair www.delawarestatefair.com
• Sussex County's Punkin Chunkin, where specially grown pumpkins are shot from devices such as air-powered cannons, trebuchets, catapults, and various other contraptions. The goal is to see which device can hurl a pumpkin the greatest distance, with some currently reaching distances of almost a mile. The carnival atmosphere is themed in pumpkins with more and more attractions added each year.

Delaware is well known for having no sales tax. Most Delawareans shop at malls or strip malls with big box stores. Notable malls include:

• Christiana Mall www.shopchristianamall.com
• Concord Mall
• Dover Mall www.dovermall.com
• Rehoboth Outlets www.tangeroutlet.com

In addition to the beaches, gambling, and shopping, Delaware has many small and unique historical places and museums. Some things to check out would be:

In New Castle County:

• Buena Vista history.delaware.gov/conf_centers/bv
• City of New Castle Historical Society www.newcastlehistory.org/?
• Delaware Art Museum www.delart.org
• Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts www.thedcca.org
• Delaware Historical Society www.hsd.org
• Delaware Museum of Natural History www.delmnh.org
• Delaware Sports Museum & Hall of Fame www.desports.org
• Gardens at DE Center for Horticulture www.dehort.org
• Greenbank Mill and Philips Farm www.greenbankmill.org/index.html
• Hagley Museum & Library www.hagley.lib.de.us
• Historic Houses of Odessa www.historicodessa.org
• Iron Hill Museum www.ironhillmuseum.org
• New Castle Court House Museum history.delaware.gov/museums/ncch/ncch_main.shtml
• Old Swedes Church & Hendrickson House Museum www.oldswedes.org
• Rockwood Park www.co.new-castle.de.us/Rockwood/home/webpage1.asp
• Winterthur Museum & Country Estate www.winterthur.org

In Kent County:

• Air Mobility Command Museum www.amcmuseum.org
• Biggs Museum of American Art www.biggsmuseum.org
• Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook
• Delaware Agricultural Museum & Village www.agriculturalmuseum.org
• Delaware Archaeology Museum history.delaware.gov/museums/dam/dam_main.shtml
• Delaware Public Archives archives.delaware.gov
• Delaware State Police Museum www.delawaretrooper.com/museum/index.html
• Delaware Visitor Center and Galleries history.delaware.gov/museums/vc/vc_main.shtml
• First State Heritage Park at Dover www.destateparks.com/heritagepark
• John Dickinson Plantation history.delaware.gov/museums/jdp/jdp_main.shtml
• Johnson Victrola Museum history.delaware.gov/museums/jvm/jvm_main.shtml
• Monster Racing Excitement www.monsterracing.com
• Museum of Small Town Life history.delaware.gov/museums/stl/stl_main.shtml
• Old State House history.delaware.gov/museums/sh/sh_main.shtml
• Parson Thorne Museum www.destateparks.com/greenway/trailguides/autotour/side/sidetrip.htm.

In Sussex County:

• Abbott's Mill Nature Center www.delawarenaturesociety.org/abbotts/index.html
• DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum www.discoversea.com
• Georgetown Train Station Museum www.georgetowntrainstation.org/index.htm
• Lewes Historical Society Complex www.historiclewes.org
• Laurel Historical Society www.laurelhistoricalsociety.com
• Milford Museum www.downtownmilford.org/milford_museum.html
• Nassau Valley Vineyards www.nassauvalley.com
• Nutter Marvel Carriage Museum www.georgetownde.com/nutterd.html
• Old Courthouse – Georgetown www.georgetownde.com/gorgtour.html
• Overfalls Lightship Museum www.overfalls.org
• Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge www.fws.gov/northeast/primehook
• Seaford Historical Society Plantation & Museum www.seafordhistoricalsociety.com
• Treasures of the Sea Exhibit www.treasuresofthesea.org
• Zwaanendael Museum history.delaware.gov/museums/zm/zm_main.shtml.