Cape Henlopen State Park
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A Delaware state park of about 5200 acres, set aside for public use by William Penn in 1682.
A large portion of the site was taken over by the Army and named Fort Miles. It served during World War I and World War II as a key part of the seacoast defenses of the Delaware Bay.
Two 6-inch gun batteries (along with an additional battery on Cape May), a 12-inch gun battery, a 16-inch gun battery and temporary rail batteries effectively secured the bay from any foreign naval incursion during World War II.
The state has invested a serious amount of time and money in making sure that Fort Miles is the best example of a World War II coast defense fort in the eastern United States. Numerous stabilization and rehabilitation projects have been undertaken in the last few years.
A Delaware state park of about 5200 acres, set aside for public use by William Penn in 1682.
A large portion of the site was taken over by the Army and named Fort Miles. It served during World War I and World War II as a key part of the seacoast defenses of the Delaware Bay.
Two 6-inch gun batteries (along with an additional battery on Cape May), a 12-inch gun battery, a 16-inch gun battery and temporary rail batteries effectively secured the bay from any foreign naval incursion during World War II.
The state has invested a serious amount of time and money in making sure that Fort Miles is the best example of a World War II coast defense fort in the eastern United States. Numerous stabilization and rehabilitation projects have been undertaken in the last few years.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Henlopen_State_Park
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Coordinates: 38°45'42"N 75°6'22"W
- Delaware Seashore State Park 9 km
- Redden State Forest 33 km
- Trap Pond State Park 42 km
- Assateague Island National Seashore 55 km
- Assateague State Park 58 km
- Pocomoke River State Forest 76 km
- Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge 86 km
- Janes Island State Park 106 km
- Mockhorn Island State Wildlife Management Area 178 km
- Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge 242 km
- The Great Dune 1 km
- Wolfe Runne 1.5 km
- Gordon's Pond 2 km
- Breakwater 2.6 km
- Barracks (Enlisted Men and Officers) - Fort Miles 2.8 km
- Cadbury at Lewes 3.1 km
- Cape Henlopen (aka "The Pont") 4.5 km
- Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred 8 km
- Sussex County, Delaware 25 km
- Delaware Bay 40 km