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Hikes · Delaware

Best hikes in Delaware.

Delaware hiking is gentle — coastal dunes at Cape Henlopen, Piedmont woods, and a northern bald-cypress swamp.

Curated trails5
Distance range2–6 mi
Biggest climb400 ft
Difficulty4 easy · 1 moderate
TerrainDunes, Piedmont woods & swamp
Best seasonSpring–fall
Don’t missCape Henlopen (Gordons Pond)

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5 hikes worth the detour.

Sorted easy to expert. Every one mapped with distance, route type, and elevation gain — built for everyone from the RV & camping crew to the bucket-list crowd.

Brandywine Creek

Easy · 2 mi · Loop · 200 ft

tulip-poplar woods and old stone walls

Killens Pond

Easy · 2.7 mi · Loop · 50 ft

a quiet pond-side nature loop

Trap Pond

Easy · 4.6 mi · Loop · 50 ft

the northernmost bald-cypress swamp

Cape Henlopen (Gordons Pond)

Easy · 5.2 mi · Loop · 50 ft

a dune-and-marsh loop by the sea

White Clay Creek

Moderate · 6 mi · Loop · 400 ft

rolling Piedmont woods near Newark

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