Wilmington State Parks

Wilmington State Parks
Delaware State Park
Brandywine Creek in Brandywine Park near downtown Wilmington looking downstream.
Named for: Wilmington, Delaware
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	New Castle
Elevation	100 ft (30.5 m)
Coordinates	39°45′18″N 75°33′0″W / 39.75500°N 75.55000°W / 39.75500; -75.55000Coordinates: 39°45′18″N 75°33′0″W / 39.75500°N 75.55000°W / 39.75500; -75.55000
Founded	1998
Management	Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Location of the Wilmington State Parks in Delaware
Website: Wilmington State Parks

Wilmington State Parks is a state park located in Wilmington, Delaware. Open year round, the park is approximately 345 acres (140 ha) of land mostly situated along the Brandywine Creek. The state park is made up of a group of smaller parks that are administratively managed as a single unit.

Although much of the land comprising Wilmington State Parks is owned by the city of Wilmington, the park is operated and maintained by the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation, a branch of the state's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. The state park was created in 1998 when the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation assumed management responsibilities, though the individual parks are much older, with the oldest dating back to 1886.

There are numerous statues, monuments, and memorials in Wilmington State Parks, including war memorials as well as statues and memorials to historically significant Wilmingtonians such as Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, U.S. Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard, conservationist William Poole Bancroft, and shipbuilder William H. Todd. There is also a memorial to President William McKinley and a memorial bridge dedicated to George Washington near a parade ground where the general reviewed his troops during the Revolutionary War.

Admission to the parks is free, with the exception of admittance to the zoo.

Wilmington State Parks consists of four smaller parks. Three of them are along the Brandywine and are connected to one another: Brandywine Park, Rockford Park, and H. Fletcher Brown Park. The fourth, the Hobbs Tract, is located about four miles away in Greenville.