![](https://abbyventure.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6883/2019/03/Dover_Fireworks-1.jpg)
Fourth of July fireworks as seen from the Green in Downtown Dover.
When I first moved to Delaware, someone literally said to me: “There is nothing in Delaware”.
I’ve lived in Delaware for 3 years now, and that person couldn’t have been more wrong! There is SO much to do in this little state.
I polled my Instagram followers on their must-do Delaware bucket list items, and combined those suggestions with my own to create the ultimate Delaware Bucket List. Here are 100 of what I believe to be the best adventures in all of Delaware.
- Watch a sunset from The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park.
- See the Cherry Blossoms at Brandywine Park in Wilmington.
- Hike the Walking Dunes Trail at Cape Henlopen State Park.
![](https://abbyventure.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6883/2019/03/CHSP_WalkingDunes-1.jpg)
Walking Dunes Trail at Cape Henlopen State Park.
- Pick your own fruit at Fifer’s Orchard.
- Experience horseshoe crab spawning season on a Bay beach.
- Go birding at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge or Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge.
- Visit the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, especially in the summer when they have open cockpit days.
- Go to the Wilmington Flower Market Festival in Rockford Park.
- Attend the Delaware Goes to War reenactment event at Fort Miles.
- Visit Fort Delaware.
![](https://abbyventure.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6883/2019/03/FDSP-ALS-2018-1-of-14.jpg)
Living history at Fort Delaware State Park.
- Take the Cape May Lewes Ferry across the Bay to Cape May.
- Watch 4th of July fireworks from the beach in Rehoboth or the Green in Dover.
- Tour Dogfish Head Brewery.
- Hike through Blackbird State Forest, especially at sunrise.
![](https://abbyventure.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6883/2019/03/blackbird-6.jpg)
Blackbird State Forest in Smyrna, Delaware
- Take a walk on the Rehoboth boardwalk.
- Catch a sunrise over the ocean.
- Bike the Gordons Pond trail at Cape Henlopen State Park.
- Kayak through the baldcypress trees at Trap Pond State Park.
![](https://abbyventure.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6883/2019/03/TPSP-Kayak-5.jpg)
Kayaking at Trap Pond State Park.
- Go hiking and mountain biking at White Clay Creek State Park.
- Try rock climbing at Alapocas Run State Park.
- Go zip-lining at Go Ape Treetop Adventure in Lums Pond State Park.
- Tour the Nemours Estate.
- Spend a day at Firefly music festival.
- Go to Steamin’ Days at Auburn Valley State Park to experience the magic age of steam.
![](https://abbyventure.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6883/2019/03/Auburn-Heights-.jpg)
Tour the mansion at Auburn Valley State Park.
- Visit the Brandywine Zoo.
- Check out the Delaware Natural History Museum.
- Tour the historic Indian River Life-Saving Station at Delaware Seashore State Park.
- Take a boat ride on the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal.
- Watch a movie on the beach during the summer in Dewey or Bethany.
- Go to the annual Great Delaware Kite Festival on Good Friday at Cape Henlopen State Park.
- Hike the Burton Island Trail at Delaware Seashore State Park.
- Stroll through downtown Lewes.
- Go to the Sea Witch Festival in Rehoboth.
- Spend a day at the Delaware State Fair.
![](https://abbyventure.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6883/2019/03/20180727-204852-Fair.jpg)
Carnival Rides at the Delaware State Fair.
- Visit the Jazz Festival in Wilmington.
- Take a ride on the Wilmington & Western Railroad.
- Walk through the mansion and gardens at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.
- Shop at the Lewes or Rehoboth farmer’s markets.
- Take part in an archeology program with the Delaware State Parks Time Travelers program.
- See a Nascar Race at the Dover International Speedway
- Go to the Apple Scrapple Festival in Bridgeville.
- Take a free tour of the John Dickinson Plantation in Dover.
![](https://abbyventure.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6883/2019/03/20171104-143728-TOURISM.jpg)
Take a free tour of the John Dickinson Plantation in Dover.
- Kayak Killens Pond.
- Walk down Milford’s riverwalk.
- Go ice skating at the outdoor rink in Wilmington or Lewes (during the holidays).
- Hike across the Indian River Inlet Bridge.
- Climb the WWII observation tower at Cape Henlopen State Park.
- Take a free walking tour of Dover’s First State Heritage Park.
- Walk through Old New Castle.
- Take a tour of Bellevue Hall at Bellevue State Park.
- Go camping at Cape Henlopen, Trap Pond, or Killens Pond.
- See the gardens at Mt. Cuba Center.
- Walk around Port Mahon.
![](https://abbyventure.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6883/2019/03/Mahon-me-2-of-1.jpg)
Walk on the pier at Port Mahon in Kent County.
- Visit the nature center at Cape Henlopen State Park to see fish tanks and a touch tank.
- Go tubing down the Brandywine River.
- Kayak at Lums Pond State Park.
- Visit the Hagley Museum.
- Go to Dover’s annual Dover Days festival.
- Hike around Abbott’s Mill Nature Center.
- See a concert at Bottle and Cork in Dewey.
- Go to the peach festival in Camden-Wyoming.
- Hike/bike the C&D Canal Trail.
- Bike the Junction Breakwater Trail in Lewes/Rehoboth.
- Walk down the boardwalk in Bethany Beach.
- Hike Blackbird Creek Reserve.
- Kayak the inland bays at Delaware Seashore State Park.
- Hike the Hidden Pond Trail at Brandywine Creek State Park.
- Visit the Delaware Art Museum.
- See Big Stone Beach, Kitts Hummock, and Cape Henlopen State Park at low tide.
![](https://abbyventure.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6883/2019/03/20171025-180940-KH-orange-1.jpg)
Low tide at Kitts Hummock Beach in Dover.
- Go on the bayside of Cape Henlopen State Park at night and look for ghost crabs.
- See fall foliage at Killens Pond, Lums Pond, or Trap Pond state parks.
- Spend a day at the beach and go swimming in the ocean.
- Drive out in rural areas of Delaware during the winter and look for huge flocks of snow geese.
- Tour Legislative Hall in Dover.
- Walk through the University of Delaware in Newark.
- Kayak on the Delaware Bay at Cape Henlopen State Park.
- Visit the Johnson Victrola Museum in Dover.
- Take a Battery 519 Tour at Fort Miles.
- Visit Lewes during the Tulip Celebration.
- See the Newark Reservoir.
- Go out on a boat, whether that’s with Cape Water Taxi, a charter boat, or with Delmarva Birding Weekends.
- Hike the entirety of The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park in the winter.
- Go to the sandcastle contest at Delaware Seashore State Park or Rehoboth.
![](https://abbyventure.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6883/2019/03/DSSP_Sandcastle_2017-1.jpg)
Sandcastle contest at Delaware Seashore State Park.
- Climb Rockford Tower at Rockford Park.
- See the Indian River Inlet Bridge lit up blue at night.
- Tour the Lightship Overfalls in Lewes.
- Take a ride on the Kalmar Nyckel.
- Visit the Zwaanendael Museum in Lewes.
- See the Fenwick Island Lighthouse.
- Visit Rockwood Park.
- Visit the Discoversea Shipwreck Museum in Fenwick Island.
- Hike the Prickly Pear Trail in the Fresh Pond area of Delaware Seashore State Park
- Visit the DuPont Nature Center.
- Attend one of the First Day Hikes offered by Delaware State Parks on January 1 every year.
- Drive on the beach with someone who has a surf fishing permit!
- Look for seals on the beach during the winter. You can also take a birding cruise with Delmarva Birding Weekends where you will likely see seals.
- Go to the Killens Pond Waterpark.
- Visit the DuPont Environmental Education Center.
- Go to the Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover.
- Attend the 18th Century Market Day Fair at First State Heritage Park in Dover.
![](https://abbyventure.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6883/2019/03/Market-Fair-Senora-full-res-1-of-1.jpg)
18th Century Market Fair at First State heritage Park in Dover.
What are your favorite bucket list adventures in Delaware?