Delaware - Southern Region Attractions

Visitors to Carriage Place Clydesdale Farm can tour the barn and carriage room, pet horses as well as take carriage, trolley or wagon rides.

Delaware Bay, over 50 mi. long and up to 30 mi. across, is the estuary of the 280 mi. long Delaware River, which flows down from the Catskill Mountains.

The 1929 Delmar Caboose is a museum of railroad artifacts that date from the 1800s.

The Highball Signal was used to indicate the condition of the railroad track and to control train movements by raising and lowering a large white ball.

The DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum opened in 1995 on Fenwick Island. Maritime heritage of the area through local shipwreck history and a collection of shipwreck artifacts are on display from a collection of shipwrecks in the mid-Atlantic.

Laurel is a small town, population 3,600, that is popular for fishing, cycling, skydiving, and boating.

Old Christ Church was established in 1770 on the banks of Chipman's Pond. It has never had plumbing, heating or electricity.

Trap Pond State Park, one of Delaware's first state parks, began in 1951. The pond itself was created in the late 1700's to power a sawmill. There are over 100 species of birds, camping sites, hiking opportunities, and 3,000 acres of virgin forest.

Nanticoke Indian Museum is housed in a restored one-room community schoolhouse that closed in 1964. The museum displays local pottery, arrowheads, spear points and clothing of the only remaining American Indian tribe in Delaware.

The Edward H. McCabe Preserve is home to an array of wildlife and birds as well as diverse habitat. Tidal marshes, upland forests and Atlantic white cedar swamp provide the habitat for many rare plants.