Despite its compact size Delaware offers a fine assortment of State and County Parks. Combined, there are 167 parks in the state of Delaware. Geocaching can and does take place in just about all of them!

This section of the Delaware Geocachers Web site consists of 5 pages.

This main page contains many links to external information sources. Links can be identified by the blue underlined words. Clicking on any of the words will take you off of the geocachingde.com site and display the web page of the external data source. To return to geocachingde.com, use your browser's back button.

Over in the menu on the left side of this page 4 sub section titles have appeared. The first alerts you to some dangers you might face throughout Delaware. The other three are listings of the parks found in Delaware's three counties and the caches you can discover in them.

Delaware's 14 State Parks are administered by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources - Division of Parks and Recreation. Delaware's 153 County Parks are administered by the various county governments.

The State of Delaware has established guidelines for those placing and seeking geocaches on State Park Lands. Note: this site also contains links to the policy statement and the application form. These are pdf files which will download to your computer. Links to those two documents are also provided in the Links section of geocachingde.com

The State of Delaware charges an admission fee for park use from May to October. Season passes are available from the state. Hunting is permitted in State Parks. This listing details the type of hunting, the parks that participate and the dates when this type of hunting is permitted. Given the stealthy nature of the sport of Geocaching, Geocachers are warned to use extreme caution when geocaching in a Park during hunting season. Wearing some article of clothing that is bright orange is highly recommended. And it might be a good idea to make a lot of "people" noises as you move through and forested areas.

New Castle County provides and maintains 98 parks. Their web site explains their park use policies. Information about each of these parks is available from Place Names.com

Kent County provides and maintains 28 parks. Their web site explains their park use policies. Information about each of these parks is available from Place Names.com

Sussex County provides 27 parks. While their web site does not give details on park policies, it does provide a means for contacting county officials. . Information about each of these parks is available from Place Names.com

Fish and Wildlife Lands In addition to the State Park system Delaware also has set aside lands as preserves for Fish and Wildlife. Placing geocachings on these lands has been popular. As our sport becomes more main stream this has become a safety issue as these lands are also hunting areas from October 1 through February 1. As of 2008 the State of Delaware is now requiring any geocachers who wish to place a geocache on Fish and Wildlife Lands to obtain a free permit before placing any cache. Additionally the Fish and Wildlife Department asks that geocachers include a warning in their site description letting potential finders know that geocaching activity should be limited to Sundays only from October 1 through February 1. A letter from Robert Gano, explains this requirement. The permit forms are available in the Resource section of this web site as a PDF downloadable file.

Cache In - Trash Out
Delaware Geocacher's urges all geocacher to practice the principles of Cache In- Trash Out. For those not familiar with this term it basically means that participating in geocaching activities should result in improving the environment. While it is expected that Geocachers will not leave trash in a geocache area, it goes beyond that. Geocachers strive to be good environmental stewards. Take along a plastic bag or two when you geocache. Collect any trash you might find along the way. Help improve the area.

This is especially important when geocaching in Delaware's parks. State and county governments are struggling with limited budgets. They are a bit leery of having large numbers of people poking around in the parks. Since geocaching is still a rather new sport, they are not sure what to expect. Through the practice of Cache In - Trash Out, we can be setting a good example while helping those who provide and maintain these beautiful parks. The Delaware Geocachers have joined the "Adopt A Highway" program by adopting Red Lion Road near Lum's Pond State Park and the C&D Wildlife Area.