African Union Church Cemetery
Historic cemetery that served the residents of Polktown, one of the state’s earliest free black settlements. Includes graves of US Colored Troops veterans.
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Historic cemetery that served the residents of Polktown, one of the state’s earliest free black settlements. Includes graves of US Colored Troops veterans.
The oldest surviving church building in the United States built by and for Methodists. Features a Methodist Chapel from the 1700’s, a museum, and Cemetery.
This historic canal connecting the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays can be viewed from the Delaware Bayshore Byway. In Delaware City view an original lock.
Located in Historic Odessa, the library is housed in an attractive stone building and features a children’s area and the Delmarva historical archive.
Situated on Pea Patch Island in the middle of the Delaware River, Fort Delaware was initially constructed in the mid-1800s to protect Wilmington and Philadelphia from enemy attack.
Fort DuPont is located near Delaware City and offers trails, military building and barracks, as well as picnic and boat launch facilities.
Fowler Beach, located in the heart of Delaware’s Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, is a nature preserve for shoreside flora and fauna.
The Historic Odessa Foundation offers unique tours of historic houses, grounds and gardens, and a beautiful museum collection in Odessa, Delaware.
1,443-acre park featuring camping, boating, hiking, fishing, paddleboats, a water park & more, centered on a 66-acre mill pond near Frederica, Delaware.
Explore this old school house that’s been converted into a museum. Get glimpse into village life in an economy tied to the resources of the Delaware River.
The trail includes a boardwalk and an actual “Floating Fishing Cabin,” used by fishermen of Port Penn in the recent past.
Delaware Greenways extends its thanks to the Delaware Department of Transportation, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Delaware Tourism Office for their generous support in the development of the Delaware Bayshore Byway website.
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