Delaware Vacations Travel Guide

General Information

Baby Equipment Rentals - companies in Delaware that rent baby gear and equipment including car seats, strollers, cribs and more.

Delaware Office of Tourism - things to do, places to stay, maps, calendar of events and more.

Zoos

Brandywine Zoo
1001 North Park Dr
Wilmington, Delaware 19702
Phone: (302) 571-7850
Delaware's only zoo is located in Wilmington, Delaware in the middle of the 180 acres of Brandywine Park across from the Brandywine River. The zoo itself covers 12 acres of land with a wonderful exhibit of animals and all kinds of family programs.

National Parks

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Museums

Air Mobility Command Museum
1301 Heritage Road
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware 19902
Phone: (302) 677-5938
The Air Mobility Command Museum, located in Hangar 1301 on Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, houses some of the most unique and distinguished military flying machines of the past 50+ years. Stand in the bomb bay of the B-17, gape at the gargantuan C-5 transport, examine the combat scars of the C-47, along with the many thousands of other artifacts on display that chronicle the history of the Dover base and Military Airlift.

Discover Sea Shipwreck Museum
708 Ocean Highway (2nd Floor)
Fenwick Island, Delaware 19944
Phone: (888) 743-5524
Discover hundreds of artifacts recovered from Delmarva's shipwrecks and colonial past.

Delaware Museum of Natural History
4840 Kennett Pike
Wilmington, Delaware 19807
Phone: (302) 658 - 9111

Delaware Toy & Miniature Museum
Route 141
Wilmington, Delaware
Phone: (302) 427-TOYS(8697)
Antique and contemporary dollhouses, miniatures and sample furniture as well as dolls, toys, trains, boats, and planes, both European and American, from the 18th to 20th centuries.

Theme Parks, Amusement Parks & Water Parks

Killens Pond Water Park
5025 Killens Pond Rd
Felton, Delaware 19943
Phone: 302-284-4526; 302-284-3412 - camping
From the Mushroom Fountain to the adventure-filled Floating Lily Pad Fun Walk, the pool's exciting interactive water features give visitors of all ages plenty of reasons to head for the park. Bubblers, ground water jets, small slides, and a pool-side waterplay system give smaller visitors lots of fun ways to enjoy a warm summer's day. The tot pool and tot lot are especially designed for younger swimmers.

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Family Activities

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Summer - Family Vacation Hot Spots (Beaches, Lakes, etc.)

Bethany Beach - part of the Quiet Resorts, a seven-mile stretch of sandy, Atlantic ocean beaches in the southeastern corner of Delaware that also includes South Bethany and Fenwick Island.  Guarded by its famous totem pole, Bethany Beach's ocean beaches offer many recreational opportunities, including swimming, fishing, surfing and boogey board and raft riding. The water is warm enough to swim in from late May through early October (some even take a dip in January!).

Dewey Beach - south of Rehoboth and straddles both sides of Route 1, with the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Rehoboth Bay to the west.  The ocean is a haven for swimming, surf fishing, skim boarding, beachcombing and just plain relaxing. Sailing, windsurfing, jet skiing, water skiing, boating and fishing are just a few of the recreational opportunities available on the bay.  Accommodations range from cottages to motels.

Rehoboth - The largest of Delaware's Atlantic resorts.  Fishing, swimming, basketball and volleyball, beachcombing and strolling the mile-long boardwalk are just a few of the activities on the beach in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  Off the beach, Rehoboth Beach offers bandstand concerts, a convention center, shops of all kinds, outlet shopping, restaurants, amusements, and an exciting nightlife.

Zoos, Museums, National Parks & Amusement, Water Parks listed above.

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Winter - Family Vacation Hot Spots (Ski Resorts, etc.)

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Helpful websites and services

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