The beach at Cape Henlopen in Delaware offers camping surf, salt air and sun for those who do not mind a little sand in his sleeping bag.

That's what happens Camping beach. The sand. Just ignore the fact that it tends to seep into almost everything.

The campsite can be a little tight to the point where you will find the tent to tent with campers next door. If possible, choose one of the campsites (see map of the field) that are side by side instead of back to back with the neighbors. The bathrooms may become a hike from out there, but you will have a better camping experience. The campsite is open from May to October.

The RV sites are just parking spots along the paved road camp, very easy to enter and exit, even if they do not have a pleasant environment or no privacy. However, then get your very own sand camping as their front yard.

There are so many things to do in Cape Henlopen, or can just as easily choose to do nothing, but simply bread on the beach. First, is a picturesque destination full of sand and sky, interspersed with forests Beachy well pines (Japanese black pine, if you want to be specific).

Cape Henlopen State Park has opened paths for walking and cycling, in addition to loans free bike if I want to go for a walk. You can borrow the bikes in the middle of nature, which is a good place to get a handle on the ecology of a coastal area. There is a large spring of salt water fishing with a well stocked bait shop and snack bar, but you need a fishing license for $ 20 if you are over 16. Is very inconvenient for some reason the bait shop does not sell fishing licenses so you have to drive back to town. In the summer, the beach, state park is very popular. It has a nice bathhouse and snack bar as well as easy access to the beach via a boardwalk.

The state park staff offers many activities for families, from hayrides to the fall of wading explorations of the tidal flats.

Camping at Cape Henlopen State Park, also will through quite a bit of history. The picturesque town of Lewes is about shops and old houses dating from the late 1700s, including Cannonball House which was hit by the bombing of the Royal Navy during the War of 1812. Pirates like Blackbeard frequented the area, and rumors persist that he and his filibusters a treasure buried in the dunes. The landscape and legends of pirates have inspired many artists, the most famous of which is NC Wyeth and Howard Pyle, who used the area of Cape Henlopen as a model for many of his iconic works from pirates.

Cape Henlopen State Park itself is located on land that was once Fort Miles, a database of World War II used to protect the entrance to Delaware Bay Uboat German attacks. The submarine watch towers still standing, as troop barracks and bunkers massive arms, all of which are open to the public. If you're lucky, the volunteers serving as World War II reenactors will be present to explain what it was to be stationed at Fort Miles and protect the port of Philadelphia, the German attack.

The park is maintained in part by the Friends of Cape Henlopen working for do those little extras for the park that complements the efforts of state employees.

There are a couple of drawbacks to camp at Cape Henlopen State Park. One is the price – we paid $ 72 for a stay of two nights at our camp. That's on top of the tent camping. The main drawback of other was the squat, the state of the bathrooms dirty camp. There would be no other way to describe the facilities but suspects call disgusting and dirty, the plumbing does not work, backed up toilets and moldy conditions. These baths are long for the renovation and cleaning staff does not seem to work on weekends. It's a little disconcerting, because the rest of the state park is so well maintained, but the camp facilities have been forgotten despite the relatively high rate of camping.

We do not want to end this article with a sour note, because we love Camping Cape Henlopen. On a recent trip, the tide was on the side of the bay near the fishing pier. We lay on the beach, and watched the children explore the piles and in the shallows, finding crabs and shells. Further, the Cape Henlopen lighthouse was awake and Cape May ferry slipped as he started his crossing of the Delaware Bay. All the worries of the world melted away and we realized that gold was not the only treasure is located at Cape Henlopen State Park.

Ian Fitzell is the editor of Camping Sky, a blog dedicated to upscale family camping. Visit http://campingsky.net

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