Cape Henlopen State Park is located in Lewes, Delaware. It is on the point where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean. The park offers a unique combination of a coastal environment encompassing ocean and bay beaches, maritime forests and tidal salt marshes, with cultural history in the form of Fort Miles. The fort was a United States Army World War II installation. It was built to protect domestic shipping and the vital centres of Philadelphia and Wilmington from potential German enemy fire. Continue reading Cape Henlopen State Park
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Huntington Beach State Park
Huntington Beach State Park is located along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean near Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. Continue reading Huntington Beach State Park
Edisto Beach State Park
Edisto Beach State Park is located on Edisto Island about an hour southwest of Charleston, in South Carolina. It is one of the oldest parks in the state. The park sits at the edge of the ACE Basin, the largest natural reserve on the East Coast. Trails wind through a maritime forest featuring Palmetto trees and salt marshes fed by tidal creeks. More than 1250 acres of coastal habitat are protected. And though it is the quiet child in the state’s family of four oceanfront parks, (Edisto doesn’t get the attention of Myrtle Beach, Hunting Island or Huntington Beach) it should not be overlooked. Continue reading Edisto Beach State Park
First Landing State Park
First Landing State Park is located on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park is an American National Park located near Bar Harbor on the Atlantic coast in Maine.