Holts Landing State Park

Holts Landing State Park is a 203-acre (82 ha) Delaware state park northwest of Bethany Beach, Sussex County, Delaware, USA. Prior to becoming a state park, the land of Holts Landing State Park was the Holt family farm. The Holts sold the land to the state of Delaware in 1957, and Holts Landing State Park was opened to the public in 1965. The park is on the southern shore of Indian River Bay. Holts Landing State Park is open for year-round recreation and features the only pier on the east coast of Delaware that has been purpose-built for crabbing, the recreational harvesting of blue crabs.

The park has bay coast grass, grassy fields, hardwood woods, tiny ponds, a variety of birds and animals, picnic spaces, a boat port, and a range of other amenities. The Holt family kept it as a small farm by the time they sold it to the Delaware transportation department in 1957. When the area was handed over to the Delaware State Park Commission in 1965, it became Holts Landing State Park. The nearby Assawoman Canal is also part of Holts Landing. The 97-acre, 3-mile canal connects Indian River Bay with Little Assawoman Bay to the south. The canal was originally dug by hand in the 1890s. At one time, the shallow canal was part of the Intracoastal Waterway System.

Tripadvisor rating: 4.5/5

Address: Holts Landing Road Park office at 39415 Inlet Rd., Rehoboth Beach, Dagsboro, DE 19939, United States

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