Resting on a peninsula bordered by the Delaware River, Delaware Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean, and backed by dune-backed beaches, Delaware offers an array of outdoor and recreational activities and adventures. The state is home to an array of family-friendly state, national and regional parks that preserve local fauna and flora and offer camping for RV and tents, as well as overnight cabins and plenty of activities to enjoy from hiking and mountain biking to boating, fishing, and swimming.

Gulls Way Campground

Gulls Way Campground

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Set on the banks of the Pepper's Creek near the Indian River Bay, Gulls Way Campground is a seasonal campsite that offers modern campground facilities in a beautiful, untouched setting.

The pet-friendly campsite has spacious private sites for tents, RVs, and trailers with full water, electrical, and sewerage hookups, cable television, picnic tables, and fire pits.

Amenities at the campground include restrooms with hot showers and flushing toilets, drinking water, laundry services, dump stations, complimentary high-speed wireless Internet, and a camp store selling essentials.

Campsite facilities include two swimming pools, a boathouse, a fish cleaning station, a private marina, a recreation room, a children’s playground, and a gift shop.

30738 Gulls Way Drive, Dagsboro, DE 19939, Phone: 302-732-9629

Cape Henlopen State Park


Cape Henlopen State Park is a 5,193-acre park on Cape Henlopen in Sussex County that offers enjoyable outdoor and recreational activities for the whole family.

The park features several attractions including the Seaside Nature Center with aquarium tanks full of marine creatures, a live Osprey cam, and a wide selection of activities and programs for all ages; the Fort Miles Museum and Historical Area; and a campground set among pine-covered dunes with tent site and overnight cabins.

The park also features a 24-hour fishing pier, hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding trails, disc golf, kayak rentals, and camping.

The campsite features spacious private sites for tents, RVs, and trailers with full water, electrical, and sewerage hookups, cable television, picnic tables, and fire pits. Amenities at the campground include restrooms with hot showers and flushing toilets, drinking water, laundry services, dump stations, complimentary high-speed wireless Internet, and a camp store selling essentials.

15099 Cape Henlopen Dr, Lewes, DE 19958, Phone: 302-645-8983

Delaware Seashore State Park


The Delaware Seashore State Park is a large park that incorporates the Rehoboth and Indian River Bays, the iconic Indian River Inlet Bridge, and several beautiful beaches and is one of the state's most popular destinations for outdoor recreation. The park has several campgrounds that offer a variety of camping options from full hook-up RV campsites to tent-only camping sites, along with restrooms with hot showers and flushing toilets, drinking water, cable television, picnic tables, and fire pits. Park facilities include a full-service marina at the Indian River Marina offering charter boat experiences, two restaurants, and the historic Indian River Life-Saving Station.

25039 Coastal Hwy, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971, Phone: 302-227-2800

Killens Pond State Park, Delaware

Killens Pond State Park, Delaware

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Located in the heart of Kent County in Felton, the Killens Pond State Park is a picturesque park 15 miles south of Dover that offers an array of year-round recreational activities, including hiking, mountain biking, camping, boating, fishing, and picnicking. Established as a millpond in the late 1700s and later as a state park in 1965, Killens Pond State Park has a campsite that offers sites for tents with restrooms with hot showers and flushing toilets, drinking water, dump stations, complimentary high-speed wireless Internet, and a camp store. Park facilities include a water park, hiking trails, a nature center, and activities that include boating, fishing, horseshoes, disc golf, and picnicking.

5025 Killens Pond Rd, Felton, DE 19943, Phone: 302-284-4526

Lums Pond State Park


Lums Pond State Park is a 1,790-acre state park near Bear in New Castle County that is set around Lums Pond on St. Georges Creek and offers an array of recreational facilities from picnicking and camping to fishing and horseback riding. The campground offers sites for tents, RVs, and trailers, as well as equestrian campsites, all of which have full water, electrical, and sewerage hookups, picnic tables, and fire pits. Park facilities include ten miles of hiking trails, equestrian campsites, a nature center, a Go Ape! Zipline treetop adventure course, an equestrian center, boat ramps, and rentals.

1068 Howell School Rd, Bear, DE 19701, Phone: 302-368-6989

Trap Pond State Park, Delaware


Trap Pond State Park is a 3,653-acre state park near Laurel that is home to one of the last surviving areas of what was once a vast wetland with an abundance of fauna and flora. Today, the park features an extensive stand of bald cypress trees, as well as forests of hardwoods and hardwoods, beneath which the park’s campsite is situated. The campsite features spacious private sites for tents, RVs, and trailers with full water, electrical, and sewerage hookups, cable television, picnic tables, and fire pits. Amenities at the campground include restrooms with hot showers and flushing toilets, drinking water, laundry services, dump stations, complimentary high-speed wireless Internet, and a camp store selling essentials.

33587 Baldcypress Lane, Laurel, DE 19956, Phone: 302-875-5153

G & R Recreation Campground

G & R Recreation Campground

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Founded in 1997, the G & R Campground is a family-friendly year-round campsite with more than 300 sites for RVs, trailers, and tents, as well as cottages and a wealth of amenities and facilities. The campground offers daily, weekly, and seasonal RV sites with full water, electrical, and sewerage hookups, cable television, picnic tables, and fire pits. There are also primitive tent sites, and 16 cottages with air-conditioning and fully equipped kitchens, and modern restrooms with hot showers and flushing toilets, drinking water are dotted about the campground. Facilities include a 10,000 square-foot activity hall for private functions, a swimming pool, a children’s playground, a picnic area with pavilion, a basketball court, a volleyball court, and horseshoe pits.

4075 Gun and Rod Club Rd, Houston, DE 19954, Phone: 302-398-8108

Deep Branch Family Campground

Deep Branch Family Campground

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Set along the shallow stream known as Deep Branch that runs from Flaxhole Pond in the Primehook National Wildlife Refuge east of Milton, the Deep Branch Family Campground is a lovely family-friendly campground with open and wooded sites for RVs and tents, cozy overnight cabins, and modern amenities. Previously known as Eagle’s Nest Family Campground, the campground is situated within a few minutes of Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, as well as world-class restaurants and other entertainment. Amenities at the campground include restrooms with hot showers and flushing toilets, drinking water, laundry services, dump stations, complimentary high-speed wireless Internet, and a camp store selling essentials.

26633 Zion Church Rd, Milton, DE 19968, Phone: 302-684-4031

Pine Tree Campground, Delaware

Pine Tree Campground, Delaware

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Based in Oceanview, the Pine Tree Campground is a basic, family-friendly campsite with sites for tents, RVs, and trailers with full water, electrical, and sewerage hookups, picnic tables, and fire pits. Amenities at the campground include restrooms with hot showers and flushing toilets, drinking water, laundry services, dump stations, complimentary high-speed wireless Internet, and a camp store.

38452 Resort RV Cir #1, Ocean View, DE 19970, Phone: 302-539-7006

Tuckahoe Acres


Set on the banks of the Indian River Bay in Dagsboro, Tuckahoe Acres is a seasonal campground with over 500 shaded and open campsites with full hook-ups that can be rented on a nightly, weekly, monthly, or permanent seasonal basis. Situated a few miles from the coastline with easy access to the beach and the Atlantic Ocean, the campground features spacious private sites for tents, RVs, and trailers with full water, electrical, and sewerage hookups, cable television, picnic tables, and fire pits. Amenities at the campground include restrooms with hot showers and flushing toilets, drinking water, laundry services, dump stations, complimentary high-speed wireless Internet, and a camp store selling essentials.

36031 Tuckahoe Trail, Dagsboro, DE 19939, Phone: 302-539-1841

Historic Blueberry Farm

Historic Blueberry Farm

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Located within a short drive of Trap Pond State Park and the Assowoman Wildlife area, the historic 36-acre Blueberry Farm is ideally located for enjoying the areas most beautiful landscapes. Established over 60 years ago, the family-owned farm has a lovely campground with four sites for RVs, trailers, and tents, with picnic tables, charcoal grills, and fire pits and there are restrooms with flushing toilets, potable water, and showers. Bins are available for dumping the garbage.

Holly Lake Campsites, Delaware


Holly Lake Campsite is a family-owned campground in Millsboro and close to the beautiful beaches on the coast that offers hundreds of sites for RVs, trailers, and tents as well as 30 cozy overnight cabins. Nestled in the woods near some of Delaware’s popular beaches such as Dewey, Lewes, and Rehoboth, the campground offers spacious private sites for tents, RVs, and trailers with full water, electrical, and sewerage hookups, cable television, picnic tables, and fire pits. Fully equipped cabins have kitchens, living areas, and private bathrooms, and amenities at the campground include restrooms with hot showers and flushing toilets, drinking water, laundry services, dump stations, a games room, a swimming pool, a petting zoo, frisbee golf, a camp store selling essentials, and complimentary high-speed wireless Internet.

32087 Holly Lake Rd, Millsboro, DE 19966, Phone: 302-945-3410

Homestead Campground Camp, Delaware


Conveniently located within proximity of Cape Henlopen State Park, the Rehoboth boardwalk, and historic Lewes, the Homestead Campground features wooded and open-air sites for RVs, trailers, and tents, as well as five overnight cabins in a cozy woodland setting. The campsite offers full-service campsites with electric, water and sewerage hook-ups, primitive camping sites for pop-ups and tent camping, and has a spacious dog park for campers with dogs. Climate-controlled cabins have coffeemakers, minifridges, and private porches with charming views, and campground facilities include two swimming pools, a kid’s splash pad, a full basketball court, a batting cage, horseshoe pits, and a fishing pond and dock. There are also laundry facilities and a well-stocked camp store.

25165 Rd 254, Georgetown, DE 19947, Phone: 302-684-4278

Lost Lands RV Park

Lost Lands RV Park

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Lost Lands RV Park is an exclusively seasonal RV park on a secluded farm in the Fenwick Island / Ocean City beach area that offers a limited number of seasonal sites for RVs with full water, electrical, and sewerage hookups. Surrounded by peaceful pastoral farmlands with easy access to the beach, the campground has spacious sites offering privacy but still maintaining a friendly, community-like atmosphere. Park facilities include a swimming pool, nature trails, and winter storage, and pets are allowed.

37421 Bear Hole Rd, Selbyville, DE 19975, Phone: 302-242-8912

Tall Pines Campground Resort

Tall Pines Campground Resort

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Tucked amongst the Tall Pines of southern Delaware's lush, Loblolly Woods, Tall Pines Campground Resort is a friendly campground and resort that offers seasonal RV sites with full water, electrical, and sewerage hookups, picnic tables, charcoal grills, and fire pits. There are also primitive tent sites, and modern restrooms with hot showers and flushing toilets, drinking water are dotted about the campground. Resort amenities include a swimming pool, a fitness center, mini-golf, and a picnic pavilion.

29551 Persimmon Rd, Lewes, DE 19958, Phone: 302-684-0300

Treasure Beach RV Park & Campground

Treasure Beach RV Park & Campground

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Set on 100 acres of beautiful landscapes on the shores of Assawoman Bay, the Treasure Beach RV Park, and Campground is a vast resort with over 1,000 campsites equipped with water, electric, sewer, and cable television hook-ups. Boasting serene ocean views, campsites have access to modern restrooms with hot showers, washing facilities, drinking water, and flushing toilets, and other facilities at the campground include dump stations, two swimming pools, and a playground, splash pad and skate park for the kids. The campground has a wealth of recreational facilities and activities for campers to enjoy, including a well-stocked fishing lake, paddle-boating, golf carting, floodlit basketball courts, horseshoe pits, volleyball courts, and complimentary wireless Internet.

37291 Lighthouse Rd, Selbyville, DE 19975, Phone: 302-436-8001