Fenwick Island State Park

Fenwick Island State Park is one place on Fenwick Island, Delaware for entertainment and recreation. The park is 344 acres running between Ocean City Maryland and Bethany Beach Delaware. Bethany Beach and Fenwick are part of Sussex County. The park was part of the Delaware Seashore State Park in 1966; however, in 1981 the park became independent.

Today the park is really just a narrow strip of land that runs between the Atlantic Ocean and Little Assawoman bay. It is mostly undeveloped when compared to other beach areas nearby. The park is open year round from 8am to sunset.

The island of Fenwick was named for Thomas Fenwick, a planter from York England. He received land grants to live on Fenwick Island. The land area that the state park inhabits was important to the prominence of Delaware since it was close to the water and shipping lanes. The harbors of Little Assawoman Bay were actually used by pirates as a safe haven for 100 years. They would raid passing ships using Cedar Island as their base.

Fenwick Island is also underdeveloped considering the areas around it mostly because it is only 3 miles wide. Thus the state park covers most of it.