Cape Henlopen State Park
The Cape Henlopen State Park is a State Park in Sussex County , Delaware , on the Atlantic coast of the United States . It was named after Cape Henlopen , the southernmost tip of the Delaware Bay. The 2,102 hectare park was established in 1682 by William Penn as the first so-called public land of the later United States.
On the cape is Fort Miles, a military fort from World War II . The fort protected the entrance to Delaware Bay . The cape forms the beginning of the American Discovery Trail .
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Coordinates: 38 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ N , 75 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ W.