Accessibility

 
Brandywine Creek flowing over a dam.
Brandywine Creek flowing over a dam.

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Accessibility varies site to site so please call the number listed under the site name for specific questions or concerns. Braille brochures are available, upon request, at any of the park sites.


Brandywine Valley

Phone: (302) 478-2769

This site consists of more than 1,300 acres located on the border of Delaware and Pennsylvania. None of the trails or parking lots are accessible, but people can enjoy a nice drive through the park. If you are looking to stamp your passport the Brandywine Creek Nature Center is accessible. Please e-mail or call us if you have any specific questions or concerns.


Fort Christina

Fort Christina National Historical Landmark park is accessible but contains uneven flagstone that may cause problems with wheelchairs.


Old Swedes Church

606 N. Church Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

Phone: (302) 652-5629

The accessibility entrance to the site is along Church Street. To access this entrance, you will park in the stone parking lot. The entrance is located where the gate and the stone building connect. The entire area has limited wheelchair accessibility due to uneven ground and historic structures.


New Castle Court House

211 Delaware St., New Castle, DE.

Phone: (302) 323-4453

Only the first floor of the Court House is accessible through a side entrance.


The Green, Dover

121 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Dover, DE.

Phone: (302) 739-9194

The Green has a handicap sidewalk access along S. State Street. The entire sidewalk surrounding the outside of The Green is accessible but it The Green itself is not.


John Dickinson Plantation

340 Kitts Hummock Rd, Dover, DE 19901

Phone: (302) 739-3277

The John Dickinson Plantation visitor center and the first floor of the Poplar Hall are accessible. The surrounding outbuildings are accessible.

Last updated: May 6, 2021

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Contact Info

Mailing Address:

New Castle Court House Museum
Attn: First State NHP
211 Delaware Street

New Castle, DE 19720

Phone:

302-478-2769
If you need to speak to a park ranger call our ranger station at (302-478-2769) and someone will return your call as soon as possible. For a more immediate response, please email the park at firststate@nps.gov.

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