Event
WHEN:
DATE: 12/27/2022
TIME: 9:00am-12:30pm (Prompt start, estimated end.)
MILEAGE: 6-7 miles
DATE: 12/27/2022
TIME: 9:00am-12:30pm (Prompt start, estimated end.)
MILEAGE: 6-7 miles
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION: (Wear appropriate clothing & bring water! Below are some special instructions: what to bring, relative difficulties, interesting features, and carpooling directions.)
This hike is rescheduled from Sunday November 27, cancelled due to rain. Hike will be on flat paved roads except for 2 side trails, one on a boardwalk, and one in wooded area with dirt path. You might want to bring binoculars for bird and wildlife sightings. There will be a lunch option after the hike at Bella Villa restaurant in Smyrna which is just off Rte. 13 on the way north.
Location
WHERE:
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge – Visitors’ Center
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge – Visitors’ Center
EXACT COORDINATES:
39.259597, -75.473822
39.259597, -75.473822
NEAREST ADDRESS:
2591 Whitehall Neck Rd
Smyrna, DE 19977
2591 Whitehall Neck Rd
Smyrna, DE 19977
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WRITTEN DIRECTIONS:
From the intersection of DE-13 where it joins DE-1 South (toll road) to first Smyrna exit 114A. Or to avoid toll, exit DE-1 from the Roth Bridge onto DE-13 South. Follow DE-13 South through Smyrna passing DE-6. After passing a cemetery on left, make a left turn at the light onto Leipsic-Smyrna Rd. Follow this road which eventually merges with DE-9 South. Shortly after the merge, look for a brown sign for Bombay Hook on right and Whitehall Rd on the left. Turn left and travel 2.2 mi to the entrance to the Refuge.
LOCATION NOTES:
This is an almost 16,000 acre National Wildlife Refuge! Free parking is just before the Visitor Center. (There is a fee of $4 or a National Park Pass, to drive through the park.)
