DNREC to reopen The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park

LEWES — The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will reopen a stretch of oceanside beach at The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park on Sept. 1.

The Point’s bayside beach will remain closed until Oct. 1 for use by shorebirds migrating south for the winter.

The DNREC Divisions of Parks and Recreation, Fish and Wildlife, and Watershed Stewardship have worked together since 1990 to implement a management plan to increase beach-nester and migratory shorebird populations.

Thus far in 2024, 24 species of shorebirds, ten species of terns including the federally threatened roseate tern, and seven species of gull are among those observed at The Point.