Nanticoke Wildlife Area
Nanticoke Wildlife Area is a state wildlife area located in Sussex County, Delaware, along the Nanticoke River and Broad Creek, near to Seaford, Delaware, and Bethel, Delaware. There is a monument commemorating Captain John Smith's journey into the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries at Phillips Landing along Broad Creek, a tributary of the Nanticoke River in Delaware.[1] It is made up of three large land tracts totaling 4,510 acres (1,825 ha), it is managed by Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife.[2] The area also holds one of the few Delmarva fox squirrel populations within Delaware, along with controlled populations in Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge and Assawoman Wildlife Area.[3]
38°35′N 75°40′W / 38.583°N 75.667°W / 38.583; -75.667
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- Assawoman
- Augustine
- Blackiston
- C&D Canal
- Cedar Swamp
- Eagles Nest
- Industrial Forest Lands
- Little Creek
- Marshy Hope
- McGinnis Pond
- Midlands
- Milford Neck
- Nanticoke
- Norman G. Wilder
- Okie Preserve
- Old Furnace
- Prime Hook
- Tappahanna
- Ted Harvey
- Woodland Beach
- Iron Hill Park
- Middle Run Valley Natural Area