Parks · Kent County

Killens Pond

Pond · Felton · 1,494 acres

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A 66-acre millpond with a trail all the way round it, plus the state's only water park, a campground and cabins. The most family-oriented park in the system.

What's there

Facilities

7/22 confirmed

Beach: Not confirmed
Guarded swimming: Not confirmed
Surf fishing: No
Camping: Yes
Cabins: Yes
Trails: Yes
Boat launch: Yes
Boat rentals: Not confirmed
Pier: Not confirmed
Disc golf: Yes
Playground: Not confirmed
Fishing: Not confirmed
Kayak or canoe: Not confirmed
Crabbing: Not confirmed
Water park: Yes
Ropes course: Not confirmed
Climbing wall: Not confirmed
Horse trails: Not confirmed
Tennis: Not confirmed
Golf: Not confirmed
Riding stables: Not confirmed
Restrooms: Not confirmed

Where things are

Water park: 2026 season runs 23 May to Labor Day, 7 September. Weekends only from Memorial Day into mid-June, then seven days a week until mid-August. Two sessions a day: 9:30am–1:30pm and 2–6pm. Admission is separate from park entry and unchanged from 2025; under-1s are now free. DNREC hasn't published the dollar amounts, so they aren't here.

Getting in

Entry, 2026: $5 in-state · $10 out-of-stateCharged 1 March – 30 November. Free outside it.The water park is charged separately. Park admission does not include it.
Annual pass: $50 for a Delaware-registered vehicle, $100 out of state.Discounted passes are available for active-duty military and veterans; the discounted amounts are not confirmed. Deauville Beach has its own annual pass at $115.
Where to buy: Delaware State Parks — passes and permitsOnline at destateparks.com, which issues a virtual pass usable for 30 days from purchase, or at a park office.
Hours: 8 a.m. – sunset, daily
Getting there: Open in Google Maps to Killens Pond State Park (opens Google Maps)
Park office: 302-284-4526

Dogs

Leashed on the trails and in the campground. Not in the water park.

The full rule, with dates

Other parks in Kent County

First State Heritage — urban heritage, Dover

Where it is

Killens Pond State Park, Felton, DEDirections →

Read from the source — not yet confirmed by phone

Read from Delaware State Parks on 9 Aug 2026 · not yet confirmed by phone

Delaware State Parks — Park roster and facilities.
Delaware State Parks: passes, permits and fees — 2026 fee schedule, effective 1 March 2026.
Delaware State Parks: disc golf — The operator's own disc golf page. Names all seven state parks with a course: Bellevue, Brandywine Creek, Cape Henlopen, Killens Pond, Lums Pond, Trap Pond and White Clay Creek. Publishes no hole counts, tee-pad detail or course maps.
Delaware State Parks: park office phone numbers — DNREC's own contact page, read 8 August 2026. Lists an office number for every state park.
Delaware State Parks: disc golf scorecards — The state publishes a scorecard and course map PDF per course. Read 8 August 2026; each park's own card is linked from its record.
Delaware State Parks, confirmed 8 August 2026 — Standard day-use hours of 8 a.m. to sunset, and which attractions are charged separately from park admission.
Delaware State Parks, confirmed 8 August 2026 — What each park offers, gone through park by park.
DNREC — 2026 park season — Water park season, sessions and the separate-admission note. Read 9 August 2026.

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