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 commenmorating 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]

References

National Historical Parks	First State

National Trails System	Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

National Wildlife Refuges	Bombay Hook Prime Hook

National Wild and Scenic Rivers System	White Clay Creek

Other	Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve

Trails

Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

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