Woodland Beach Wildlife Area

Woodland Beach Wildlife Area is a state wildlife area located in Kent County, Delaware, along shore of the Delaware Bay. It is 6,320 acres (2,558 ha) in size and is managed by Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish & Wildlife.[1]

Oblique air photo of Woodland Beach Wildlife Area, April 2010, facing east

Much of the area is a transgressive brackish marsh.

The Thomas Sutton House serves as a residence and office for the personnel of the Woodland Beach Wildlife Area. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[2]

References

Protected areas of Delaware

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

State Wildlife Areas

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

Trails

Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

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