We started our journey standing in the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Delaware Bay. Just up the beach and over a dune in Cape Henlopen State Park was the eastern terminus of the American Discovery Trail. The trail goes west from there and continues through Delaware 49.6 miles to Maryland. Follow the Links throughout this article to "discover" more about the ADT and the unique places and points of interest it can expose you to in the state of Delaware. Follow the Links to "Discover" More About the Locations and Points of Interest to be Seen Along the ADT in Delaware.

DELAWARE We started our journey standing in the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Delaware Bay. Just up the beach and over a dune in Cape Henlopen State Park was the eastern terminus of the American Discovery Trail. The trail goes west from there and continues through Delaware 49.6 miles to Maryland. Follow the Links throughout this article to "discover" more about the ADT and the unique places and points of interest it can expose you to in the state of Delaware.

To see what type of terrain we experienced check out the Geography of Delaware: http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/de_geography.htm

We started with our toes in the Atlantic Ocean: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/zh.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean

Just to our north we could see the mouth of the Delaware Bay: http://www.delawarebay.com/

The eastern terminus of the ADT is in Cape Henlopen State Park: http://www.destateparks.com/chsp/chsp.htm

Our first town in our first state was Lewes: http://www.ci.lewes.de.us/

We passed a cool travel option that takes cars and people to New Jersey (Sheri's Birth State), the Cape May/Lewes Ferry: http://www.capemaylewesferry.com/

The first Dutch settlement is celebrated at the Zwaanendael Museum: http://www.destatemuseums.org/information/Museums/Zwan/zwaanendael.shtml
More of Delaware's early history is seen at the DeVries Monument: http://www.lewestown.com/lewes_history/Images.html

The next town we passed through was Milton: http://www.miltonde.com/milton/

In the heart of Milton we crossed over the Broadkill River: http://www.destateparks.com/greenway/traillist/traillist3.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadkill_River

Our first major forrest was Redden State Forest: http://www.state.de.us/deptagri/forestry/forest.shtml#redden http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=HGN153-048

We crossed over the main North/South highway of the Eastern Shore, U.S. 13: http://www.aaroads.com/delaware/us-013.htm

Once across U.S. 13 we skirted just to the north of Bridgeville: http://www.sussexcountyonline.com/towns/bridgeville.html

Our last steps of Delaware were along and then across the Mason Dixon Line: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason-Dixon_line