Dover Park
Dover Park is a park in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Coffin Hill stands 31 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Williams Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Delaware Bayshore Byway passes 16 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Large Park in Eastern Dover. Sports fields, a playground, parking lots. Tennis courts. No building, it was torn down several years ago because of asbestos.
How to reach it
- 15.5 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 15.8 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 15.5 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- 23.1 mi off the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Williams Park: 0.7 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Kent County Veterans Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Kings Highway Triangle: 1.1 mi
- Loockerman Plaza: 1.2 mi
- Woodburn and Hall House - The Governor's House (First State Heritage Park): 1.1 mi
- First State Heritage Park Welcome Center and Galleries: 1.1 mi
- Legislative Hall (First State Heritage Park): 1.2 mi
- First State Heritage Park: Legislative Mall: 1.3 mi
- Biggs Museum of American Art (First State Heritage Park): 1.3 mi
- Saint Jones River Corridor: 1.1 mi
- Saint Jones River Corridor: 1.1 mi
- Capital Green/Pauls Property: 1.4 mi
- Fork Branch Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Fork Branch Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Kent County Veterans Monument: 1.0 mi
- Bayonets of the Revolution: 1.2 mi
- Fireman's Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Liberty Bell Replica: 1.3 mi
- World War II Headquarters Building: 7.3 mi
- Woodburn: Governor's House: 1.1 mi
- Biggs Museum of American Art: 1.3 mi
- The Old State House: 1.3 mi
- Delaware Agricultural Museum: 1.5 mi
- Johnson Victrola Museum: 1.5 mi
- Pine Mount: 19.3 mi
- Ceremony Hill: 20.1 mi
- Coffin Hill: 23.4 mi
- Daves Hill: 24.6 mi
- Miah Maull Shoal Light: 16.3 mi
- Fourteen Foot Bank Light: 23.1 mi
- Brandywine Shoal Light: 24.7 mi
- Delaware Highway Memorial Garden: 12.1 mi
- Senior Center Meditation Garden: 18.3 mi
- Fortescue Beach: 18.4 mi
- Slaughter Beach: 20.2 mi
- Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dover Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffin Hill | NNE 20° | 31 m | 23.4 mi |
| Pine Mount | NNE 28° | 28 m | 19.3 mi |
| Daves Hill | WNW 297° | 19 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dover, 2 mi away.
- Mallard27 obs
- Green Frog25 obs
- Great Blue Heron24 obs
- White-tailed Deer20 obs
- Porcelain Berry16 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel14 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue14 obs
- multiflora rose12 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/557485377
Day trips start here
- Dover · 1 mi
- Camden · 5 mi
- Magnolia · 7 mi
- Cumberland County · 23 mi
- Denton · 26 mi
- Salem County · 29 mi
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