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Icy, cold stream water flowing over a small dam, crashing onto rocks.
The serene Beaver Creek dam in the winter.

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First State National Historical Park (NHP) preserves and protects Delaware's nationally significant cultural resources, as well as a substantial native biodiversity, across the seven sites. The Brandywine Valley unit specifically, a roughly 1,100-acre area of rolling hills, beautiful agricultural land, and vital watersheds, is one of the few, large, protected areas in northern Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania. This area has a variety of habitat types including numerous wetlands, forested areas, and meadows. Learn more about the animals and plants at First State NHP!

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Last updated: October 18, 2021

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Mailing Address:

First State National Historical Park
10 Market Street

New Castle, DE 19720

Phone:

302-317-3854
To speak to a park ranger, call the park Welcome Center (302-317-3854) and someone will return your call as soon as possible. For a more immediate response, please email the park at firststate@nps.gov.

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