Odds are, if you’ve ever visited Wilmington, Delaware, you’ve hit up Brandywine Creek or Alapocas Run State Park once or twice. This lush trail in Delaware is a unique, woodsy escape from the city and a gorgeous beach alternative when the temperatures drop. Whether you’ve biked, walked, or picnicked in this scenic state park, it’s likely you were enjoying the colorful trees, delicious smells of the wild spicebush, and drinking in the creek views. But there’s more to love here! Alapocas Run State Park is a wild oasis that is hiding some rather special (and massive) rock formations right in plain sight. Check it out:
Delaware's uniquely historic landscape is known for being home to some incredible treasures from centuries past: old powder mills, settlement remnants, gorgeous stone bridges, and more.
But of all the attractions and scenic sights that our small-but-mighty state has to offer, towering geologic formations aren't something that typically come to mind. In fact, such sights are incredibly rare here.
These sheer formations showcase layers upon layers of Delaware history, buried quietly in the colorful grains of Brandywine Blue Gneiss. In fact, many of Delaware's original settlements (including Wilmington itself) were quarried from these rocks!
