gordons pond

Surprisingly nice walk through a bird lovers paradise. Does require an entrance fee. I did about 8 miles of hiking through beach and wetland environments.

I just started running here--been missing out! What a lovely run out and back on this trail with all the water and wildlife. Absolutely perfect, and the gravel trail is well groomed for runners/walkers too.

Every year we go to Rehoboth beach and take our bikes - a ride out to Gordon's pond and a bit of bird watching with the WWII observation towers in the distance. Then we head back and ride through town to the Breakwater Junction Trail to Lewes. This past year the Trail has now been completed across the Great Dune into Historic Camp Miles! Wonderful! now you can ride through the Dune on Trails and then back around into Rehoboth. Never ending bike fun. This is a hidden Gem that I hate to brag about because it is so wonderful. I want to keep it to myself!

Gordon's Pond is favorite stopover for migratory waterfowl. We have seen thousands of ducks coming in to feed. This visit the skies were full of snow geese! The state has finished a bike path that loops over to Cape Henelopen. We like the access but a little sorry to see such a high ended semi-paved elevated path instead of the old dike road. But nice for mountain &cross over bikes. For us it's a nice hiking loop trip going up beach from Rehoboth to Cape Henelopen, returning by park trails and Gordon's Pond loop.

From the parking lot at Herring Point to the parking lot at Gordon's Pond and return is 5 miles. What better way to get in your exercise? Watch out for bicyclists, they can sneak up on you! Stay to the right when you walk.

Beautiful new bike trail in Cape Henlopen State Park. They could have made it wider. It really gets crowded with pedestrians and bicycles (they should make a special trail for the pros-they seem to get impatient with the tourists. Also, bicycle etiquette should be posted "on your left/right" needs to be used and understood. That aside, make sure to include this on your to do list. Make sure to take a stroll along the beach-on a nice day when all of the tourists have gone to wherever they go, it is spectacular. Great place to go to get away from it all if you can go during off season when at times, you are the only one there.

Until this year, the trail between Rehoboth and Cape Henlopen that skirts Gordons Pond was walkable, but virtually unbikeable - parts of it went across sand dunes, and other parts were very narrow, with patches of sand and boggy terrain. Now, there's a raised boardwalk on the northern stretch, and the narrow trail has been widened and finished with a nice packed gravel/dirt surface. Delightul biking through salt marsh. Combine it with the Junction and Breakwater trail for a wonderful 2-3 hour loop trip.

Walking hiking and especially biking. They have completed the trail to large loop to Lewes and back.

The trail around Gordons Pond connects from Cape Henlopen park through to Lewes. The trail travels past marshes and dunes, offering wonderful views and plenty of opportunities to see native plants and wildlife. The trail for the most part is flat with a wonderful bridge through the dunes. On the side near Lewes, riders can get very close to one of the iconic watch towers from WWII. If you stay on the trail past the ferry and cross the bridge, you end up in the heart of Lewes where you can have a lovey snack to celebrate your trip.

We rented a tandem bike from Seagreen Bicycles and found this area to be an excellent place to ride to. Very nice natural scenes.

This is a really nice place, serene nature, wonderful dunes, clean water, spectacular views but showers are basic (you can't showere really, onl;y feet), and for $8 you have to hand to the man at the reception, that is probably should be part of it....

The Gordons Pond Bike Trail with the Bike Loop added on makes a nice bike trip through Cape Henlopen State Park. You can ride to Lewes at the end by the Ferry. Trail includes a boardwalk over the swamp. Surface paved and crushed stone.

As of Summer 2014, the bicycle trail in Gordon's Pond has been extended, allowing cyclists to ride from Rehoboth to Cape Henlopen State Park (or the reverse). Most of the trail is still graded and unpaved, but there is a section of beautiful "boardwalk" over wetlands and through forests and dunes. There are two pull-offs where you can sit and enjoy the scenery. The boardwalk section is mostly level (except for one grade) and smooth; however it is not very wide, so keep a steady hand on your handlebars when you pass other cyclists. The completion of this trail extension allows cyclists to also ride a loop from Rehoboth, through Henlopen State Park, through Lewes and then back to Rehoboth on the Junction and Breakwater Trail. Fun! It takes about an hour or so to get from Rehoboth to Lewes (where its fun to get something to eat, and hang out in the historic parts of town), and then another hour back to Rehoboth. Keep in mind that segments of the trail are in the open, so they can be very hot during the mid-day in summer. Also keep in mind that the trail can get crowded on busy summer weekends (we always got out early to avoid the crowds). Note; signage within Cape Henlopen State Park is not always very clear, so its best to get a map. Also, when you cycle north out of Cape Henlopen park toward Lewes, you have to ride on the shoulder of a busy road. The same when you come out of Lewes and head for the Junction and Breakwater trail. Finally, when you leave the Junction and Breakwater trail on the outskirts of Rehoboth, entering the town of Rehoboth is tricky (not well marked, and involving riding along very busy streets with sketchy intersections). While cycling through Gordon's Pond, keep an eye out for birds (everything from wading birds to raptors), the World War II "submarine towers," the dunes, forests and wetlands. On busy days, the boardwalk part of the path is dominated by cyclists, many of whom are riding pretty fast.

Go early in the morning less jogger, walkers and bikers. We rode from Dewey to Gordon's Pond, through Cape Henelopen State Park on the new and improved bike trail at about 8:30am. Though the trail was well used by walkers joggers and bikers, it was still a quiet and tranquil.

This is a nicely paved trail. But be warned of a few things: (1) there is very little shade, (2) there are many more bikers than walkers, (3) it is not a loop. So for our family (who walked) it was not very enjoyable. The bikers were constantly whizzing by, there was no escape from the sun, and my kids complained when they learned we had to retrace our steps to get back. They thought the walk was rather boring. So I would not recommend this for walkers, but definitely for bikers. I wish we had known!