After more than two weeks of bitter cold, the ice that locked up much of the Delaware Bay is finally starting to loosen its grip.
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The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park will close on March 1 to protect threatened and endangered beach-nesting and migratory shorebirds.
DNREC announced that the oceanside beach at The Point in Cape Henlopen State Park will reopen to the public on Sunday, Sept. 1. However, the bayside beach will remain closed until Oct. 1 to protect migrating shorebirds heading south for the winter.
LEWES, Del. - The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park has closed for the season as of today. The Point has closed every summer season since 1993…
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will close The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean and bay beach on March 1.
The Point has closed annually each March for the benefit of threatened and endangered beach-nesters and migratory shorebird
The timing of The Point in Cape Henlopen State Park reopening aligned perfectly with Labor Day Weekend. As a result, beachgoers flocked to The Point all weekend long.
The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach, dunes and a half-mile along the bay shoreline, will reopen on Sept. 1.
LEWES, Del.- It's the end of the beach... for now at least.
Since 1993, The Point has closed annually for most of the spring and summer for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds.