Delcastle paved perimeter loop
Delaware · Other separated ride
A short circuit around Delcastle Recreational Park’s playing fields and open space. Delaware Greenways describes the asphalt loop as easy and mostly flat. The county identifies walking and bicycle use. Expect other park users and two park-driveway crossings. County map, trail profile.
Plan your ride
- Location
- Wilmington area · Delaware
- Ride length
- 1.8 mi
- Ride format
- Loop
- Surface
- Asphalt / paved multi-use loop
- Road crossings
- Stay on the designated perimeter loop and walk the selected parking approach, yielding to vehicles. Other access spurs are outside the outing. E-bike eligibility remains unconfirmed.
- Elevation
- Delaware Greenways describes an easy, mostly flat loop. No surveyed slope or elevation gain is established.
- Starting location
- 900 McKennans Church Road, Wilmington, DE 19808 — county-listed entrance reference
About 1.8 miles per perimeter lap, estimated from the mapped main loop. Access spurs and the parking walk are excluded; the broader park network is longer.
Manager-mapped public parking entrance, visually checked in official aerial map; not an exact tread-start pin
Delcastle paved perimeter loop — detailed guide
Source review: 2026-10-10. A dated source review does not guarantee current-day conditions.
Wilmington, Delaware · About 1.8 miles · Loop · Paved
A short circuit around Delcastle Recreational Park’s playing fields and open space. Delaware Greenways describes the asphalt loop as easy and mostly flat. The county identifies walking and bicycle use. Expect other park users and two park-driveway crossings. County map, trail profile.
Start here
Use the Delcastle Loop parking entrance on McKennans Church Road. The county map identifies it near 900 McKennans Church Road, Wilmington, DE 19808. The directions pin below marks that entrance, rather than a parking space. Park in the designated lot and walk your bicycle to the adjacent perimeter path. County entrance map, directions to the entrance.
The ride
Follow the paved perimeter circuit and return to your starting point beside the west parking entrance. Stay on the outer loop at paths leading into the playing fields. Stop and check for vehicles at the west parking driveway and the northwest tennis-center driveway. Walking your bicycle across these interfaces is a sensible option. The selected circuit stays inside the park; no riding along McKennans Church Road is included.
Allow about 1.8 miles for one circuit, plus your walk from the parking space. This is an approximate map-derived distance, rounded from 1.765 miles. The county’s larger walking/biking network total includes other paths. Use the county’s interactive park map for orientation.
Before you go
The park is open dawn to dusk, with no general admission fee; rented facilities have separate fees. This entry is for traditional bicycles. E-bike eligibility has not been confirmed. County park information.
Access information checked October 10, 2026: no perimeter-loop closure was found in the reviewed county facility listing, map and project information. This was a desktop review, not a trail inspection. Follow any closure signs and check the county’s project updates before visiting.
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Editorial record: proposal-de-delcastle-loop, parent usa-c944b29c95bd. Written entry complete as of the date above; national website integration, link testing and a fresh prepublication alert review remain. No downloadable navigation track or surveyed elevation profile is supplied. Optional video omitted. Source-line measurement and driveway review are retained in delcastle-loop-diagnostic.json and build/delcastle-crossing-review-20261009.pdf; those research references are not public navigation maps.