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Trap Pond (Delaware) · The outdoor list

Trails, docks, farms, markets.

The boat launch with the deepest channel. The trail to the gorge. The farm stand that takes Venmo. The icon you've heard of and the one you haven't.

Parks & trails

1 listed
  • Laurel
    Trap Pond Trail System
    Editor's pick

    A multi-use hiking and biking network around the pond: the 4.9-mile Boundary Trail skirting the water, the broader 4.6-mile Bob Trail, and the 0.6-mile Cypress Point Loop boardwalk that gives the closest look at the bald cypress stand.

Farms

1 listed
  • Laurel
    Mr. Pepper's Pumpkin Patch
    Editor's pick

    A seasonal, fall-only pick-your-own pumpkin patch on Laurel Rd north of downtown Laurel, with a corn maze and weekend hayrides.

    (302) 245-8616

Farmers markets

1 listed
  • Laurel
    Laurel Farmers' Auction Market
    Editor's pick

    A wholesale produce auction on Georgetown Rd outside Laurel, running since roughly 1946, where local growers sell produce and plants; also hosts seasonal flea markets.

    Auctions Mon/Wed/Fri at 9am(302) 875-3147

Boat launches

2 listed
  • Laurel
    Trap Pond Boat Rentals
    Editor's pick

    The park's own concession renting canoes, kayaks, rowboats, and pedal boats directly on the pond, seasonally from roughly late April through early October.

    Daily 10am–4pm (seasonal)
  • Laurel
    Trap Pond Naturalist Pontoon Tours

    Guided pontoon boat tours into the bald cypress swamp, themed around birds, foliage, and pond history. Reservation required, seasonal (late April–late October).

    (302) 875-5163

Iconic stops

2 listed
  • Laurel
    Bald Cypress Swamp at Cypress Point
    Editor's pick

    The northernmost naturally occurring stand of bald cypress on the East Coast, per the National Park Service — reachable by the Cypress Point boardwalk or by kayak into the swamp itself.

  • Woodland
    Woodland Ferry
    Editor's pick

    A cable ferry crossing the Nanticoke River near Woodland, roughly 10–15 minutes from Trap Pond, with a ferry crossing on this spot dating to the 1740s — commonly described as one of the oldest ferries still in continuous operation in the country.