Editors' picks across 8categories — the dock with the deepest channel, the winery with the view, the restaurant with the right wine list, the trail nobody's on at sunrise.
A long-running American comfort-food diner on S Central Ave in Laurel serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
A Mexican and seafood restaurant inside the Route 13 Outlet Market outside Laurel, known locally for fresh seafood and whole grilled octopus.
A locally owned sports bar and American-food restaurant on Sussex Hwy in Laurel, operating since 2001, hosting live local acts and karaoke nights.
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.
A seasonal, fall-only pick-your-own pumpkin patch on Laurel Rd north of downtown Laurel, with a corn maze and weekend hayrides.
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.
The park's own concession renting canoes, kayaks, rowboats, and pedal boats directly on the pond, seasonally from roughly late April through early October.
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.
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.