I came here with my son and we brought our bikes to ride around, great view here. Its a nice place to come. I saw runners, fishermen, people enjoying the pier, nice for taking a walk, and also nice to just sit on the grass and enjoy nature. I always love coming here to enjoy the historical town, eat in the restaurant, check out the antique shop, and Historical Museum. Hope you will enjoy it as much as I do.

First State National Historical Park is actually a series of smaller state parks and historical houses that form up the larger National Historical Park. It was a really interesting concept because each park/ location gave a little bit of history. Each park that has their own visitor center has a place where you can get one of the national park passport stamps. The main address for this park is in historical New Castle. Its got a lot of history and includes the place where William Penn arrived and stayed. Very accessible and depending on which park you want to go, all are fairly close to each other.

This place is so great! Im always pleased with how nice it is to take pictures outdoors. Recently shot a few areas in the town for my friends new business, and she was so pleased with the results. Will be coming here again for more photo sessions.

To find and visit a small historic town near large city is really a joy. New Castle is about two hours from Washington DC area and from New York. Its a nice place for parents to show their kids about American history.

Its an honor to finally have this wonderfully historic section of my home state inducted into National Park status. I absolutely love this place. The sunsets here are stunning! Theres so much rich history here. you could spend days and days wandering the streets learning about all of the historic figures that have stayed here in the past. I highly recommend spending the day here, wandering around this beautiful park

This is the only national park site in Delaware. The building and streets are beautiful! The people are nice and friendly. They give you so much ibformation!!

Neat little place. Not exactly what I had expected but very history filled area

Beautiful place in the First State. A great place to visit any time but especially when they have events. Check their website for events. Also a good place for children, plenty of space to run around and a nice playground.

This is a great place to learn the history of Delaware and its colonial era.

Well, in my opinion this could be a more appealing tourist and local attraction. Besides the few restaurants they have, there really isnt much to capture your interest. Ive been told businesses are discouraged from opening there. It could be great...it is a little unknown part of our great history due to the restrictions held by the city council. Let go...put in shops and other appealing attractions.

Very nice place, the man working there is very nice, you can look to the pictures watch a video about new castle and buy some souvenirs

If you are looking for national park Cancellation Stamps you will find one at the first State visitor center. Or if like history this little square will work you away to colonial times.. parking on the weekend in Sept was easy and close. They have a little 8 min movie and some local artifacts including a little walking tour of the area.#AdventureKrewe tip: take a photo of the walking tour sign and use it to navigate the streets, then use Google to look up each location. Your own mini history tour.Give us things up if you like American history. Two thumbs up if you dont.

Always worth a visit.

Wonderfully preserved courthouse with a fantastic and engaged staff. Recommend the tour. The sheriffs house was under construction and I cant wait for it to open.

There are a lot of sites to visit within this Historic Site. For whatever reason, the steps of the New Castle Courthouse were what left an impression on me.

Great place. Awesome accesible waterfront close to historic New Castle. Cafés and Restaurants nearby. Minimal trash along the shore and runner and dog friendly trails.

Wonderful storyline.Very interesting, much more so than I had hoped for.

Nice place to go and walk the park

It might be one of the least visited park. I stopped by in New Castle, DE, on the way to Assateague beach. There is one park ranger inside the courthouse, who gave me a short history lecture about DE. The old town well preserved the colonial style with some nice decorated gift shops and dutch and Swedish restaurants.

My mother and I visited there on a quest to hit up as many NPS sites in the New England states in 2 weeks. Extremely nice staff, they let us in even though they should have been getting ready for a school group.The museum is ok, but we also got a rushed tour so maybe it is better with more time. Learned some cool facts!

Lots of great Delaware history we werent aware of, and historic New Castle is charming!

Outstanding performance trails for biking or walking. Great scenery and great job of clearing the trails.

Very quiet and cool history.

To hike and spend time with family. Its perfect

This is a hidden jewel with a long history everything we preserve. A place I plan on returning for separation day. Although I was only able to visit for about an hour I would recommend for people to stop by if they are in the neighborhood.

Popped into the courthouse for a quick look around and ended up getting a very informative private tour. The bearded gentleman (cant remember his name) giving the tour was quite knowledgeable and seemed happy to answer all of my questions. Went in knowing absolutely nothing about the state of Delaware and left with a pretty good history of the first settlers, the workings of the English court/trial process, and the courthouses role in the Underground Railroad.

Well kept area with lots of signage to help explain facts from early American history

Great tour and beautiful park

The best small historical town in Delaware. Wonderful historical houses with the huge Battery Park on the banks of the Delaware River. A little jewel amidst the clutter of surrounding businesses, shopping centers, strip malls. Once you see it, you will fall in love with it. Quaint historical restaurants, small shops, eye candy everywhere.

Great experience, even on a busy day. Very friendly docents, eager to tell their story. We hung back after the group went through, and they were very willing to give us interesting tidbits of information.

Just dont go at night

The park is actually a collection of 7 historic sites found throughout Delaware and the only federal historical park in the state. Interestingly enough, despite Delaware being the first US state, it was the last one to get a historical park.If youre determined, you can visit all 7 sites in a single day. Four of them are clustered around the Wilmington metro area, which should make things a little easier. We visited 3 of these 4 sites for free - Fort Christina and Old Swedes Church in Wilmington and the Court House in New Castle. That took five hours. The farthest site from us at the time (called Ryves Holt House) was another 1.5 hours by car and it wouldve been closed by the time we arrived. Well have to do another trip to complete the tour. But this was a good experience overall and we highly recommend it!

I highly recommend a trip to historic New Castle!! Beautiful place, so much history!!

My entire family loved this stop. We were the only family there and the tour guide did an amazing job. We learned so much during our short visit. It was well worth our detour to visit.

Love this park for exercise or just a long stroll or bike ride on the paved trail.

This historical park is a collection of 7 sites around the state of Delaware. Taken collectively, they give a tremendous insight into the history of the founding of the state and its part in the early history of the country. You need a couple of days to see everything but it is well worth it.

We have been to New Castle several times. It is beautiful, historical, friendly, interesting and OUTSTANDING for walkers, such as ourselves, to exercise along the waters edge. The town is quite elegant and very clean and tidy. The traffic flow can be rather problematic on weekends, especially, so be advised. There are many eating places in the town and nearby as well as excellent hotels/motels if you choose to stay.

This place is as historic as can be to me. Growing up in New Castle left an impression on me ever since I was 5 years old and took a field trip from Carrie Downie school to Battery park. Later, in Middle School, we took another field trip to Battery Part and what is now known as First State National Park - or the town square. We even went inside the Post Office. Then, much later, I stood near the the William Penn statue and kissed a new girlfriend, for quite a while. This place has it all - Nora Lees, Jessops Tavern - why would I ever want to live anywhere else? ️

Great place to enjoy open spaces

We had a wonderful and extremely informative time as our guide spent a lot of time with us and shared lots of great and detailed history with us all the time putting it into context. Thank you Joan!

Go here often with the family to walk around the city. Or just enjoy the park.

Very nice place room to walk around and talk.

Wonderful place to visit lots of beautiful scenery and interesting things to see..

Good for a day out, lots of history.

This park is actually a collection of 7 sites scattered around the state. Combined, they will give you incredible insight into the states early history. Interestingly, none of the sites are actually managed by the Park Service at this time.

Very nice old style Italian restaurant.

It is so nice here and quite. You can walk to the water a block from here and see beautiful view. There is a park area, so I got food and went there with my kids, we had nice lunch.

Talk about feeling like you have been hurled back in time! Youll have the feeling of being part of colonial times.

I went to Penns Place Coffee & Jewerly. The coffee is excellent & the Jewelry is so incredibly beautiful! Awesome gift shopping for Old New Castle!!

This is a very nice small area that is very well-documented. There are tons of handouts, and the docents who are around are very helpful. We really enjoyed walking around this small area and will definitely come back.

Alot of history, cool place.

Good place to learn the American history

The Day on Old New Castle each May brings the history of this very early settlement town to life. The reenactment of the trial of the Fin is great!

This park has the best scenic waterway walking area. I love going here, especially in the spring and fall.

Beautiful place to have wedding photos.

Some very cool shops there

A real treasure in a beautiful little town

Great, quaint, antiquate.. Historic.. Ice cream, beer, pizza nearby, kid-friendly park, POKEMON.. Cobblestones tho..

You can always count on an excellent, informative experience at a National Park site. Good job here with Brian sharing the earliest history of the First State.

Love old New Castle. Grew up here and moved away 25 yrs ago . This will always be in my

Great place lots of history

Not exactly a park but made up of series of buildings. Nice walk and plenty of nearby shops as well.

HORRIBLE! DONT GO!! IT WILL GIVE YOU ETERNAL SADNESS!! TURN BACK NOW!!! I WENT AND GOT SICK FROM THE FOOD AND THE WATER WAS HORRIBLE!!!

Park has great night tours. Historical and interactive

That Place was sooo intressting wow Love it

Love coming to work here. Im the church lady at New Castle Presbyterian

Wonderful day in Old New Castle with dinner at Jessops Tavern, visit to waterfront, and the Arsenal.

Point beautiful little town with a ton of History great place to spend the day walking around also nice shops and food venues

Great place great food and the best Belgium beer list ever

Such a beautiful area. Love the view, the history, its cafes and antique shops.

Great history, I like how you can look down the old rock roads and imagine the houses and buggys going down the street. Also gotta see the small train station and the small police station near the water

Was a neat experience and some good history to be learned.

Loved it!!! Was blown away by how much we loved it.

Interesting

Historic!

Full of history; interesting place.

Beautiful location.

Harder to find (not signed very well ) but once again the people were wonderful and gave us our own private tour!

Great history lesson

Cute exterior but there isnt really much to do

Beautiful place to visit, see history at its finest

Large park with lots of space to walk, read about history, or sit and relax.

Wonderful old historic town for history buffs.

Nice park and good for Pokemon Go hunting as well!

Very cool you will learn something

This was a pleasant little are, nothing huge but there was a bit to see.

Very informative and a good way to spend the day

Great place to visit history in Delaware

Amazing place

Pretty

Historic New Castle,Home Sweet Home

Wonderful little historic town worth seeing

Another hidden gem in Delaware no less

Interesting and always a pleasure to visit.

Knowledgable people working at the old courthouse

Very interesting

Beautiful historic town.

Beautiful

You cant miss it.

Good place