Delaware
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Challenges
The guidelines don't specify from what area "plenty of qualifying caches" is. For the purposes of this state, consider 500 miles to be a reasonable ending spot for the majority of challenges in regards to "plenty of qualifying caches". This does not mean that all challenge caches will have a max of 500 miles or it will be applied to every challenge but if we have concerns, that will be the distance we will use.
Delaware State Forests
Geocaching is prohibited in Delaware's state forests. See section 5.10 of the State Forest Regulations.
Delaware State Parks
Caches in State Parks must have a permit from the park. Information about their geocaching policy can be found at this link.
Permit: Delaware Geocache Permit
Use the "placed with permission" logo, approved by DCNR, on your cache page. The html that you should copy and paste into your cache description is
<br><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/a6164016-204a-48da-a03c-e7ffdc46db9c.jpg">
And it will look like what you see here.
Delaware State Wildlife Properties
The DNREC, Division of Fish & Wildlife has enacted a policy regulating geocache placements in State Wildlife properties.
DNREC Geocache Permit Application
National Park Service
NPS managed land in Delaware are off-limits to geocache placements (virtual or physical) without a special usage permit. Visit Link For Locations
Special Note: First State National Historical Park was created in 2013 from donated lands. Some of these lands already had caches on them. We will be considering these geocaches grandfathered (allowed to stay in their locations) until we hear from the NPS asking us to remove them. However, we will not be publishing any new ones on these lands without their permissions. NPS Maps of First State National Historical Park
National Wildlife Refuges
In Delaware are off-limits to physical geocache placements. Visit Link For Locations
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