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Delaware Landmarks Map

A free printable illustrated map of Delaware for kids. It shows 10 landmarks and natural places and 3 industries where they really are, along with the state symbols, 6 cities and a box of key facts. It comes in color and in ink-saving black and white, sized for US Letter paper.

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Illustrated map of Delaware with landmarks, industries and state symbols

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Color or black and white.

Both are free, sized for US Letter paper, and come as a PDF to print or a PNG image for slides.

Illustrated map of Delaware in color

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The full-color map, for a wall display or a color printer.

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Black and white illustrated map of Delaware

Black and white

The same map with no color or shading. Prints cleanly on a classroom printer and saves ink.

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What is on the Delaware map

Every picture sits at its real location in Delaware, with a one-line fact beside it. Dover, the capital, is marked with a star.

Landmarks and natural places

  • Ebright Azimuth: The highest point in Delaware is 448 feet high.
  • Old Swedes Church: Built in 1698, it is one of the oldest in the US.
  • Cooch’s Bridge: The only Revolutionary War battle in Delaware.
  • Fort Delaware: This harbor fortress held Civil War prisoners.
  • Legislative Hall: The state capitol building opened in 1933.
  • Horseshoe Crab: This ancient creature has blue copper-based blood.
  • Bombay Hook: A vital salt marsh refuge for migrating birds.
  • Woodland Ferry: This free cable ferry has run since the 1740s.
  • Trap Pond State Park: Home to the northernmost natural cypress swamp.
  • Cape Henlopen Light: Built in 1767, this stone tower fell in 1926.

What Delaware makes and grows

  • Collins Potato House: A late-1800s barn for storing sweet potatoes.
  • Soybean Farming: Soybeans are a top crop in Delaware.
  • Commercial Fishing: Weakfish and blue crabs are caught in the bay.

State symbols

  • Blue Hen Chicken: Soldiers carried these brave birds in 1776.
  • Peach Blossom: Delaware was once called the Peach State.
  • American Holly: In the 1930s Delaware led in holly wreaths.

Delaware key facts

From the box on the map

Nickname
The First State
Capital
Dover
Largest city
Wilmington
Became a state
December 7, 1787 (1st)
State bird
Blue Hen Chicken
State flower
Peach Blossom
State tree
American Holly
Motto
Liberty and Independence

Cities shown

  • Dover (capital)
  • Wilmington
  • Newark
  • Middletown
  • Milford
  • Seaford

The outline, rivers and cities are drawn from map data. Pictures of crops and industries are placed in a part of the state where each is typical.

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