Blackbird State Forest

The ten tracts of Blackbird State Forest feature 40 mi (64 km) of trails and are open to the public year-round for walking, hiking, running, cycling, and horseback riding.

[1] Long-range management plans for Blackbird State Forest outline goals for timber production, wildlife habitat, recreation, soil and water protection, wetland and endangered species protection, and public education.

Visitors can see a diorama of a beaver pond, a working beehive, and exotic and native insects.

[citation needed] As a state forest, Blackbird began with the 1941 acquisition of the Tybout Tract, purchased for $6,916.20 when land prices in New Castle County presented a rare opportunity for the Forestry Department.

However, with the offer of a block of land in lower New Castle County at a figure comparable to similar lands in Sussex County the handicap of price was removed and the department has succeeded in acquiring 672 acres ... lying west of Blackbird in New Castle County.39°20′31″N 75°40′58″W / 39.34194°N 75.68278°W / 39.34194; -75.68278