Lums Pond State Park Pond Fest

Pond Fest 2025 draws big crowd, raises more than $18,000 for Friends of Lums Pond

Staff WriterHeadlines, Arts & Entertainment, Culture

  Pond Fest 2025 draws big crowd, raises more than $18,000 for Friends of Lums Pond BEAR — The second annual Pond Fest 2025, held Saturday at Lums Pond State Park proved to be a major success, with the Friends of Lums Pond (FOLP) reporting that the event raised more than $18,000 to support its mission of improving park access, …

The Gordons Pond trail is one of the superintendent's picks at Delaware State Parks. Courtesy of Delaware State Parks.

For verified fun, check out park superintendents’ picks

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

Delaware State Parks in 2022 drew 8 million visitors, lured by the sand and the surf, the flora and the fauna, the past and the participatory sports and other activities and events that don’t make alliterative pairs. But wait, there’s more! Park superintendents promote a wide variety of “superintendent’s picks” on the homepages of most of the 17 state parks. …