Banning Regional Park — Attraction in Wilmington

If you live in the area and want exercise, a fun playground for your kids, to play tennis, soccer, baseball, basketball, off-leash play and exercise for your dog or a place to picnic or Bar-B-Que, Banning Park is worth the drive.

Like all New Castle County parks, it is open daily from Dawn to dusk but sometimes they leave the lights on after dark at the tennis and basketball courts.

There are several pavilions with roofs and BBQ pits. They all contain around a dozen picnic tables so there is room for birthday parties, church socials, informal get togethers or whatever you please. I don't believe that alcohol is permitted but the county police that patrol the park are only looking for people who are acting out or are visibly intoxicated. Keep it cool and there shouldn't be a problem.

The "new" Bark Park" which is several years old now is huge! The one rule you must observe is to only let friendly dogs off the leash. If your dog does not play well with others, you must keep him or her on a leash. Otherwise, the fenced-in area for your dog to run and play safely is huge! It is also a good area to safely train your dog off leash. There is a gate that only humans can open so there is no way for your dog to get out and run away or get hurt running in traffic.

There is also a small pond for fishing at the back of the park but make sure, if you are required by DNREC to have one, that you have a freshwater fishing license.

All in all, a great open area to get the city out...

Maybe it's just because it's Easter but apparently it's now OK to play your "music" loud enough to "share" with the whole park. Cars and bikes hitting the rev limiters, motorcycles passing cars in the walking path, cars backfiring so loud it echos in a field like gunshots, obnoxious fart cans, cars running in track mode popping and crackling, and racing up to the top of 2nd and sometimes 3rd gear next to the kids playground and dog park. They have someone watching the entrance to let them know when the cops are coming through and when they leave.

Just an extension of the racetrack that Maryland Avenue has become. Almost went head to head with an unplated dirt bike doing a wheelie nearly crossing the double yellow into my lane next to an ATV on my way there. That should have been a sign to just go back...

It is a clean environment at the port the kids have plenty playground and swings and toys they can play with and ride on the peoples are very nice will be down there and we have a lot of fun with the kids in the grown folks The Young and the old you play baseball on there tennis what kind of games you want to play you can go fishing there in there that's a good sport and it's a lot of shades I love that for it and you meet a lot of people and you have a bike route and it took about a mile to walk around the park that is good exercise for anyone who like to do the walking and it's a safe and safe environment for everyone and the people are so friendly and the stores are Reckless by the park you have flat 5 10 miles away to get food or barbecue or nothing it's very good Force what's good are...