Rockford Park
- 5 routes
- V0 – V2
- Bouldering
- Apr–Oct
- best months
Rockford Park is a bouldering area in Delaware, about 0.3 miles from the town of Henry Clay. It sits among a cluster of small climbing spots, with several boulders and named routes within a short distance. The climbing here is all bouldering, and the routes are rated from V0 to V2+. Tree Route is the easiest at V0, and Powerball and Blood Tax are the hardest at V2 and V2+. Balancing Act, a V1- boulder, was first climbed in March 2019. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Wilmington show May highs around 71°F and September highs around 75°F, while July averages about 84°F. The Northern Delaware Greenway is about a mile away, and the Brandywine Trail and Creekside Trail are each about 2 miles off. Brandywine Creek, a fishing spot, is roughly 2.1 miles away.
- Scattered Small BouldersRock climbing0.1 mi
- Heat Index BouldersRock climbing0.1 mi
- Spacklehead BoulderRock climbing0.1 mi
- Lower TierRock climbing0.1 mi
- Northern Delaware GreenwayHiking1 mi
Brandywine TrailHikingPhoto: Ryanjwalker, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)2 mi- Creekside TrailHikingPhoto: Ryanjwalker, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)2 mi
- Brandywine CreekRiver fishing2.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Livezey RockRock climbing · ~47 min drivePhoto: Quincy Morgan, CC0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Main RockRock climbing · ~47 min drivePhoto: Quincy Morgan, CC0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Devil's Pool BoulderRock climbing · ~47 min drivePhoto: Molly Des Jardin, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- The Thorny BoulderRock climbing · ~47 min drivePhoto: Molly Des Jardin, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Valley GreenRock climbing · ~47 min drivePhoto: Molly Des Jardin, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Lower TierRock climbing · Next door
- Spearhead BoulderRock climbing · Next door
- Main Roped Climbing WallRock climbing · ~1 min drive
- Front and Center BoulderRock climbing · ~3 min drive
- Rockwood Park / Greenway TrailRock climbing · ~5 min drive
Best time to visit Rockford Park
Best months: April–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
38° / 24°
10 wet · 2 snow
Feb
41° / 25°
9 wet · 2 snow
Mar
49° / 32°
10 wet · 1 snow
Apr
61° / 43°
10 wet
May
71° / 52°
11 wet
Jun
79° / 62°
10 wet
Jul
84° / 67°
9 wet
Aug
82° / 66°
9 wet
Sep
75° / 59°
8 wet
Oct
63° / 47°
9 wet
Nov
53° / 37°
8 wet
Dec
43° / 29°
10 wet · 1 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Wilmington Porter Rsch, DE, 1.8 mi away at 270 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
