Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility

| nrhp_type =

| image = Ellendale picnic area DE1.jpg

| caption = Ellendale Picnic Area in 2018

| location = U.S. Route 113, ½ mile south of Delaware Route 16 in Georgetown Hundred, Ellendale, Delaware

| coordinates = {{coord|38|46|32|N|75|26|15|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Delaware#USA

| built = 1938–1939

| builder = Delaware State Forester, Civilian Conservation Corps

| architecture = Rustic

| added = July 22, 1991

| area = {{convert|1|acre}}

| refnum = 91000913{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility, also known as CCC Picnic Area/S-8151, is a historic picnic facility located at Ellendale, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1938-1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps and designed to serve as a road-side rest facility for tourists and long-distance travelers on the DuPont Boulevard. It consists of three buildings and three structures. The largest of these is a 20 feet, 10 inch, square pyramidal-roofed log pavilion. Also on the property are two wood gable-roofed picnic tables shelters, a fieldstone trash pit, fieldstone fireplace hearth, and foundation and water pipe for a fountain.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=91000913}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility |author1=Don Duhadaway |author2=Kimberly Sebold |author3=Steve Del Sordo |date=September 1990}} and {{NRHP url|id=91000913|title=Accompanying six photos|photos=y}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.