The Point at Cape Henlopen is Closed for 2021 Beach Nesting Season The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control reminds the public that The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean and bay beach, is now closed. Since 1993, The Point has closed annually each March for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns and other species. The Point’s nesting habitat on the ocean side will reopen to the public Sept. 1. The bayside beach will remain closed...