Bethany Beach Delaware Map
Explore Bethany Beach, Delaware, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Bethany Beach, Delaware
How to Use This Bethany Beach, Delaware Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bethany Beach, Delaware. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Delaware or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Bethany Beach.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Bethany Beach |
| State | Delaware (DE) |
| County | Sussex County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.539556 |
| Longitude | -75.055181 |
| Population | 954 |
| Density | 320.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 19930 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| County Seat | Georgetown |
| School District | Indian River School District |
About Bethany Beach, Delaware
Bethany Beach is a locality in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It is a small community with a population of 954. The population density is 320.9 people per km². Bethany Beach is located at 38.5396°N, 75.0552°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bethany Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 19930.Bethany Beach emerges from the flat, sandy expanse of the coastline as a low-slung sanctuary where the horizon is defined by the sharp, salt-crusted intersection of earth and sky. It lies 32.7 miles southeast of Milford, DE (from Milford, DE: bearing 142°T), and is situated 1.9 miles east-southeast of Ocean View. The Bethany Beach Canal slices through the terrain, its brackish waters reflecting the shifting clouds as it drains toward the wider tides, serving as a quiet artery for the land. Only a mile away, the dark, still surface of Salt Pond provides a inland contrast to the rhythmic agitation of the surf, while the subtle rise of Cat Hill offers a rare, modest elevation above the surrounding coastal plain. Here, the air carries a heavy, damp weight, smelling of brine and sun-warmed marsh grass, particularly as the light fades into a bruised purple over the distant reaches of Indian River Bay.
Bethany Beach sustains itself through a seasonal pulse, a rhythm dictated by the migration of visitors seeking the solace of the dunes and the protected serenity of Bethany Beach. While the wider region maintains a legacy rooted in the industry of the soil, the local character remains defined by a deliberate, summer-focused simplicity that resists the rapid encroaching of modern density. History lingers in the quietude of the streets, far removed from the louder, busier corridors of the coast, favoring a pace that allows the visitor to watch the gulls circle over the nearby Reedy Island in silence. Even as the economy fluctuates with the turn of the calendar, the fundamental appeal of Bethany Beach remains its refusal to be anything other than a thin, resilient strip of land holding firm against the persistent pressure of the tide.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Bethany Beach (Local Park) — locality lies within
- Bowling Alley (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 013° N
- Ensign Henry Clay Drexler USN (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 309° NW
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 262° W
- Spinosaurus (Public Artwork) — 0.7 mi, 196° S
- Natter Park (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 282° W
- Salt Pond (Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 308° NW
- Bethany Beach Canal (State Park) — 0.9 mi, 291° W
- Addy 3 (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 276° W
- The Salt Pond Community (Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 294° NW
- Assawoman Canal (State Park) — 1.5 mi, 283° W
- Assawoman Wildlife Area (Marine Protected Area) — 1.8 mi, 205° SW
- Sunken Barge (Viewpoint) — 10.6 mi, 347° N
- Anna Hazzard Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 353° N
- Clear Space Theatre Company (Theatre) — 12.3 mi, 354° N
- Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 187° S
- Freak Out (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 187° S
- Speedway (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 187° S
- Happy Swing (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 187° S
- Wacky Worm (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 187° S
- Trimpers Rides (Theme Park) — 14.8 mi, 187° S
- Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 14.8 mi, 188° S · 96k acres
- Cinema Art Theater (Arts Centre) — 15.1 mi, 339° N
- Louis H. Taylor Stadium (Stadium) — 15.6 mi, 208° SW
- Painting with a Twist (Gallery) — 15.7 mi, 338° N
- Fort Miles Interpretive Site (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 353° N
- The Mermaid Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 211° SW
- Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.9 mi, 338° N · 29k acres
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About This Bethany Beach Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bethany Beach, Delaware. Coordinates: 38.539556, -75.055181. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Bethany Beach includes the ZIP code (19930), telephone area code (302), county seat of Sussex County (Georgetown), and school district assignment (Indian River School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
