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Dewey Beach Delaware Map

Explore Dewey 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 Dewey Beach, Delaware

How to Use This Dewey Beach, Delaware Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Dewey 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 Dewey 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	Dewey Beach
State	Delaware (DE)
County	Sussex County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.69289
Longitude	-75.074625
Population	353
Density	411.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	19971
Area Code	302
County Seat	Georgetown
School District	Cape Henlopen School District

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About Dewey Beach, Delaware

Dewey Beach is a locality in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It is a small community with a population of 353. The population density is 411.8 people per km². Dewey Beach is located at 38.6929°N, 75.0746°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Dewey Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 19971.

Dewey Beach occupies a slender, sun-bleached strip of land held in suspension between the restless Atlantic and the glassy expanse of Rehoboth Bay. It lies 24.3 miles southeast of Milford, DE (from Milford, DE: bearing 128°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-southeast of Lewes. Salt-heavy air defines the atmosphere here, carrying the sharp, briny scent of the tide as it pulls against the dunes. To the west, the quiet waters of Rehoboth Bay mirror the shifting palette of the sky, while the proximity to Thompson Island and the low, marshy reaches toward the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal provide a sense of fragile isolation. Though the horizon remains flat and expansive, one might imagine the distant silhouette of Pine Ridge far to the west, a phantom suggestion of elevation in a landscape defined by the horizontal grace of sand and water. A traveler wandering near the John Waples Memorial Playground will notice how the golden hour light clings to the sea oats, turning the dunes into flickering embers before the cool, violet shadows of evening settle over the coast.

Dewey Beach emerged from a modest maritime past to become a seasonal sanctuary where the economy rhythms sync with the migration of summer visitors. Local commerce flourishes through a collection of spirited venues and hospitality hubs that animate the nights, though the surrounding geography remains stubbornly wild; one might spot the distant, serene reach of Lake Comegys a mile away or consider the legacy of the region’s agricultural roots in the nearby broiler-chicken country. The character of the locality is defined by this duality—a place of high-energy gatherings that abruptly yields to the quiet, ancient stillness of the tidal marsh. Even in the height of the season, a walk toward the edge of the water reveals the persistent, grounding influence of the natural world, where the hum of the day dissolves into the steady, rhythmic pulse of the surf.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sunset Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 285° W
Indian Beach (Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 155° SE
Pine Bay (Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 292° W
Thompson Island Nature Preserve (State Park) — 0.7 mi, 270° W
Rehoboth Beach and Boardwalk (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 360° N
Rehoboth Elementary School (Recreation Easement) — 1.2 mi, 332° NW
Sunken Barge (Viewpoint) — 1.3 mi, 257° W
Anna Hazzard Museum (Museum) — 1.6 mi, 343° N
Clear Space Theatre Company (Theatre) — 1.7 mi, 353° N
Deauville Beach (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 356° N
Cape Henlopen State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 2.2 mi, 319° NW
Angola Neck Nature Preserve (State Park) — 3.2 mi, 240° SW
Indian River Life-Saving Station (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 175° S
Cinema Art Theater (Arts Centre) — 5.5 mi, 309° NW
Fort Miles Interpretive Site (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 352° N
The Legacy of Ted Freeman (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 324° NW
Painting with a Twist (Gallery) — 6.3 mi, 308° NW
Lightship Overfalls (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 328° NW
Back Bay Art Glass LLC (Public Artwork) — 8.7 mi, 232° SW
Assawoman Wildlife Area (Marine Protected Area) — 9.5 mi, 218° SW
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.1 mi, 321° NW · 29k acres
Concrete Ship (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 018° N
Cape May Art Gallery (Gallery) — 18.4 mi, 026° NE
Elaine's Famous Dinner Theater (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 026° NE
Thomas Kinkade Gallery (Gallery) — 18.6 mi, 026° NE
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.9 mi, 031° NE · 38k acres
Fourteen Foot Bank Light (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 352° N
Royal Flush Fishing (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 033° NE
Frank's Rio Stadium Theater (Cinema) — 24.6 mi, 025° NE
Franks Rio Grande (Cinema) — 24.6 mi, 025° NE

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