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Dover Base Housing Delaware Map

Explore Dover Base Housing, 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 Dover Base Housing, Delaware

How to Use This Dover Base Housing, Delaware Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Dover Base Housing, 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 Dover Base Housing.

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	Dover Base Housing
State	Delaware (DE)
County	Kent County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.116301
Longitude	-75.482959
Population	2,810
Density	1444.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	19902, 19901
Area Code	302
County Seat	Dover
School District	Caesar Rodney School District

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About Dover Base Housing, Delaware

Dover Base Housing is a locality in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,810. The population density is 1444.7 people per km². Dover Base Housing is located at 39.1163°N, 75.4830°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 19902, 19901.

Dover Base Housing anchors a sprawling expanse of flat, fertile earth where the sky asserts a vast and unobstructed dominion over the horizon. It lies 3.7 miles southeast of Dover, DE (from Dover, DE: bearing 125°T), and is situated 3.0 miles northeast of Rising Sun-Lebanon. The landscape here is defined by a rhythmic, agrarian stillness, punctuated by the quiet flow of Pipe Elm Branch just a mile from the residential blocks. Beyond the manicured lawns and structured grids of the neighborhood, the terrain stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Cabin Ridge, while the nearby Little Creek Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal migrations. In the golden light of late afternoon, the flat plains absorb a warmth that turns the surrounding fields into a canvas of amber and deep green, creating a sense of isolation from the frenetic pace of the wider world.

Dover Base Housing sustains a quiet, purposeful rhythm shaped by the enduring presence of the military installation that defines the local economy and social character. History here is marked not by ancient stone, but by the steady, logistical pulse of aviation and the families who navigate the transitions of service life amidst the surrounding farmland. The proximity to Cypress Pond provides a modest reprieve for residents, a small, still mirror reflecting the clouds as they drift over the plains. Life within Dover Base Housing moves with the precision of a clock, yet it remains deeply connected to the broader regional patterns of agriculture and the quietude of the interior landscape, where the legacy of the land is measured in the changing seasons and the persistent, low-altitude hum of progress overhead.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ted Harvey Conservation Area (Wildlife Area) (Marine Protected Area) — 0.4 mi, 204° SW
Pickering Pointe (Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 206° SW
Riverside (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 217° SW
Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 1.1 mi, 158° S
C-141B Starlifter (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 083° E
C-130E Hercules (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 084° E
A-26C Invader (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 085° E
C-119C Flying Boxcar (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 085° E
Tidbury Creek County Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 256° W
Air Mobility Command Museum (Museum) — 1.4 mi, 083° E
Allen Frear Elementary School (Recreation Easement) — 1.7 mi, 232° SW
Saint Jones River Open Space (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 320° NW
Brecknock Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 282° W
Super Cichlids Inc (Aquarium) — 2.8 mi, 345° N
Caesar Rodney High School (Recreation Easement) — 2.9 mi, 273° W
Fireman's Memorial (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 324° NW
Bayonets of the Revolution (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 326° NW
Liberty Bell Replica (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 323° NW
Biggs Museum of American Art (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 323° NW
Johnson Victrola Museum (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 319° NW
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.1 mi, 024° NE · 46k acres
Dover High School Stadium (Stadium) — 5.3 mi, 324° NW
Bowers Beach Maritime Museum (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 132° SE
Fork Branch Nature Preserve (State Park) — 6.4 mi, 315° NW
Killens Pond State Park (State Park) — 8.4 mi, 193° S
Milford Movies 9 (Cinema) — 12.9 mi, 168° S
Mispillion Art League (Gallery) — 14.3 mi, 168° S
Cross Ledge Light (Historic Ruins) — 14.8 mi, 066° NE
Jackson Lane Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.5 mi, 254° W
3 Palms Zoo & Education Center (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 18.6 mi, 322° NW

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