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Fenwick Island Delaware Map

Explore Fenwick Island, 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 Fenwick Island, Delaware

How to Use This Fenwick Island, Delaware Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fenwick Island, 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 Fenwick Island.

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	Fenwick Island
State	Delaware (DE)
County	Sussex County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.462335
Longitude	-75.051292
Population	343
Density	400.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	19944
Area Code	302
County Seat	Georgetown
School District	Indian River School District

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About Fenwick Island, Delaware

Fenwick Island is a locality in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It is a small community with a population of 343. The population density is 400.1 people per km². Fenwick Island is located at 38.4623°N, 75.0513°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Fenwick Island is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 19944.

Fenwick Island stretches as a slender, sun-bleached barrier between the rhythmic pulse of the ocean and the quiet, brackish waters of Little Assawoman Bay. It lies 37.2 miles south-southeast of Milford, DE (from Milford, DE: bearing 147°T), and is situated 7.3 miles northeast of Ocean Pines. Low-lying dunes and scrub brush define the horizon, where the salt-heavy air carries a persistent, cooling moisture that clings to the skin long after the sun dips toward the distant, faint silhouette of Pine Ridge. The land itself seems to exhale with the tide, shifting between the expansive, golden reach of Fenwick Island Beach and the tangled, verdant fringes of Seal Island. At dusk, the light turns a bruised violet, casting long, lean shadows across the sand that make the thin strip of earth feel as though it might drift away into the sea entirely, leaving behind only the memory of the wind.

Fenwick Island bears the weight of a long maritime inheritance, where the seasonal economy has transitioned from the hard labor of coastal survival to a steady, rhythmic cycle of summer visitors. While the interior of the state sustains itself on the industry of broiler-chicken farms and the legacy of agricultural plains, this narrow reach remains tethered to the water, drawing life from the proximity of the bay and the distant flow of Roy Creek. The pace here is dictated by the turning of the seasons, a quiet endurance that persists even as the modern world encroaches upon the solitude of Tonys Pond and the surrounding marshlands. It is a place of singular character, where the history of shipwrecks and lighthouse keepers lingers in the consciousness of those who stay through the winter, watching the tide reclaim the stillness of the coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fenwick Island Beach (State Resource Management Area) — 0.1 mi, 098° E
Seal Island (State Park) — 0.3 mi, 307° NW
Fenwick Island State Park (State Park) — 0.8 mi, 176° S
Fiesta Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 207° SW
North Surf Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 215° SW
Seatowne (Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 351° N
Assawoman Wildlife Area (Marine Protected Area) — 1.5 mi, 327° NW
Ocean City Beach Erosion Control District (State Resource Management Area) — 1.6 mi, 181° S
Bayside Tract (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 249° W
Grey's Creek (Local Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 227° SW
Triceratops (Public Artwork) — 4.7 mi, 355° N
Bethany Beach Lifeguard Stand (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 358° N
Bethany Beach Totem (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 356° N
Isle Of Wight Wma (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 209° SW
Bethany Beach Loop Canal (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 356° N
Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 192° S
Freak Out (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 192° S
Speedway (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 192° S
Happy Swing (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 192° S
Wacky Worm (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 192° S
Trimpers Rides (Theme Park) — 9.6 mi, 192° S
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 9.6 mi, 194° S · 96k acres
Selfie Point (Viewpoint) — 9.7 mi, 192° S
Louis H. Taylor Stadium (Stadium) — 11.3 mi, 221° SW
The Mermaid Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 224° SW
Anna Hazzard Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 354° N
Clear Space Theatre Company (Theatre) — 17.7 mi, 355° N
Cinema Art Theater (Arts Centre) — 20.2 mi, 344° N
Painting with a Twist (Gallery) — 20.8 mi, 343° N
Fort Miles Interpretive Site (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 354° N

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