Explore Highland Acres, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Highland Acres, 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 Highland Acres.
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 | Highland Acres |
| State | Delaware (DE) |
| County | Kent County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.116265 |
| Longitude | -75.518288 |
| Population | 3,492 |
| Density | 903.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 19958, 19901 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| County Seat | Dover |
| School District | Caesar Rodney School District |
Highland Acres occupies a quiet, inland stretch of land defined by the steady, unassuming presence of the Isaac Branch as it carves a path through the regional terrain. It lies 2.6 miles south of Dover, DE (from Dover, DE: bearing 177°T), and is situated 1.4 miles north-northwest of Rising Sun-Lebanon. The landscape surrounding Highland Acres is defined by the modest, level expanses of the central Delaware plains, where the horizon remains wide and unobstructed by any distant, jagged peaks. Here, the light of late afternoon filters through the canopy of nearby woodlands, casting elongated, amber shadows across the fields of Stone Ridge. The air possesses a crisp, terrestrial weight, stripped of any maritime influence, favoring instead the scent of damp earth and cooling soil that persists long after the sun dips below the western edge of the horizon.
Economic life in this portion of the state remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of agriculture and the methodical expansion of suburban settlement. The proximity of Stone Ridge provides a preserved sanctuary of green space, offering a necessary counterpoint to the orderly, residential patterns that define the local architecture. While the broader region bears the historical imprint of intense industrial legacies, Highland Acres maintains a more tempered pace, grounded in the practicalities of modern life and the quiet persistence of its riparian borders. It is a place where the seasons dictate the temperament of the neighborhood, and the slow, deliberate movement of the Isaac Branch serves as a constant, quiet reminder of the land’s enduring, inland character.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Highland Acres, Delaware. Coordinates: 39.116265, -75.518288. 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 Highland Acres includes the ZIP code (19958, 19901), telephone area code (302), county seat of Kent County (Dover), and school district assignment (Caesar Rodney 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. |