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Highland Acres Delaware Map

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.

Interactive Map of Highland Acres, Delaware

How to Use This Highland Acres, Delaware Map

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	Sussex 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	Georgetown
School District	Caesar Rodney School District

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About Highland Acres, Delaware

Highland Acres is a locality in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,492. The population density is 903.7 people per km². Highland Acres is located at 39.1163°N, 75.5183°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 19958, 19901.

Highland Acres holds a quiet, unassuming posture upon the flat, sandy expanse of the coastal plain, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered toward the salt-tinged air of the east. It lies 18.2 miles east-southeast of Milford, DE (from Milford, DE: bearing 123°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east of Milton. Light here possesses a peculiar, diffuse quality, filtering through the low-hanging Atlantic haze to wash the landscape in shades of soft ochre and muted silver. The proximity to the coast, only three miles distant, dictates the temperament of the soil and the moisture that clings to the evening grass. At the center of this terrain, Blockhouse Pond provides a still, reflective anchor for the neighborhood, its waters contained within the verdant boundaries of George H.P. Smith Park at Blockhouse Pond. Beyond the immediate periphery, the land yields to the subtle influence of Ebenezer Branch, a waterway that meanders through the low-lying terrain toward the broader reaches of Rehoboth Bay, while the distant, jagged silhouette of Pine Ridge remains a mere suggestion on the far-western edge of the traveler’s imagination.

History in Highland Acres is measured not in grand monuments, but in the slow evolution of a landscape once defined by the rhythmic labor of the poultry industry and the steady persistence of agrarian life. The local economy, having transitioned from the intensive rhythms of broiler-chicken production, now reflects the tempered pulse of a modern residential enclave that keeps a watchful eye on the nearby Flat Sands. Residents move with a deliberate pace, respecting the proximity to the tidal marshes that define the region’s ecological character, a landscape far removed from the dense, forested depths of Redden State Forest. The proximity to Beach Plum Island serves as a constant reminder of the shifting boundary between the firm earth and the encroaching brine of the sea. Life in Highland Acres endures as a series of small, honest exchanges, where the weight of the sky and the constant, invisible pull of the tides govern the day-to-day existence of those who call this particular stretch of Delaware home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tidbury Creek County Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 132° SE
Pleasant Hill (Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 172° S
Brecknock Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 302° NW
Allen Frear Elementary School (Recreation Easement) — 1.0 mi, 154° SE
Caesar Rodney High School (Recreation Easement) — 1.0 mi, 278° W
Ted Harvey Conservation Area (Wildlife Area) (Marine Protected Area) — 1.2 mi, 106° E
Riverside (Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 108° E
Saint Jones River Open Space (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 018° N
Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.2 mi, 127° SE
Johnson Victrola Museum (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 350° N
Fireman's Memorial (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 358° N
Liberty Bell Replica (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 356° N
Biggs Museum of American Art (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 355° N
Bayonets of the Revolution (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 359° N
Super Cichlids Inc (Aquarium) — 2.9 mi, 023° NE
C-141B Starlifter (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 087° E
C-130E Hercules (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 087° E
A-26C Invader (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 088° E
C-119C Flying Boxcar (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 088° E
Air Mobility Command Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 087° E
Dover High School Stadium (Stadium) — 4.4 mi, 344° N
Fork Branch Nature Preserve (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 330° NW
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.1 mi, 039° NE · 46k acres
Bowers Beach Maritime Museum (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 122° SE
Killens Pond State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 180° S
Milford Movies 9 (Cinema) — 13.4 mi, 160° S
Jackson Lane Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.7 mi, 252° W
Mispillion Art League (Gallery) — 14.8 mi, 161° S
Cross Ledge Light (Historic Ruins) — 16.6 mi, 068° E
3 Palms Zoo & Education Center (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 17.5 mi, 327° NW

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