Rehoboth Beach Delaware Map

About Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Rehoboth Beach is a locality in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,108. The population density is 364.1 people per km². Rehoboth Beach is located at 38.7209°N, 75.0760°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Rehoboth Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 19971.

Rehoboth Beach emerges from the flat coastal margin where the rhythmic pulse of the Atlantic tide meets the shifting grains of a wide, sandy shore. It lies 23.1 miles southeast of Milford, DE (from Milford, DE: bearing 125°T), and is situated 5.0 miles southeast of Lewes. The horizon here is defined by the expansive quality of the sky, which bleeds a soft, bruised violet into the water at dusk, while the immediate landscape remains low and level, anchored by the still, dark waters of Lake Gerar. Beyond the immediate shoreline, the terrain stretches toward the brackish expanse of Rehoboth Bay and the quiet, grass-fringed periphery of Thompson Island, creating a horizon that feels infinite and unburdened by the jagged silhouette of distant high ground, save for the faint, atmospheric suggestion of Pine Ridge far to the west.

Rehoboth Beach serves as a vibrant confluence of seasonal industry and historical endurance, anchored by the enduring wooden planks of the Rehoboth Beach and Boardwalk that define the edge of the human experience against the sea. The economic life of the locale has long been tethered to the movement of water and travelers, with the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal acting as a silent, narrow artery for transit through the surrounding lowlands. Nearby, the geography shifts toward the subtle, sediment-heavy depression of Flat Sands, a reminder of the soft, yielding nature of the earth in this region. Life here moves in concert with the seasonal migration of visitors, who gather to find a strange, flickering clarity in the salt-heavy air, far removed from the denser, inland textures of the world beyond the reach of the tide.

About This Rehoboth Beach Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Coordinates: 38.720945, -75.076014. 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 Rehoboth Beach includes the ZIP code (19971), telephone area code (302), county seat of Sussex County (Georgetown), and school district assignment (Cape Henlopen School District).

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.