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Slaughter Beach Delaware Map

Explore Slaughter Beach, 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 Slaughter Beach, Delaware

How to Use This Slaughter Beach, Delaware Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Slaughter Beach, 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 Slaughter Beach.

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

Latitude	38.91289
Longitude	-75.30408
Population	218
Density	59.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	19963
Area Code	302
County Seat	Georgetown
School District	Milford School District

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About Slaughter Beach, Delaware

Slaughter Beach is a locality in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It is a small community with a population of 218. The population density is 59.3 people per km². Slaughter Beach is located at 38.9129°N, 75.3041°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Slaughter Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 19963.

Slaughter Beach emerges from the flat, low-slung horizon where the salt-heavy air clings to the blades of marsh grass and the rhythmic pulse of the tides dictates the waking hours. It lies 6.7 miles east of Milford, DE (from Milford, DE: bearing 90°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north of Milton. The landscape is defined by the winding passage of Slaughter Creek, which snakes through the silt-rich earth toward the water, carving a path past the protected expanse of Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. To the north, the small, solitary form of Todds Island sits amidst the shallows, while the distant, hazy suggestion of Cabin Ridge remains a mere ghost against the western sky. When the light fades, the atmosphere turns a bruised, metallic gray, and the silence is broken only by the thin, reedy calls of shorebirds wheeling above the water, indifferent to the encroaching shadows.

History in Slaughter Beach remains tethered to the harvest of the tides and the quiet resilience of those who favor the solitude of the shoreline over the clamor of more crowded coasts. While the nearby Mispillion Marina serves as a functional anchor for local maritime activity, the regional economy leans heavily on the quiet husbandry of the land, echoing the agricultural traditions of the surrounding broiler-chicken country. Residents here understand the seasonal clock, watching for the ancient, rhythmic arrival of horseshoe crabs upon the sand, an event that marks the passage of time more reliably than any mechanical watch. Life moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, far removed from the bustle of the distant Brandywine valley, yet connected to the broader, enduring legacy of a state shaped by its waterways and the long, slow reach of the forest found in the timber of Ellendale State Forest and the hidden depths of Ingram Pond.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.0 mi, 210° SW · 29k acres
Mispillion Marine Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 330° NW
Milford Neck Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 326° NW
Cedar Creek Nature Preserve (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 231° SW
Milford Neck Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 323° NW
Mispillion Art League (Gallery) — 6.7 mi, 270° W
Silver Lake (State Resource Management Area) — 6.9 mi, 269° W
Milford Movies 9 (Cinema) — 7.1 mi, 281° W
Pemberton Forest Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 196° S
Redden State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 9.3 mi, 207° SW
John Milton Statue (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 183° S
Great Marsh Preserve (State Park) — 9.5 mi, 142° SE
Cape Henlopen State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 11.1 mi, 140° SE
Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 11.2 mi, 342° N
Bowers Beach Maritime Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 333° NW
Fourteen Foot Bank Light (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 055° NE
Zwaanendael Memorial (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 138° SE
The Blizzard of 1888 (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 137° SE
Painting with a Twist (Gallery) — 13.6 mi, 147° SE
Cinema Art Theater (Arts Centre) — 14.2 mi, 145° SE
Hawk Watch (Viewpoint) — 14.4 mi, 127° SE
Fort Miles Interpretive Site (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 129° SE
C-5A Galaxy (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 330° NW
U-3A "Blue Canoe" (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 330° NW
C-60 Lodestar (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 330° NW
Air Mobility Command Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 330° NW
Anna Hazzard Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 139° SE
Clear Space Theatre Company (Theatre) — 18.2 mi, 138° SE
Super Cichlids Inc (Aquarium) — 19.7 mi, 328° NW
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.8 mi, 346° N · 46k acres

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