City neighboring Rehoboth Beach on the Delaware Bay serves as a vacation and resort spot popular with residents of Washington, D.C., and the surrounding suburbs
General Information
Hours:
Open year-round (outdoor city)
Fees:
No admission fee to visit the city
Pet Policy:
Leashed pets welcome throughout the city; individual parks may have their own rules
Closest cities with major hotel chains:
Rehoboth Beach, DE (10 miles south)
Seasons:
Open year-round; peak season June–August
Location:
Website:
How to Get There
From Rehoboth Beach, DE (10 mi): Take DE-1 N from Rehoboth Beach approximately 10 miles north to Lewes city center.
Overview
Lewes is a historic town on Delaware Bay, next to Cape Henlopen, and a laid-back alternative to nearby Rehoboth Beach. It is popular with vacationers from Washington, D.C. Savannah, Second, and Front streets have shops, restaurants, and historic sites, and Fisherman's Wharf on the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal has restaurants and bait shops.
Highlights
- Zwaanendael Museum: exhibits on Delaware history
- Lightship Overfalls: a surviving lightship moored on the canal
- Lighthouses: the Delaware Breakwater East End Light and Harbor of Refuge Light offshore
- Cape Henlopen State Park and Fort Miles: a WWII coastal defense site next door, decommissioned in 1991
- Lewes Beach and parks: Canalfront Park, Zwaanendael Park and Herb Garden, and the Great Marsh
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Lewes, Delaware", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
