Lewes Beach

Address: Lewes, DE

Web Site: http://www.leweschamber.com/index.html

Lewes Beach is the Delaware Bay apron of sand fronting “the city in the first state.” Lewes the town is steeped in nautical history and today is very much a working port. The historic town fronts on the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal, which provides docking for working and pleasure craft. The automobile/passenger ferry to Cape May docks here as well.

North of the town, accessible by Cape Henlopen Drive is the splendid Cape Henlopen State Park with 6 miles of beach on the Atlantic Ocean.

East of poultry-processing plants and south of the state capital, the beach communities of southeastern Delaware are a favorite playground for vacationers from the Washington, D.C. area. But even those from farther away will find a lot to discover in the towns of Lewes, Rehoboth Beach, Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach and Fenwick Island -- from a classic boardwalk scene to tales of shipwrecks and lost colonies to an eclectic collection of restaurants.

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