A Driving Tour of the Delaware Bayshore Byway

Here are most of the points of interest along and near the Delaware Bayshore Byway from north to south.
  • New Castle, including New Castle Historic District and First State National Historical Park (see blog post on what I call its essential sights, another blog post on the diversity of its architecture, and a third blog post on what I call secret New Castle--things many visitors aren't aware of); 
  • Delaware City (see blog post); 
  • Fort Delaware and Pea Patch Island; 
  • Saint Georges (see blog post); 
  • Fort Dupont (see blog post); 
  • Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, referred to as the C&D Canal (see blog post);
  • Ashton Tract of Augustine Wildlife Area, including Ashton National Historic District (see blog post); 
  • Port Penn (see blog post); 
  • Augustine Beach, including the Augustine Beach Hotel (see blog post); 
  • Liston Front and Rear Range Lighthouses (see blog post); 
  • Odessa (see first blog post and second blog post); 
  • Blackbird Creek Reserve and some nearby historic buildings (see blog post);
  • Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area (see blog post); 
  • Woodland Beach Wildlife Area, including the Aquatic Resources Education Center (see blog post); 
  • Woodland Beach (see blog post); 
  • Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, including Allee House and Raymond Neck Historic District (see blog post); 
  • Leipsic, including Wheel of Fortune (see blog post); 
  • Little Creek, including Little Creek Rural Historic District (see blog post); 
  • Little Creek Wildlife Area; 
  • Port Mahon (see blog post); 
  • Pickering Beach (see blog post); 
  • Air Mobility Command Museum; 
  • John Dickinson Plantation; 
  • St. Jones Reserve and Ted Harvey Conservation Area (see blog post); 
  • Kitts Hummock (see blog post); 
  • Magnolia (see blog post); 
  • Bowers Beach (see blog post); 
  • Frederica, including Barratt's Chapel and Mordington (see blog post); 
  • South Bowers, including Sardis United Methodist Church (see blog post); 
  • (Bennett's Pier Beach is a private community not open to the public); 
  • Big Stone Beach and Milford Neck Wildlife Area (see blog post); 
  • Milford, including North Milford Historic District (see blog post), South Milford/Victorian Historic District (see blog post), and the Milford Shipyard Area Historic District (see blog post on the Mispillion Riverwalk); 
  • Abbotts Mill Nature Center; 
  • Slaughter Beach (see blog post); 
  • Fowler Beach (see blog post on Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge); 
  • (Prime Hook Beach is a private community not open to the public); 
  • Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, including Prime Hook State Wildlife Management Area (see blog post); 
  • Milton (see blog post on its Victorian architecture, blog post on its earlier buildings and blog post on its early 20th century buildings); 
  • Broadkill Beach (see blog post);
  • Connect to the Historic Lewes Byway at the intersection of DE 1 and 9.

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