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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