Dewey Beach to the south of Rehoboth is a natural sandbar community that boasts an ocean on one side of the street and a bay on the other. This area is popular for water sports such as skimboarding, windsurfing, and catamaran sailing. Sunsets over the bay provide a romantic atmosphere and enhance the nightlife. Located adjacent to Dewey Beach is the Delaware Seashore State Park. Here you will find a long stretch of natural beach that offers several areas for four-wheel vehicle access and surf fishing. A popular activity is treasure hunting on the beach with metal detectors.
The resort offers beautiful white sandy beaches and natural dunes that abound
with vegetation and wildlife. The surrounding beach parks offer visitors a
chance to feel alone with the sand and surf. Cape Henlopen State Park offers
open shoreline which is excellent for crabbing, surf fishing, swimming or
walking. This beach is the home of the highest sand dune between Cape Hatteras
and Cape Cod. This "great dune" rises over 80 feet above the shoreline.
The park also houses the famous "walking dunes" and colonies of
shorebirds. If you like to observe from above, a refurbished World War II
observation tower is open to the public and is a featured stop on nature walks.
In late fall Gordon's Pond offers bird lovers an opportunity to observe the many
wildlife species such as osprey, piping plover, and occasionally an American
bald eagle. In late spring, a little known activity includes picking a local
delicacy, beach plums, used for making jelly.
