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Slaughter Beach

Slaughter Beach from directly overhead

Slaughter Beach is a beach in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Bottom Hills stands 0 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Marshall's Pond Park, a park 5.9 miles away. Delaware Bayshore Byway passes 18 miles off.

The story

beach in Sussex County, Delaware, USA

Wikidata Q49324795, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.92346, -75.30754

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marshall's Pond Park: 5.9 mi
  • Goat Island Park: 6.1 mi
  • Mispillion Walkway Park: 6.1 mi
  • BIcentennial Greenway: 6.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 51
Museums: 34
Nature reserves: 31
Historic sites: 16
Beaches: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Artworks: 3
  • Ice Cream Statue: 20.0 mi
  • Back Bay Art Glass LLC: 22.1 mi
  • Douglas A. Munro: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Senior Center Meditation Garden: 6.5 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Bottom Hills: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Slaughter Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bottom HillsSSE 149°0 m24.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:13
June solstice05:3719:5120:31
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1716:0116:43

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384046566575797772615042
Precip in3.43.24.23.43.43.84.94.34.54.43.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lewes, 13 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Mispillion River entrance, DE, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/191255906

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