Slaughter Beach
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
- 18.2 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 18.6 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- 24.3 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 27.6 mi off the Pine Barrens Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Overfalls: 13.5 mi
- John Dickinson House: 14.4 mi
- C-5A Galaxy: 15.6 mi
- U-3A "Blue Canoe": 15.6 mi
- C-60 Lodestar: 15.6 mi
- Bowers Beach Maritime Museum: 10.7 mi
- Lewes Life-Saving Station: 13.4 mi
- The Lewes Historical Society Main Campus: 13.5 mi
- The Lewes Maritime Museum at the Cannonball House: 13.6 mi
- Zwaanendael Museum: 13.7 mi
- Pemberton Forest Nature Preserve - Ponders Tract: 8.9 mi
- Milford Millponds Nature Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Ted Harvey Conservation Area - Buckaloo Tract: 11.3 mi
- Redden State Forest - Barr Tract: 11.6 mi
- Ted Harvey Conservation Area - Morris Tract: 12.0 mi
- John Milton Statue: 10.2 mi
- Zwaanendael Memorial: 12.4 mi
- The Blizzard of 1888: 13.4 mi
- Menhaden Fishing Industry: 13.4 mi
- Lightship Overfalls: 13.5 mi
- Lewes Public Beach: 13.8 mi
- Sunset Beach: 18.3 mi
- Higbee Beach: 18.6 mi
- The Cove: 20.0 mi
- Sunray Beach: 21.8 mi
- New Market: 9.4 mi
- Banning: 13.8 mi
- Owens Station: 14.3 mi
- Saint Johnstown: 16.6 mi
- South Cape May: 19.7 mi
- Fourteen Foot Bank Light: 11.3 mi
- Brandywine Shoal Light: 11.3 mi
- Miah Maull Shoal Light: 15.0 mi
- East Point Lighthouse: 24.1 mi
- Ice Cream Statue: 20.0 mi
- Back Bay Art Glass LLC: 22.1 mi
- Douglas A. Munro: 22.6 mi
- Senior Center Meditation Garden: 6.5 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom Hills | SSE 149° | 0 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 40 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/191255906
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