Fenwick Island Travel Guide: Reviews, photos, & videos

Fenwick Island, just south of the Bethany public beaches, has a New England charm and cozy white-tablecloth restaurants in sharp contrast to the party scene just a few miles north of Bethany Beach. The focus in both Bethany and Fenwick Island is on families and activities are geared towards children. Bring the kids to Salisbury Zoological Park for monkey, bird and otter spotting. After a relaxing nights sleep in a pristine Fenwick vacation home, check out 17th, 18th and 19th-century artifacts from shipwrecks at the Discover Sea Shipwreck Museum on Fenwick Island.

Rent a kayak and explore the shoreline of the island and the marshlands that spill in to Little Assawoman Bay. Be on the lookout for the vacation rentals in Fenwick – as well as some buried treasure!

  • Beach, Family-friendly, Fishing, Golfing, Hiking, Northeast, Ocean, Relaxing, Rustic, Surfing, Usa, Watersports

 
 
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 Directions 

Distance from closest metropolitan area: 125 miles (from Washington, DC)  
 
Estimated travel time: 2 hours, 45 minutes (from Washington, DC)  
 
From Washington, DC, head east on Route 50 and cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Follow Route 50 to Wye Mills on the Eastern Shore. At Wye Mills, take Route 50 to Route 404. Follow Route 404 and pick up Route 16 E after passing Denton, MD. Travel Route 16 into Sussex County, DE, through Greenwood, Ellendale and Milton, all the way to Route 1 at Broadkill, just 10 miles north of the beaches. Take Route 1 south to Fenwick Island.

 

   

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    Periods of rain. Windy with highs in the upper 40s. North winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
    Hi: 49° F, Low: 39° F.

  • Tomorrow's forecast

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    Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning... Then partly sunny in the afternoon. Breezy with highs in the lower 50s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
    Hi: 52° F, Low: 34° F.


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DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum

DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum's collection of shipwreck and recovered artifacts is one of the largest in the Mid-Atlantic region—the 10,000 artifacts on display represent only twenty percent of the museum's total collection. The museum's interactive exhibits of coins recovered from local wrecks, silver and gold bars, weapons, jewelry, porcelain and pottery, all dating back to the 17th, 18th and 19th-centuries, provide a hands-on encounter with history.

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