Georgetown-Lewes Trail
This popular trail near Lewes Delaware provides walkers, bikers, dog walkers and families the opportunity to enjoy time together outside.
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Sussex
13.1 mi
About 1 hour
The Historic Lewes Byway is a continuous road network that, taken as a whole, captures the modern history of the greater Lewes area. The individual segments of the route include New Road, Pilottown Road/Front Street, Savannah Road, Kings Highway, Gills Neck Road and Cape Henlopen Drive. Both physically and historically, these segments have played a vital role in the town’s development and reflect its evolution since 1631.
Whether visiting and learning about the Lewes community and broader region’s heritage on your own, as part of an interpreted itinerary; or, getting outdoors to explore the regions natural beauty and cultural heritage while exercising – the Historic Lewes Byway provides an experience you’re sure to enjoy.
The Zwaanendael Museum was built in commemoration of Delaware’s first European colony, Swanendael, established by the Dutch in 1631. The museum serves as a showcase for the Lewes area’s maritime, military and social history.
When the current lands of the state of Delaware were granted to William Penn sometime after 1682, Penn proclaimed that Cape Henlopen and its natural resources were to be for the common usage of the citizens of Lewes and Sussex County, thus establishing some of the nation’s first “public lands.”
Cape Henlopen was once a World War II coastal defense site. Take a tour of Battery 519, and climb to the top of the Observation Tower to discover the roles the towers played in the operation of Fort Miles.
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In the early 1800s, mariners pleaded for a breakwater to be constructed just inside Cape Henlopen, on the southern side of the bay, as a refuge from rough seas. The lighthouse is on the west end of the breakwater.
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This popular trail near Lewes Delaware provides walkers, bikers, dog walkers and families the opportunity to enjoy time together outside.
This popular and easy biking, hiking, running, and bird watching trail traverses the salt marshes of Cape Henlopen State Park in coastal Delaware.
This coastal walking, biking trail winds through beautiful hardwood and pine forests, open fields and coastal marshes offering incredible views.
View the rolling hills of the Brandywine Valley and many historical and cultural sites.
Historical small towns, lush marshes and some of the best birding on the east coast.
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