Hawkins Point

Hawkins Point is a cape in Sussex County, Delaware. Hawkins Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Masseys Landing, as well as near the hamlet Pot-Nets Seaside.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Indian River Life-Saving Station and Indian River Inlet Bridge.

Indian River Life-Saving Station

Museum

Photo: Smallbones, CC0.

The Indian River Life-Saving Station was established between Bethany Beach and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware in 1880 to rescue mariners shipwrecked along the Delaware coast, as part of the United States Life-Saving Service.

Indian River Inlet Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Uncommon fritillary, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Indian River Inlet Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge located in Sussex County, Delaware, in the United States. It carries four lanes of Delaware Route 1 over the Indian River Inlet between the Indian River Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Neck and Oak Orchard.

Long Neck

Village

Long Neck is a census-designated place in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Long Neck had a population of 3,017. Long Neck was the only census-designated place in Sussex County until Lincoln was added in the 2020 United States census.

Oak Orchard

Hamlet

Oak Orchard is an unincorporated community east of the town of Millsboro, Delaware, United States. Oak Orchard is bordered to the south by the Indian River Bay, to the east by Emily Gut and "the Peninsula", and to the north by Delaware Route 24.