Indian River Inlet
Indian River Inlet is a bay in Sussex County, Delaware. Indian River Inlet is situated nearby to the neighborhood Quillens Point, as well as near Newtons Acres.Places of Interest
Highlights include Indian River Inlet Bridge and Indian River Life-Saving Station.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ocean View and Bethany Beach.
Ocean View
Village
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Ocean View is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 1,882 at the 2010 census, an increase of 87.1% over the previous decade.
Bethany Beach
Photo: Conn, Kit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bethany Beach is a city in Delaware. It is a beach town located along the Atlantic Ocean in Sussex County.
Long Neck
Village
Long Neck is a census-designated place in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 1,980 at the 2010 census. Long Neck was the only census-designated place in Sussex County until Lincoln was added in the 2020 United States census.
Indian River Inlet
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “IR Inlet”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sussex County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.60811° or 38° 36′ 29″ northLongitude
-75.06328° or 75° 3′ 48″ westOpen location code
87C6JW5P+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1988991096OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
4143116
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