Melson Island
Melson Island is a cape in Sussex County, Delaware. Melson Island is situated nearby to the locality Bottom Hills, as well as near the neighborhood Quillens Point.Places of Interest
Highlights include Indian River Inlet Bridge and Indian River Life-Saving Station.
Indian River Inlet Bridge
Bridge
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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
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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 Life-Saving Station is situated 2 miles north of Melson Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ocean View and Long Neck.
Ocean View
Village
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Ocean View is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ocean View had a population of 2,636. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies in Baltimore Hundred. Ocean View is situated 4 miles south of Melson Island.
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. Long Neck is situated 4 miles west of Melson Island.
Millville
Town
Millville is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population in 2020 was 1,825, It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies within Baltimore Hundred. Millville is situated 4½ miles southwest of Melson Island.
Melson Island
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Sussex County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.60595° or 38° 36′ 21″ northLongitude
-75.07601° or 75° 4′ 34″ westOpen location code
87C6JW4F+9HGeoNames ID
4143611
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