Fort Miles Interpretive Site

Fort Miles Interpretive Site is a museum in Sussex County, Delaware. Fort Miles Interpretive Site is situated nearby to Sand Hill, as well as near the grassland Parade Field.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Delaware Breakwater East End Light and Delaware Breakwater.

Delaware Breakwater East End Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

The Delaware Breakwater East End Light is a lighthouse located on the inner Delaware Breakwater in the Delaware Bay, just off the coast of Cape Henlopen and the town of Lewes, Delaware. Delaware Breakwater East End Light is situated 1½ miles north of Fort Miles Interpretive Site.

Delaware Breakwater

Breakwater

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

The Delaware Breakwater is a set of breakwaters east of Lewes, Delaware on Cape Henlopen that form Lewes Harbor. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976. Delaware Breakwater is situated 2 miles northwest of Fort Miles Interpretive Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lewes and North Shores.

Lewes

Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Lewes is a city in Delaware along the Delaware Bay in Sussex County near the Atlantic Ocean. It offers the visitor several beaches and historical sites.

North Shores

Quarter

North Shores is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. North Shores is located along the Atlantic Ocean north of Henlopen Acres and Rehoboth Beach and south of Cape Henlopen State Park. North Shores is situated 3 miles south of Fort Miles Interpretive Site.

Quakertown

Locality

Quakertown is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Quakertown is located on U.S. Route 9 Business, southwest of Lewes. Quakertown is situated 4 miles southwest of Fort Miles Interpretive Site.

Fort Miles Interpretive Site

Type: Museum
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Sussex County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.77767° or 38° 46′ 40″ north

Longitude

-75.09084° or 75° 5′ 27″ west

Open location code

87C6QWH5+3M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1224273271

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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Highlights include Sand Hill and Parade Field.

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