Bellevue Range Rear Light

Bellevue Range Rear Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, at the mouth of the Christina River on the Delaware River, Wilmington, Delaware…

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Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in Delaware, United States
Also known as: “Bellevue Range Rear Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Holy Trinity Church and Pennsylvania Station.

Holy Trinity Church

Museum

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Holy Trinity Church, also known as Old Swedes, is a historic church at East 7th and Church Street in Wilmington, Delaware. It was consecrated on Trinity Sunday, June 4, 1699, by a predominantly Swedish congregation formerly of the colony of New Sweden. Holy Trinity Church is situated 1½ miles northwest of Bellevue Range Rear Light.

Pennsylvania Station

Railway station

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Wilmington station, also known as the Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Railroad Station, is a passenger rail station in Wilmington, Delaware. It serves nine Amtrak train routes and is part of the Northeast Corridor. Pennsylvania Station is situated 2 miles northwest of Bellevue Range Rear Light.

Fort Christina

Monument

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Fort Christina, also called Fort Altena, was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built in 1638 and named after Christina, Queen of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi east of the… Fort Christina is situated 1½ miles northwest of Bellevue Range Rear Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Landlith and Holloway Terrace.

Landlith

Hamlet

The Wilmington Rail Viaduct is a series of fills and bridges, about 4 miles long, that carries the Northeast Corridor through the city of Wilmington, Delaware, above street level. Landlith is situated 1½ miles north of Bellevue Range Rear Light.

Holloway Terrace

Village

Holloway Terrace is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Holloway Terrace is located on the outskirts of the city of Wilmington along Delaware Route 9 and Interstate 295, southwest of the Port of Wilmington. Holloway Terrace is situated 2 miles southwest of Bellevue Range Rear Light.

Dunleith

Hamlet

Dunleith is a suburb of Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It was built in the early 1950s, and was the first housing development marketed for African-Americans in Delaware. In 1990, the population was 2,600. Dunleith is situated 2 miles west of Bellevue Range Rear Light.

Bellevue Range Rear Light

Categories: heritage site, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.72032° or 39° 43′ 13″ north

Longitude

-75.51787° or 75° 31′ 4″ west

Open location code

87F6PFCJ+4V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 368217391

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

Wikidata ID

Q4883959

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In Other Languages

“Bellevue Range Rear Light” goes by many names.

French: “phare arrière de Bellevue”
French: “Phare arrière de Bellevue”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cherry Island Marsh and DD Hay Road Solar 23 LLC.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Port of Wilmington and T. Parker Host.

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Worth a closer look: Dover and Wilmington.

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