Rehoboth - patrolled daily, 9:30 to 5, during summer. Some areas are off-limits and are marked. No admission fee. Closed from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. Alcohol, open fires and vehicles forbidden.

Dewey - Ocean and small bay beaches, some of which are not open to the public. No admission fee to public beaches. Volleyball, boat launching and skim boarding at certain times on ocean beaches.

Lewes - Delaware Bay beach is patrolled by lifeguards 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week during summer. Admission free. Waves smaller than ocean waves. Virtually no undertow. No boardwalk.

Seashore State Park - Eastern boundary is the Atlantic; western the Rehoboth Bay and the Indian River Bay. Two ocean swimming areas have bathhouses and lifeguards. Surfing north of Indian River Inlet, surf fishing elsewhere. Sailing, kayaking on bays. $2.50, $5 for out-of-state cars.

Fenwick Island State Park, Bethany Beach - Ocean swimming. Guarded from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Showers and concession. Surf fishing. On the Little Assawoman Bay, kayak and sailboat rentals. $2.50, $5 for out-of-state cars.

Bethany - Patrolled from Memorial Day to Labor Day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed from 1 to 5 a.m. No admission fee. Alcohol forbidden. Fishing forbidden from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., May 15 through Sept. 15.

Fenwick - Patrolled from Memorial Day to Labor Day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and two weekends after Labor Day. No admission fee. Alcohol forbidden May 15 to Sept. 15. No dogs, May 1 to Sept. 30. No surfboards and no fishing, May 15 to Sept. 15, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Rehoboth Outlets - More than 140 stores are located in three centers along Route 1, stretching from Midway to near the entrance of Rehoboth Beach. See www.shoprehoboth.com for more information. Rehoboth Outlets’ customer service center, located in Center 3 next to the Paper Factory and Bull on the Beach. For information, call 226-9223.

Rehoboth Beach Parking - Within the city limits of Rehoboth each, parking meters are in effect from the Friday immediately preceding Memorial Day until and including the second Sunday following Labor Day, between the hours of 10 a.m. prevailing time, until midnight, prevailing time, of each day and apply to all parking meter zones established within the city. All 30-minute parking zones remain posted and will be in effect the entire year. Parking permits are required in all non-metered areas of the city from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. beginning the Friday before Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. For more information, contact the city manager's office at 227-4641. A park and ride, provided by the DART First State bus service, runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day, 7 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. The bus route runs along Delaware 1 between Lewes and Dewey and into Rehoboth, with intermittent stops at the outlets, in the center of Rehoboth and at the Boardwalk. For details, call (800) 553-DART.

MILTON
Downtown Shopping District - A pleasing array of shops, including several antique stores, grace the Town of Milton.

Milton Parking - Milton has on-street parking as well as a public lot next to the library.

LEWES
Downtown Shopping District - The pride and joy of downtown Lewes is picturesque Second Street. Upscale men’s and women’s clothing stores are joined by gourmet food shops, a toy store, a specialty coffee shop, homemade ice cream store and more.

Lewes Parking - Lewes has two public parking areas, both of which are metered: the 1812 Parking Lot on Savannah Road at the canal and a smaller lot on Third Street. (A larger lot on Third Street is owned by Wilmington Trust and is reserved for its customers only.) In-town meters, which are also along 2nd, 3rd Market and Front streets, are in effect from May 1 through Oct. 12, daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost is 50 cents for 30 minutes. Meters in the beach parking lot are in effect from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

FENWICK ISLAND
Fenwick Island Shopping - Those in search of beachy things to wear and cool souvenirs need look no further than the wide variety of stores along Route 1 in Fenwick Island.

Fenwick Island Parking - Permits are required May 15 through Sept. 15 to park on any street between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Those permits may be used in designated locations except at the "beach ends" between Bunting Avenue and the entrances to the beach. The "beach ends" are reserved for Fenwick Island property owners. For information, call 539-3011.

BETHANY BEACH
Bethany Beach Shopping - Shoppers in the downtown area along Garfield Parkway will note many boutiques, restaurants and novelty stores.

Bethany Beach Parking - Meters and permits are in effect May 15 to Sept. 30. Meters are in effect 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Garfield Parkway; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. elsewhere. Permits are required on side streets as posted and must be displayed so that officers can see them. Red zone is for employees of businesses and requires separate permit. For information, call 539-8102.

Zwaanendael Museum, Savannah Road and Kings Highway. Built in 1631 in Dutch style to commemorate 300th anniversary of first settlement. Exhibits deal with history of area and feature local artists. No admission. Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sunday, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. 645-1148

Fisher Martin House, 120 Kings Highway. Home of the Lewes Chamber of Commerce. Built in 1730 in Cool Spring, moved to Lewes in 1980 to mark town’s 350th birthday.

Lewes Presbyterian Church, 133 Kings Highway. Congregation was founded in 1632. Cemetery of particular interest.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Second and Market streets. Congregation dates to early 1600s. Remains of captain of the HM DeBraak, which sank off the coast May 25, 1798, buried there.

Ryves Holt House, 218 Second St. Built in 1665, believed to be the oldest standing house in Delaware. Exhibits focus on families that have lived there and on changes in structure.

1812 Memorial Park, Front Street across from post office. Commemorates defense of Lewes from British in War of 1812. Contains several guns from battle, one reputedly from a pirate’s ship.

Cannonball House Marine Museum, 118 Front Street. Still bears the cannonball that struck it during War of 1812. Owned by Lewes Historical Society.

Original Maritime Exchange, 119 Front St. Operated from 1884 to 1928. Telescopes on roof were used to spot ships, whose owners were then notified by telegraph that they were arriving.

Preservation Forge, 114 W. Third St. Working blacksmith and museum.

Old fire house and jail, 116 W. Third St. Built in 1897.

Original Methodist meeting house, 214 Mulberry St. Built in 1790 and Third and Market. Moved to Mulberry and Church, then to current location in 1870.

St. George’s AME Church, 317 Park Ave. Built in 1883.

U.S. Lifesaving Station, Shipcarpenter and Front streets. Built in 1882. Owned by Lewes Historical Society.

Milton
Governor’s Walk, commemorating Milton’s five native sons who have become governors. Goes east to west along Broadkill river, will soon be expanded to circle through town.

Kings Ice Cream, Union Street. Located in the 18th-century Robert Carey Store, one of the oldest existing stores in the state.

Downtown. While much of it was destroyed in an early 20th-century fire, a few old buildings survive. The Christmas Shoppe building was constructed in 1770 and added onto in 1820.

The Gov. David Hazzard House at 327 Union St. is a bed and breakfast. The home was built in the late 18th century.

The home of Gov. James Ponder is still standing at 416 Federal St. It was built in the mid 19th century and is home to Short Funeral Parlor.

The home of Robert Carey, who served as governor of Wyoming from 1919 to 1923, is located at 301 Union. It was built in 1860.

Other homes of interest include the Ellingsworth House, 328 Union St., built in 1885, the Capt. William Russell Home, 322 Union, built in the 18th century, the N. W. McGee House, 102 Union, the Draper Atkins House, 206 Federal St., built in 1830, and the W. C. Prettyman House, 203 Federal, a Greek revival built in 1845. None is open to the public.

Rehoboth
Anna Hazzard Museum, 17 Christian Street. Admission is free. Located in an original Rehoboth campsite "tent," or small house. For details, call 226-1119. Originating at the museum, a walking tour of Rehoboth features the following:

Lorenzo Dow Martin House, 30 Christian St. Built before 1848, the oldest house in Rehoboth. Now a part of Walls Apartments.

Cape Henlopen Lighthouse replica, Grove Street at Rehoboth Avenue. The original, at Cape Henlopen, fell into the sea in 1926.

1884 railroad station, Grove Street at Rehoboth Avenue. Houses the chamber of commerce Grove Park, Columbia Street at Grove Avenue. Once part of the original church camp site.

Ethel P. B. Leach Art Studio, 38 Kent St. Built in mid 1920s. Leach, a Delaware painter and illustrator, was a student of Howard Pyle.

Memorial House, 54 Oak Ave. Built in 1932. Now a retreat for Episcopal Diocese of Delaware.

Verandas, 70 Columbia Ave. Built in 1917. Home of Ethel P. B. Leach.

The Homestead, 12 Dodds Lane, Henlopen Acres. Homestead, 1743, was a colonial-plantation manor house. Now home to the Rehoboth Art League.

Corner Cupboard Inn, 50 Park Ave. Built in the 1920s.

The Boardwalk, originally built in 1873.

Village Improvement Association Clubhouse, on the Boardwalk. Built in 1926, club founded in 1909.

Pennsylvania Railroad Retirees’ Retreat, on the Boardwalk. Built in 1920.

Lingo’s Market, First and Baltimore. In operation since 1898.

Shipwrecks of 1918, 1944, on the beach at Brooklyn Avenue. Visible only during very low tide.

Lighthouses
Fenwick Island Lighthouse. Built in 1859. A two-story dwelling for the light keeper was built the same year; a second dwelling was completed in 1881. Decommissioned in 1978. The lighthouse is open to the public through the summer. Details - 539-2100.

Delaware Breakwater Lighthouse (West End). Built on the breakwater at Cape Henlopen in between 1829 and 1869. Demolished in 1950. Bricks and stones still there.

Green Hill Light (Delaware Breakwater Rear Range Lighthouse). 2 miles northwest of Lewes on Pilottown Road. In use 1881 - 1918. Tower moved to Gasparilla Island on Florida Gulf coast in 1927. Lewes remains in ruins.

Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse. Built on Cape Henlopen breakwater in 1855. Automated in 1950, then made obsolete by expanding cape. Bought by state in 1997. On National Historic Register. Visible from west side of Cape Henlopen.

National Harbor of Refuge, outer breakwater off Cape Henlopen. All metal, built in 1926 and automated in 1973. Maintained by US Coast Guard. Visible from Cape May-Lewes Ferry.

Cape Henlopen Lighthouse. A much a local hero as a building can be. Built on a high sand hill on Cape Henlopen in 1769, the sixth lighthouse on American soil. Originally 3,000 feet from tip of cape, in 1860 was a mile. In 1905, the sand hill began moving to the west, allowing water in from the east. Abandoned in 1924, fell into Delaware Bay in 1926. Site now well offshore. Replica stands in Rehoboth, just east of canal on Rehoboth Avenue.

Vessels
Kalmar Nyckel - Reproduction of the sailing vessel that in 1625 brought settlers to what is now Wilmington. Will be docked at the Cape May-Lewes Ferry terminal June 16 - 29 and Aug. 9 - Sept. 8. Tours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day that the ship is docked. $5, $4 for children 12 and under. Cost for a three-hour cruise is $40 per person. Details - (302) 429-7447. Tickets - 644-6030.

The lightship Overfalls - Permanently docked at Lewes’ city dock. Built in 1938 and decommissioned in 1972 and given to the Lewes Historical Society. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Memorial Day through Labor Day. No admission. 644-4646.

A. J. Meerwald - A schooner built in 1928 to dredge oysters from the depths of the Delaware Bay. Now owned by the Delaware Bay Schooner Project, Bivalve, N.J. Used to teach about the bay, its history and environment. Day-long and overnight ecology camps. www.ajmeerwald.org or (856) 785-2060.

Cemeteries
Ebenezer Graveyard, Quakertown near Cape Henlopen High School, Lewes.
Fifteen remaining graves, most facing west. Oldest dated 1795.

Bethel M.E. Cemetery, Savannah Road near Blockhouse Pond, Lewes. Older tombstones bear pictures of deceased.

Lewes Presbyterian Church, Kings Highway, Lewes. Congregation established in 1682. Cemetery includes graves to two governors, Col. David Hall and Ebe W. Tunnell, as well as Ambassador George S. Messersmith, assistant secretary of state, and David W. Brown, official reporter for the US House of Representatives. Brown’s grave includes a plaque from National Shorthand Reporter’s Association.

St. George’s AME, Pilottown Road, Lewes. In use from 1891 to 1930.

Ancient Burial Ground, Pilottown Road, Lewes. On the site of first Dutch settlement, 1631. Used by early Dutch, now used by St. Peter’s.

Truitt site, New Road, Lewes. Wiltbank family burial plot, 1792 - 1850. Nine graves, some double.

Unknown Sailors’ Graveyard, under the parking lot at Cape May-Lewes Ferry terminal, Lewes. Final home to hundreds of sailors washed up on the Lewes beach.

Quarantine Station Cemetery, Cape Henlopen State Park near fishing dock. Once part of the Delaware Breakwater Quarantine Station, where ill immigrants were housed in late 19th century. Graves now lost.

Friendship Baptist Cemetery, Fourth Street, Lewes. First black Baptist congregation in Lewes. Earliest grave 1976.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Second and Market streets, Lewes. Oldest grave is that of Margaret Huling, porn in 1631. Four governors buried here, as well as the captain of the ill-fated HM DeBraak, which sank off the coast in 1798.

Rehoboth Cemetery, Henlopen Avenue, Rehoboth. Near the site of the first church camp site, where Rehoboth began.

Prince George’s Chapel, Delaware 26, Dagsboro. Built in 1757 as an Anglican chapel, the church is owned by the state and is maintained by a friends group. The oldest stone in its cemetery is dated 1820.

Dagsboro Prince George’s Chapel, Delaware 26. Built in 1757 as an Anglican chapel, the church is owned by the state and is maintained by a friends group. It was last used for regular services in 1908. It is open every Sunday, 1 to 4:30 p.m., July through October. It can also be rented. For details, call 732-6835.

Pinelands Trail - 6.1 miles, wandering through a maritime forest. Focus is on changes occurring in environment, and how plants adapt to harsh conditions. Bogs, old military bunkers, man-made ditches. Foot traffic only.

Dune Overlook Trail - 3.1 miles, to the 80-foot Great Dune, highest dune between Cape Hatteras and Cape Cod. From atop the dune, a wonderful view of the bay meeting the ocean.

Gordon’s Pond Trail - 1.8 miles around brackish Gordon’s Pond at south end of park. 3,000 feet accessible by bike, at end of which is a 10-foot observation deck. Grass trail continues beyond the observation deck.

Bike Trail - 2 miles in heart of park. Paved. Connects with Dune Overlook Trail, some of which is accessible by bike. Bikes are not permitted on other park trails. Seaside Nature Trail - .6 miles, very near the point of the Cape and next to the fishing pier. One part borders on the Delaware Bay.

Salt Marsh Trail - .2 miles, really just a spur of the Dune Overlook Trail. Ventures through the woods to the edge of the park’s salt marsh.