Dewey Beach, Delaware

About Dewey Beach

Dewey Beach, DE is a tiny community located in southeastern Delaware with an estimated population of 405.

Dewey Beach holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.33 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,227 residents per square mile.

📰 Dewey Beach News Today

• Ordinance recommended for active recreational activities on Dewey Beach WDEL · Oct 11
• Why fall may be the best time to visit Delaware's beach towns Yahoo Creators · Oct 6
• Delaware beaches recovering from nor'easter Cape Gazette · Sep 28
• In Dewey Beach, bayside flooding The News Journal · Sep 26
• Flooding across Bethany and Dewey Beach CoastTV · Sep 27

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Delaware headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Dewey Beach Unique

• The only place in America named Dewey Beach — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southeastern Delaware, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Delaware — one of 79 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Dewey Beach

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Dewey Beach

• Nicks Philadelphia Cheese Steaks & Gyros
• Baked Coffee Bar (café)
• Dawn Patrol Cafe (café)
• Franco's Pizza & Pasta — pizza
• Gary's Dewey Beach Grill
• Grotto Pizza — pizza
• Hungry Shark Coffee & Juice Bar
• Jimmy's Grille Dewey
• Just In Thyme Restaurant
• Mama Celeste's Pizzeria — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Indian River Life Saving Station · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Dewey Beach

• Delaware Seashore State Park reviews ★
• Rehoboth Bay Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Dewey Beach

🏘️ Nearby Communities