Local Directions
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Getting Around Town
We continually update our local directions to add more sites. This year we added the details to the North and we hope to get
directions for Fenwick Island and Ocean City done this year. (Note these are for the summer and some places close during the
off-season.)
Getting to the Grocery Store, 24 Hour Urgent Care and Family Practice
• Take a Left out of the driveway onto Waterside Drive
• Take a Right out of the Community onto Muddy Neck Road
• Continue on the road and the name changes to West Avenue
• When you get to the traffic light (2.1 miles from the townhouse), take a left onto Route 26 (Go straight for a playground and
picnic area ahead on the left)
• The Food Lion is on the right at 3.2 miles and the Giant Superstore is on the left
• The 24 Urgent Care facility is in a stand-alone building just before the Food Lion at the same turn.
• The Sussex Family Practice is in the adjacent strip mall if you want to see a Doctor during business hours without using the
Urgent Care facility.
• If you continue on past these stores, there is a Hockers Grocery Store that includes a hardware store, gas station and
convenience store further out to the West.
Directions to closest beach parking that is part of Bethany Beach
• Take a Left out of the driveway onto Waterside Drive
• Take a Left instead out of the Community onto Muddy Neck Road
• Go over the bridge that spans Assawoman Canal and the road name changes to Kent Ave.
(Notice that there is a Boat Ramp on the right after the bridge)
• Go Straight at the first Traffic Light for West Way.
(This road is also a shortcut to Route 1 South. However, it’s a Private Road for Sea Colony homes)
• Take a Right onto the next road for Jefferson Bridge Road
• At the next traffic light, go straight over Route 1
(On the far right corner is Mickey’s Crabhouse http://www.mickeysfamilycrabhouse.com/
Note that there is a Happy Harry’s Pharmacy next to the Holiday Inn. There is a gas station and fast food on the far left corner.)
• The road will end at a T intersection. Take a Left onto N. Pennsylvania Ave.
• At the next street, take a Right onto Cedarwood Street.
• The street ends in a metered parking lot. There are also meters back on Pennsylvania Ave. You can turn left just before the
parking lot onto South Atlantic and there are other parking lots next to the beach.
(If you continue going on Pennsylvania Ave or Atlantic, you will end up at Downtown Bethany Beach. For more direct routes to the
downtown area, see our other directions below.)
The meters accept quarters only - $1.25 per hour. Downtown Bethany Beach has a change stand right near the Boardwalk. You
can get all the details on parking in Bethany Beach at http://www.townofbethanybeach.com/FAQ.shtml#parking and http://www.
townofbethanybeach.com/documents/bethanybeachde_parkingregulations.pdf . You can also purchase passes that allow you to
park all day along at the meters outside of the downtown area. (The Town web site only has 2006 information so these may be
out of date.)
Parking Permit Costs:
1-DAY: Holders of this permit may park at any meter, except Garfield Parkway and
the two-hour meters in the commercial zone. Cost, $9.
3-DAY: Holders of this permit may park at any meter, except Garfield Parkway and
the two-hour meters in the commercial zone. Cost, $27.
WEEKLY: Holders of this permit may park at any meter, except Garfield Parkway and
the two-hour meters in the commercial zone. Cost, $60.
Permits can be purchased at the Bethany Beach Town Hall or at the Change and Information Booth (near the Boardwalk). These
parking permits are good for metered spaces only and not where the sign says “Permit Required”.
Residential permits are required between the hours of 10AM until 8PM on Parkwood, Hollywood, Campbell, and Central. Permits
are required on all other “Permit Required” streets from 10AM until 4PM. Parking is free on those streets after the posted times.
(From the Bethany Beach web site)
Side Note: Muddy Neck Road becomes West Avenue if you take a right out of the community and becomes Kent Avenue if you take
a Left.
Other places of interest to the South:
If you take a Right onto Route 1 (Coastal Highway) instead of going straight at the stop light, you are heading towards Fenwick
Island and Ocean City, MD. Speed limits in South Bethany are strictly and actively enforced.
Here are some other businesses and places nearby:
• There is a Bagel Shop on the Right (approx. 1.7 miles from the townhouse)
• Cottage Café family restaurant is on the right at 1.8 miles.
• The Sea Colony Plaza has small shops and an Arman’s Pizza at 1.9 miles on the right
• A Shore Foods convenience store is on the right at 2.1 miles along with a Critical Care facility (operating hours unknown)
• There is a Subway sandwich shop and Dollar General store on the right at 2.2 miles
• A McDonalds is on the right (sorry, didn’t get the mileage.)
• Continue another .8 miles for a Grotto Pizza on the right.
• There is Fenwick Island State Park ($8 a day) on the Left with a guarded beach, concession stand and bath house (http:
//www.destateparks.com/fenwick/fisp.asp) about 3 miles after the McDonalds and an Information Center another .3 miles after the
Park on the left. (According to the booth attendant, get in to Fenwick by 10 am on weekends or you will have to wait in line. There
is usually no wait during the week. Having concessions and restrooms nearby is a strong incentive to go here – especially with
young children. There are also state parks to the North with bath houses.)
Keep going past Fenwick and you are on your way to Ocean City with blocks of beaches, miniature golf galore, and the
amusement park and Boardwalk.
Alternate Nearby Beach
Follow the same directions as above for places of interest to the South. After you pass the McDonalds on the right and the
Middlesex private beaches on the left, there are public beaches on the left in the South Bethany area. You will need to take the
right onto Evergreen Road first to stop by the Town Hall for the Daily Pass. (No meters – passes only.)
Getting to Downtown Bethany Beach
• Take a Left out of the driveway onto Waterside Drive
• Take a Left out of the Community onto Muddy Neck Road
• Go over the bridge that spans Assawoman Canal and the road name changes to Kent Ave.
• Continue on Kent Avenue until it ends at the stop light for Route 26 (Garfield Parkway)
• Take a right onto Route 26
• Go straight at the next light for Route 1 and you’ll pass the Totem Pole for Bethany Beach.
• The Town Hall and Police Department are immediately on the right.
• Careful at the 4-way stops and watch for pedestrians.
• All the spots are metered and actively enforced.
• If you go all the way to the end, the Boardwalk is straight ahead along with Public Restrooms. The last parking lot is where
the Change Booth is with quarters and parking permits.
There are too many shopping places to go over right now. There are the gift shops, kite store, candy stores, restaurants, and
boardwalk fries in Downtown along with some places right on the Boardwalk.
However, we particularly enjoy the Happy Hours ½ price food specials at the Baja Beach House Grill which is on the North side of
Garfield Parkway (http://www.bajabeachhouse.com/).
We’ve also gone to Five Guys for burgers cooked to order and free peanuts (http://www.fiveguys.com/images/F.G.E./DE/Bethany.
html)
Our last two trips, we’ve gone to Mango’s (http://www.mangomikes.com/Pages/Mangoshome.html) which is on the North side of
Garfield Parkway right next to the Boardwalk and overlooks the Boardwalk and Beach.
Just West of Bethany
If you take a left onto Route 26 (away from Bethany), there are a few other shops of interest.
• Go .5 miles West and there is a Gas station, Wawa, Tropican Sub (beach stuff), Sea Needles sewing and knitting store and a
Chinese carry-out on the left.
• At .6 miles from Kent and 26, there is Bethany Video (membership not required) and a Grotto’s Pizza (with game center) on
the right.
• A Blockbuster is at 1.4 miles on the right.
• Ocean View Deli is on the left at 1.5 miles
• And you can take a left at the traffic light onto West Avenue to head back to Waterside.
North of Bethany Beach
If you follow the directions to downtown Bethany Beach and take a Left onto Route 1 instead of going into Downtown Bethany
Beach, you are headed towards Dewey Beach and Rehoboth Beach. Below is the mileage from the intersection of Routes 26 and
Route 1 along with some points of interest (there are many more restaurants and stores than I could write down quickly):
• .6 on Right – Shorty’s Woodcraft
• 1.0 on Left – Blue Coast Fresh Fish
• 3.4 on Rigth – Seaside Grill
• 4.6 on Right (before bridge) – Delaware Seashore Park (fee based) with bathhouse
• 5.5 on Left – Indian River Marina
• 6.8 on Right – Indian River Lifesaving Museum
• 9.7 on Right – Tower Road beach and bathhouse (fees?)
• 10.2 – Dewey Beach City limits with bars and restaurants
• 11.8 on Left – Gas station
• 12.1 on Right – Gas station
• 12.3 on Left – Mini-golf
• 13.4 on right – Outback Steakhouse (turn at light for CVS for access road)
• 13.6 on Left – Tanger Outlets – Bayside Mall and an IHOP
• 13.9 on Right – Tanger Outlets – Seaside Mall
• 14.1 on Right – Kmart
• 14.5 on Left – Sea Shell Shop and mini-golf
• There are now various stand-alone outlet stores on both sides of the road
• 15.0 on Left – WalMart and a bunch of fast food places
• 15.5 on Left – McDonalds
• 15.8 on Left – Burger King
• 16.0 on Left – Tanger Outlets – Midway Mall and a Steak House on the Right
• 16.2 on Right – Movie Theatres
• 17.5 on Left – Japanese Restaurant and Home Depot
• 18.0 on Left – Route 404/9 West towards Bay Bridge
We continually update our local directions to add more sites. This year we added the details to the North and we hope to get
directions for Fenwick Island and Ocean City done this year. (Note these are for the summer and some places close during the
off-season.)
Getting to the Grocery Store, 24 Hour Urgent Care and Family Practice
• Take a Left out of the driveway onto Waterside Drive
• Take a Right out of the Community onto Muddy Neck Road
• Continue on the road and the name changes to West Avenue
• When you get to the traffic light (2.1 miles from the townhouse), take a left onto Route 26 (Go straight for a playground and
picnic area ahead on the left)
• The Food Lion is on the right at 3.2 miles and the Giant Superstore is on the left
• The 24 Urgent Care facility is in a stand-alone building just before the Food Lion at the same turn.
• The Sussex Family Practice is in the adjacent strip mall if you want to see a Doctor during business hours without using the
Urgent Care facility.
• If you continue on past these stores, there is a Hockers Grocery Store that includes a hardware store, gas station and
convenience store further out to the West.
Directions to closest beach parking that is part of Bethany Beach
• Take a Left out of the driveway onto Waterside Drive
• Take a Left instead out of the Community onto Muddy Neck Road
• Go over the bridge that spans Assawoman Canal and the road name changes to Kent Ave.
(Notice that there is a Boat Ramp on the right after the bridge)
• Go Straight at the first Traffic Light for West Way.
(This road is also a shortcut to Route 1 South. However, it’s a Private Road for Sea Colony homes)
• Take a Right onto the next road for Jefferson Bridge Road
• At the next traffic light, go straight over Route 1
(On the far right corner is Mickey’s Crabhouse http://www.mickeysfamilycrabhouse.com/
Note that there is a Happy Harry’s Pharmacy next to the Holiday Inn. There is a gas station and fast food on the far left corner.)
• The road will end at a T intersection. Take a Left onto N. Pennsylvania Ave.
• At the next street, take a Right onto Cedarwood Street.
• The street ends in a metered parking lot. There are also meters back on Pennsylvania Ave. You can turn left just before the
parking lot onto South Atlantic and there are other parking lots next to the beach.
(If you continue going on Pennsylvania Ave or Atlantic, you will end up at Downtown Bethany Beach. For more direct routes to the
downtown area, see our other directions below.)
The meters accept quarters only - $1.25 per hour. Downtown Bethany Beach has a change stand right near the Boardwalk. You
can get all the details on parking in Bethany Beach at http://www.townofbethanybeach.com/FAQ.shtml#parking and http://www.
townofbethanybeach.com/documents/bethanybeachde_parkingregulations.pdf . You can also purchase passes that allow you to
park all day along at the meters outside of the downtown area. (The Town web site only has 2006 information so these may be
out of date.)
Parking Permit Costs:
1-DAY: Holders of this permit may park at any meter, except Garfield Parkway and
the two-hour meters in the commercial zone. Cost, $9.
3-DAY: Holders of this permit may park at any meter, except Garfield Parkway and
the two-hour meters in the commercial zone. Cost, $27.
WEEKLY: Holders of this permit may park at any meter, except Garfield Parkway and
the two-hour meters in the commercial zone. Cost, $60.
Permits can be purchased at the Bethany Beach Town Hall or at the Change and Information Booth (near the Boardwalk). These
parking permits are good for metered spaces only and not where the sign says “Permit Required”.
Residential permits are required between the hours of 10AM until 8PM on Parkwood, Hollywood, Campbell, and Central. Permits
are required on all other “Permit Required” streets from 10AM until 4PM. Parking is free on those streets after the posted times.
(From the Bethany Beach web site)
Side Note: Muddy Neck Road becomes West Avenue if you take a right out of the community and becomes Kent Avenue if you take
a Left.
Other places of interest to the South:
If you take a Right onto Route 1 (Coastal Highway) instead of going straight at the stop light, you are heading towards Fenwick
Island and Ocean City, MD. Speed limits in South Bethany are strictly and actively enforced.
Here are some other businesses and places nearby:
• There is a Bagel Shop on the Right (approx. 1.7 miles from the townhouse)
• Cottage Café family restaurant is on the right at 1.8 miles.
• The Sea Colony Plaza has small shops and an Arman’s Pizza at 1.9 miles on the right
• A Shore Foods convenience store is on the right at 2.1 miles along with a Critical Care facility (operating hours unknown)
• There is a Subway sandwich shop and Dollar General store on the right at 2.2 miles
• A McDonalds is on the right (sorry, didn’t get the mileage.)
• Continue another .8 miles for a Grotto Pizza on the right.
• There is Fenwick Island State Park ($8 a day) on the Left with a guarded beach, concession stand and bath house (http:
//www.destateparks.com/fenwick/fisp.asp) about 3 miles after the McDonalds and an Information Center another .3 miles after the
Park on the left. (According to the booth attendant, get in to Fenwick by 10 am on weekends or you will have to wait in line. There
is usually no wait during the week. Having concessions and restrooms nearby is a strong incentive to go here – especially with
young children. There are also state parks to the North with bath houses.)
Keep going past Fenwick and you are on your way to Ocean City with blocks of beaches, miniature golf galore, and the
amusement park and Boardwalk.
Alternate Nearby Beach
Follow the same directions as above for places of interest to the South. After you pass the McDonalds on the right and the
Middlesex private beaches on the left, there are public beaches on the left in the South Bethany area. You will need to take the
right onto Evergreen Road first to stop by the Town Hall for the Daily Pass. (No meters – passes only.)
Getting to Downtown Bethany Beach
• Take a Left out of the driveway onto Waterside Drive
• Take a Left out of the Community onto Muddy Neck Road
• Go over the bridge that spans Assawoman Canal and the road name changes to Kent Ave.
• Continue on Kent Avenue until it ends at the stop light for Route 26 (Garfield Parkway)
• Take a right onto Route 26
• Go straight at the next light for Route 1 and you’ll pass the Totem Pole for Bethany Beach.
• The Town Hall and Police Department are immediately on the right.
• Careful at the 4-way stops and watch for pedestrians.
• All the spots are metered and actively enforced.
• If you go all the way to the end, the Boardwalk is straight ahead along with Public Restrooms. The last parking lot is where
the Change Booth is with quarters and parking permits.
There are too many shopping places to go over right now. There are the gift shops, kite store, candy stores, restaurants, and
boardwalk fries in Downtown along with some places right on the Boardwalk.
However, we particularly enjoy the Happy Hours ½ price food specials at the Baja Beach House Grill which is on the North side of
Garfield Parkway (http://www.bajabeachhouse.com/).
We’ve also gone to Five Guys for burgers cooked to order and free peanuts (http://www.fiveguys.com/images/F.G.E./DE/Bethany.
html)
Our last two trips, we’ve gone to Mango’s (http://www.mangomikes.com/Pages/Mangoshome.html) which is on the North side of
Garfield Parkway right next to the Boardwalk and overlooks the Boardwalk and Beach.
Just West of Bethany
If you take a left onto Route 26 (away from Bethany), there are a few other shops of interest.
• Go .5 miles West and there is a Gas station, Wawa, Tropican Sub (beach stuff), Sea Needles sewing and knitting store and a
Chinese carry-out on the left.
• At .6 miles from Kent and 26, there is Bethany Video (membership not required) and a Grotto’s Pizza (with game center) on
the right.
• A Blockbuster is at 1.4 miles on the right.
• Ocean View Deli is on the left at 1.5 miles
• And you can take a left at the traffic light onto West Avenue to head back to Waterside.
North of Bethany Beach
If you follow the directions to downtown Bethany Beach and take a Left onto Route 1 instead of going into Downtown Bethany
Beach, you are headed towards Dewey Beach and Rehoboth Beach. Below is the mileage from the intersection of Routes 26 and
Route 1 along with some points of interest (there are many more restaurants and stores than I could write down quickly):
• .6 on Right – Shorty’s Woodcraft
• 1.0 on Left – Blue Coast Fresh Fish
• 3.4 on Rigth – Seaside Grill
• 4.6 on Right (before bridge) – Delaware Seashore Park (fee based) with bathhouse
• 5.5 on Left – Indian River Marina
• 6.8 on Right – Indian River Lifesaving Museum
• 9.7 on Right – Tower Road beach and bathhouse (fees?)
• 10.2 – Dewey Beach City limits with bars and restaurants
• 11.8 on Left – Gas station
• 12.1 on Right – Gas station
• 12.3 on Left – Mini-golf
• 13.4 on right – Outback Steakhouse (turn at light for CVS for access road)
• 13.6 on Left – Tanger Outlets – Bayside Mall and an IHOP
• 13.9 on Right – Tanger Outlets – Seaside Mall
• 14.1 on Right – Kmart
• 14.5 on Left – Sea Shell Shop and mini-golf
• There are now various stand-alone outlet stores on both sides of the road
• 15.0 on Left – WalMart and a bunch of fast food places
• 15.5 on Left – McDonalds
• 15.8 on Left – Burger King
• 16.0 on Left – Tanger Outlets – Midway Mall and a Steak House on the Right
• 16.2 on Right – Movie Theatres
• 17.5 on Left – Japanese Restaurant and Home Depot
• 18.0 on Left – Route 404/9 West towards Bay Bridge
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Updated 12/16/07