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3About Bethel, DE
Bethel is a tiny Sussex County community of 375 people in rural southern Delaware, about 20 miles inland from the coast. Most visitors arrive via Route 24, which runs east-west through town connecting the beaches to inland areas. From northern Delaware, take US-13 south through Dover, then Route 24 west. The town sits in farm country with a humid subtropical climate and limited services. Bethel's claim to fame is its preserved one-room schoolhouse that operated from 1878 to 1957.
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Bethel, DE is in United States, at 38.571, -75.620 - about 21 km south-east of Federalsburg, MD.
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The closest airport to Bethel, DE is Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport, 38 km (about 41 min by car). Other airports nearby: Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base, Ocean City Municipal Airport.