Slaughter Beach, DE

Slaughter Beach is a tiny coastal community of 400 people in Sussex County, accessible via Route 36 east from US Route 113 near Milford. The town sits between the Mispillion River and Delaware Bay, offering both river and bay access. Named after William Slaughter, who ran a whaling station here in the 1600s when whales frequented Delaware Bay.

Airports closest to Slaughter Beach, DE are Delaware Coastal Airport and Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base.