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Original Hotel at Woodland Beach	Amusement rides & bandstand	Surf House & Pier
Ducks at the Old Pier	Ducks at the New Pier	Fishing boats on & off Woodland Beach shoreline
The Woodland Beach Boardwalk	Fishermen heading out to catch Atlantic Menhaden	Cottages that used to rent for people vacationing
A pair of ducks enjoying a little beachcombing	Miss Woodland Beach	More cottages across from the fresh water pond
2 of my Grandkids, Ella & Judah came up to visit in June 2006 from Georgia.
Woodland Beach photograph from a US Airways jet at 24,000 feet. Linda & I took going to Mexico in December 2006.	This is the same photo of Woodland Beach from 24,000' but this one has landmarks pointed out so you can ID them.	Duke & Phoenix playing on the beach. My 2 "water dogs". Phoenix was about Duke's size last year..
		Seats on the end of the pier for you to look out over the bay or to fish from.

The weather is great for fishing & crabbing. The pier has people fishing 24/7. You'll see lots of people fishing on the bridge at Route 6 just out of town too. Many pick-up trucks and boat trailers are parked around, so the boating season is in full swing too.

The Tide Chart has been updated. Be sure to check it to know the best fishing & crabbing times.

PERSONAL NOTES:

This is a page was created by Loral Johnson. My wife Linda and I purchased a 2-storey home and a guest cottage in Woodland Beach in 2005. We fell in love with this small town on the Delaware Bay, and wanted to share information about our new "home". We took ownership of our house in late April 2005. We have lots of work to do, but you won't hear any complaining from us. When your back yard is full of Rock Fish, Crabs, and an occasional boat or cruise ship, you find there isn't too much wrong in life at times.

Woodland Beach is about 8 miles direct east of Smyrna DE. You take State Route 6 east until there is no more road! Here is a map showing the location of Woodland Beach:

Woodland Beach was once known as the "Playground of Kent County". There are plenty of tales about this town, some true, and some may be stretched a bit, but all are as interesting as the citizens lucky enough to call this place home. WB is about the last undeveloped bayfront town in Delaware on the Delaware Bay.

There is only so much land, and LOTs of water!

The beauty of this town is its simplicity and the protection of wetlands that will safe guard this town from becoming a tourist trap. Which is the reason I used the word "lucky" above. It seems that any one that lives here has been here for a long time and very few are willing to sell. Who can blame them?

It's amazing to sit on our deck and watch how many people drive to this dead-end road just to walk around town, walk on the beach, or sit and watch the sun rise or set from the new pier. When I do have to leave town, I like to coordinate my departure with the setting sun over the wetlands about ˝ mile outside of town (see photo above).

The first night my wife & I stayed in Woodland Beach, it was almost too quiet. Laying in bed, you could hear the faint sound of a ship's horn off in the distance, and the loudest thing we heard was the waves lapping on shore. Looking south on the beach, you can spot the Ship "John" Lighthouse, which I'm guessing is about 8-10 miles down the bay.

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