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News Journal reporter Victor Greto recently wrote a story for the News Journal (local newspaper) on Delaware's Forgotten Beaches.
Many know of Delaware's southern beaches like Lewes, Rehoboth, Dewey, and Fenwick Island, but this article features our beach, Woodland Beach, along with Kitts Hummock and Bowers Beach.
Click Here to read the article, and maybe you'll recognize a few names! There are also some great photos featured too. The original article is available here.
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2009 Tide Chart
The tide chart for Woodland Beach for 2009 has been updated for your convenience! The remainder of 2008 is still on the same page and will be edited off as the year passes. |
Fishing Reports & Tide Chart
NOTE: As of Jan. 1st, 2008, you need a fishing license even to crab in Delaware! Make sure you have your license on your person if you fish or crab in Woodland Beach. Click Here for a list of places to obtain your 2008 license.
Click Here for guidelines on the 2008 regulations on fishing license fees.
I've been told of 40" rock fish, 32" rock fish, but no one has the proof other than taking their arms and holding them out to here to show me how long they were.
Well, if you have pictures, you can't say it's a fish story! I hope to add pictures soon, and if you have some pictures of your catch, send them to me, and we'll post them online.
The tide chart has been updated and has the data for the remainder of 2008. I will try to continue to remove days past and keep the tide chart current.
You can view the Tide Chart by using the link below or click here.
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Osprey Nesting Pole
located in the wetlands west of
Woodland Beach.
Photo courtesy of neighbors
Linda & Jack
(click image for larger view)
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Locals & visitors:
A few people have responded positively to having a Beach Cleanup Day. If you would like to volunteer and help, we would appreciate your help!
This would comprise of picking up broken glass, bricks, trash or other debris from the beach; anything that would be dangerous to bare feet or as an eye sore.
If *you* are interested, please contact me by mail or email and we'll try to pick a day that would not be too hot, and has a low tide to allow as much access as possible.
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Time to go..... Here is the view as you leave town. Taken from my camera phone in my '89 Bronco II. |
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Visitors to Woodland Beach.... Welcome! but don't bring your bad habits to town. Please, do not throw your garbage on the beach. This includes beer bottles, beer cans (yes, they drink a lot of beer there), juice boxes, etc. It is a beach, and people walk bare foot.
You can use my garbage can if you need at 105 Bombay Hook Avenue. Or if you just ask, most people will not mind you placing your trash in their recepticle.
Woodland Beach is a "carry on - carry off" park. This means you are responsible to take back with you everything you brought with you. This is enforced by DNREC. |
Sunset at Pearson Avenue
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What's For Sale in Woodland Beach??
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Lot 2 Delaware Avenue
50' X 100' corner lot on the corners of Delaware Avenue and Bombay Hook Avenue. |
This property listed by
ERA |
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35 Bombay Hook Avenue
50X100 lot with a nice mobile in Woodland Beach with water view. Fenced-in yard. Great Location. Property leased until November. Great starter home or investment. County inspection and DMV paperwork has been ordered.
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Listed by Burns & Ellis . |
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85 Woodland Avenue
Stately 2-story home on a corner lot with great views of the Delaware Bay! |
This property listed by
Lewes Realty |
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31 Woodland Avenue
2 Bedroom cottage on a50 X 90 lot with
great Delaware Bay views!! |
This property listed by
Lewes Realty |
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266 Delaware Avenue
5 Bedroom home on a double lot with
detatched garage and great Bay views!! |
This property listed by
Lewes Realty |
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47 Woodland Avenue
4 houses from the Delaware Bay and a great
view of the Woodland Beach pond. |
This property listed by
Lewes Realty |
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UPDATES:
Do you have news, information, or photos from Woodland Beach?
If you have photos you would like to share that you took in Woodland Beach, please email them to me! It's best you don't try to edit them in any way, and send them the same size and format as they come off your camera. I can resize, brighten, or crop them to the best dimensions. Click Here if you have photos to send! Be sure to send a brief description of your photo and name the people in the pic and we'll mention their name.
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Original Hotel at
Woodland Beach |
Amusement rides & bandstand |
Surf House & Pier |
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Ducks at the
Old Pier
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Ducks at the
New Pier |
Fishing boats on & off
Woodland Beach shoreline
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The Woodland Beach
Boardwalk
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Fishermen heading out to
catch Atlantic Menhaden |
Cottages that used to rent
for people vacationing
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A pair of ducks enjoying a
little beachcombing
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Miss Woodland Beach |
More cottages across from
the fresh water pond
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2 of my Grandkids, Ella & Judah came up to visit in June 2006 from Georgia. |
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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.. |
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Linda prepping for her new window. Original window was around 100 years old, I guess I can spoil my wife..... |
Linda's new window is in! Wow, look at the great wood under that tar paper brick!! Looks like we need some paint now. |
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. |
Want to know more about Woodland Beach Delaware? Try these links:
Disclosure: Loral Johnson is a licensed Delaware REALTOR®, a member of the National Association of Realtors, Delaware Association of Realtors, the Sussex County Association of Realtors, members of the Sussex County MLS and Kent & New Castle County MLS, and employed by Lewes Realty, Inc.
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Drop me a note if you find information on this or other pages interesting or useful. Or, if you have a Woodland Beach link to share, email it to me! I'll add it to the above list. |
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