The Coastal Highway

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49.6 km

Length

+205 m

Ascent

−205 m

Descent

27 m

Highest point

2.5%

Max gradient

1h 06min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 27 m

13 °C clearsky

wind 4 m/s · clouds 0%

At the start

13 °C clearsky

wind 4 m/s · clouds 0%

	Min	Max	Wind
Friday 23 Oct	8 °C	15 °C	5 m/s	clearsky
Saturday 24 Oct	4 °C	15 °C	2 m/s	clearsky
Sunday 25 Oct	2 °C	17 °C	2 m/s	cloudy

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/23/26, 12:45 AM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: Lowland or coastal road
Surface: asphalt 14%, concrete 35%

Roads nearby

The Delaware Bayshore Byway

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Length: +301 m
Ascent

The Bombay Hook

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Length: +33 m
Ascent

The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

25.7 km
Length: +122 m
Ascent

49.6 km · 27 m

Elevation profile

What does The Coastal Highway look like?

2022-07-17 08 27 18 View west along Delaware State Route 10 (East Lebanon Road) just west of Delaware State Route 1 (Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway) in Capitol Park, Kent County, Delaware · Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0

DE Route 1 map · TwinsMetsFan · Public domain

2022-07-18 10 17 51 View south along Delaware State Route 1 (Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway) at Exit 142 (Delaware State Route 896, Mount Pleasant, Boyds Corner) in Boyds Corner, New Castle County, Delaware · Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0

ElmGrangeNewCastleCountyDE · Unknown; probably an employee of the U Delaware Center for Historical Architecture and Engineering · Public domain

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Start

Dover

39.12784, -75.48971

Finish

Boyds Corner

39.50431, -75.64595

Along the road

Parking

Lot 1 7.9 km · 10 m

Lot 4 8.1 km · 10 m

Lot 2 8.2 km · 10 m

Lot 9 8.2 km · 10 m

Lot 9 8.5 km · 10 m

Lot 6 8.5 km · 10 m

TV Compound 8.8 km · 10 m

Lot 8 8.8 km · 10 m

Lot 7 8.9 km · 10 m

North Parking 9.3 km · 10 m

Suite Parking 9.4 km · 9 m

Handicapped Parking 9.4 km · 9 m

33 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 42.8 km.

Restaurants and cafés

La Hacienda 1.1 km · 8 m

Tropical Delight Cafe 1.3 km · 11 m

My Roma Pizza 1.8 km · 11 m

Roma Italian Ristorante 1.9 km · 17 m

Smyrna Diner 21.3 km · 19 m

Waffle House 21.5 km · 16 m

Starbucks 21.5 km · 15 m

Fuel

Royal Farms 14.8 km · 13 m

Wawa 21.3 km · 18 m

Shell 27.2 km · 18 m

Wawa 42.7 km · 11 m

Sunoco 44.7 km · 20 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 14.8 km to 44.7 km.

Rest areas

Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area 26.8 km · 12 m

Toilets

4 unnamed places along the road, from 26.8 km to 37.3 km.