Fowler Beach, Delaware

Fowler Beach, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Fowler Beach
Fowler Beach
Coordinates: 38°52′50″N 75°16′05″W / 38.88056°N 75.26806°W / 38.88056; -75.26806Coordinates: 38°52′50″N 75°16′05″W / 38.88056°N 75.26806°W / 38.88056; -75.26806
Country United States
State Delaware
County Sussex
Elevation 0 ft (0 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 302
GNIS feature ID 213977[1]

Fowler Beach is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of Delaware.[1] It is in the shore of the Delaware Bay east of the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge.

Fowler Beach is an official sanctuary for horseshoe crabs, the state marine animal of Delaware and a "signature species" of the Delaware Bay Estuary.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Fowler Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. http://www.ecodelaware.com/place.php?id=360 "EcoDelaware.com: Fowler Beach, an official horseshoe crab sanctuary"


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