Pickering Beach, Delaware | |
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  Pickering Beach  Pickering Beach | |
| Coordinates: 39°08′13″N 75°24′35″W / 39.13694°N 75.40972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Kent |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 302 |
| GNIS feature ID | 214448[1] |
Pickering Beach is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. Pickering Beach is located along the Delaware Bay at the end of Pickering Beach Road, southeast of Dover.[2] The beach itself is an established horseshoe crab sanctuary,[3] with the crabs spawning there in early summer.
References[edit]
- ^ "Pickering Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
- ^ "Delaware Ecotourism at ecoDelaware.com : Pickering Beach, an official horseshoe crab sanctuary". www.ecodelaware.com. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
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