Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
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Rehoboth Beach is a vacation destination in Sussex County, Delaware. It has a permanent population of just over a thousand people, although the population in summer tends to swell to over 25,000, when vacationers converge on it.

As with Bethany Beach to the south, Rehoboth Beach was started as a Christian retreat in the late 19th century. It was proposed by Rev. Robert W Todd of St Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church of Wilmington, Delaware. The site was originally intended as a place for a Methodist retreat. The name Rehoboth came from the Bible (Genesis 26:22, Genesis 36:37 and 1 Chronicles 1:48), meaning "space for all".

Rehoboth Beach today brands itself as "The Nation's Summer Capital", since it is a popular destination for people coming from Washington DC. It has come a long way from its early Christian beginnings, and today is one of the popular gay and lesbian getaways on the mid-Atlantic coast.

Going to Rehoboth Beach

Rehoboth Beach is reached at the end of the Coastal Highway (State Highway 1).

Rehoboth Beach parking area, looking towards the Atlantic Ocean
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