Poodle Beach
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Queen St & Prospect St, Rehoboth Beach, DE, Delaware, 19971, United States
The informal gay section at the south end of Rehoboth Beach's boardwalk — beyond Queen Street where the crowd thins — has been a Delaware summer institution since at least the 1970s. Visit Delaware and national gay travel guides document "Poodle Beach" as the see-and-be-seen Atlantic strand for gay men, especially 20s–30s, while lesbians often prefer Gordon's Pond to the south. Five minutes' walk from the main boardwalk bars. No signage or official designation — community knowledge sets the boundaries. Evening boardwalk restrooms have a separate cruising reputation; daytime is the main beach scene.
Getting there
Walk the Rehoboth boardwalk south, past Queen Street, until the crowd thins. That southern end is Poodle Beach. The bars are a few blocks back toward the avenue.
When it's active
Summer days. There is no sign and no official boundary; the regulars are the boundary.
What to know
It is a see-and-be-seen Atlantic beach, skewed younger on the gay side. Gordon’s Pond, further south, is the lesbian-leaning alternative people mention in the same breath.
Location
Coordinates: 38.71550, -75.07450