At A Glance

Forty-eight acres, between the farms and the bay.

Morris Mill is unimproved land in the truest sense. No house, no barn, no fence line that wasn't put there by trees. Forty-eight acres of mostly-level Sussex County woodland, twelve miles inland from Rehoboth Beach and a half-hour drive from the southern Delaware coast. The kind of parcel families assemble over generations and then refuse to sell.

0 Acres

100% Wooded Cover

Level Terrain

Rural Setting

None Existing Structures

19966 Postal Code

Property Type Unimproved Land

Cover Mature Woodland

County Sussex, Delaware

Use Residential / Hold

From The Air

Walk the perimeter. Every line drawn by the trees.

The clearest way to read this land is from above. Five passes. Two from the south showing the woodland against the farm lines that frame it, two with the parcel boundary traced for the buyer who needs to see where Morris Mill ends and the neighbors begin, and a wider satellite frame placing the tract in Sussex County context.

Dusk aerial of the Morris Mill parcel: a dense block of bare-canopy woodland rising above winter farmland in southern Delaware, with the horizon glowing at the top of the frame — From the south at dusk. The parcel as a single quiet shape against winter fields.

Daylight aerial of Morris Mill Road woodland: a long irregular shape of trees bordered on three sides by Sussex County farms, residential cul-de-sacs visible at the south edge — Mid-afternoon, looking east. Farms on three sides, neighborhoods only at the southern edge.

Aerial of Morris Mill Rd with the 48-acre parcel boundary overlaid in yellow surveyor lines, showing the full perimeter and approximate dimensions against the surrounding farms and homes — Boundary traced. Forty-eight acres, exactly where they sit.

High-altitude aerial of the Morris Mill tract with the parcel outlined in yellow, showing the long diagonal shape of the woodland and the road grid of Millsboro stretching to the horizon — The wider view. Morris Mill in the context of Millsboro and the inland bay region.

Aerial satellite context showing Morris Mill Rd parcel within Sussex County woodland and farmland, Millsboro DE. — Parcel in context. Mature woodland framed by farmland, eight miles inland from the bay.

“Forty-eight acres of Sussex County woodland that owns itself. No house to remove. No outbuildings to inherit.”

The Land

A blank page, in Sussex County woods.

Nestled within a serene rural landscape, this expansive forty-eight-acre lot offers a rare chance to author something from the ground up, surrounded by the canopy of mature southern Delaware woods. The terrain is largely level, the cover is dense, and the boundary is drawn by trees on three sides. Privacy is the natural state, not a feature added later.

The property is characterized by its rich tapestry of woodland, providing both seclusion and a picturesque backdrop for a future compound. Imagine waking to the rustle of leaves and the slow morning light through the canopy, while owning the space and quiet that the inland coast of Delaware is steadily losing. The lush views and the absence of structures together create the rarest commodity in this corner of the state: a blank slate at scale.

Located on Morris Mill Road in Millsboro, the parcel offers the balance of seclusion and access. The freedom of country living, the trees and the sky and the long evenings, while still within twenty minutes of Long Neck, Lewes, and the inland bays. The expansive acreage allows for a sprawling single estate, a family compound with gardens and stables, or a long-term hold that quietly appreciates as coastal Sussex builds in around it.

The Acreage

Forty-Eight Acres

A single contiguous parcel of mostly-level woodland, framed by Sussex County farms. The kind of footprint that does not come up twice.

The Cover

Mature Mixed Woodland

Dense hardwood and pine canopy across the full forty-eight acres. The privacy was here before the survey.

The Location

Inland Coastal Delaware

Twenty minutes to Long Neck, thirty to Lewes and Rehoboth. Country quiet without coastal congestion.

The Particulars

What you are buying.

Scale Without Subdivision

Forty-eight contiguous acres, in single ownership. Large enough for a private compound, small enough to walk in an afternoon. The rare middle ground for buyers who want acreage without becoming a ranch.

Level And Wooded

Mostly level terrain under a mature canopy. The trees do the landscaping; the topography keeps site work simple for whatever the next chapter looks like.

Unimproved, By Design

No house to remove, no outbuildings to inherit, no past owner's choices to undo. The buyer arrives to bare land and a blank page.

Framed By Farms

Sussex County farmland borders the parcel on three sides. The aerial photographs show the relationship clearly: woods at the center, working fields at the edges, neighborhoods only at the southern road.

Twenty Minutes To The Bay

Inland enough to feel rural, coastal enough to count. Twenty minutes to Long Neck and the Indian River Bay, thirty to Lewes and the Atlantic. A reachable retreat, not a destination property.

Estimate The Carry

Estimate your payment, quietly.

Land loans price differently than home loans, and most buyers at this acreage finance only a portion of the purchase. Use the inputs to model an estimated monthly principal and interest on Morris Mill. A starting point for the lender conversation, not a quote.

Down Payment 30%

Interest Rate 7.5%

Loan Term

Estimated Monthly Payment

$24,798

Principal and interest only. Delaware property taxes, title work, and survey costs are not included. Based on a list price of $4,400,000 and standard Sussex County land-loan terms.

The Setting

Millsboro, inland of the bay.

Millsboro sits on the Indian River, twelve miles inland from the southern Delaware coast and within an easy drive of Lewes, Rehoboth, and the bay-front communities of Long Neck and Oak Orchard. It is the quiet half of southern Delaware. Farmland, marshland, and forest, with the coastal economy a short drive east but the pace markedly slower here on the western edge of the county.

The Indian River School District serves the area, and the nearby state parks and wildlife refuges (Trap Pond, Prime Hook, Assawoman) hold some of the best-protected woodland and freshwater in the Mid-Atlantic. The kind of geography that does not get rebuilt.

Twenty minutes to the Indian River Bay, thirty to Lewes and the Atlantic

Private Walk

Walk Morris Mill.

Share your details and we will be in touch within 24 hours to arrange a guided walk of the parcel, the access points, and the surrounding farms. Boots recommended.

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Listed By

Shane Gunther

Bright MLS · DESU2089822

Works the parcels where the canopy still meets the farm line, and where a survey stake matters more than a school district.

Sussex County land specialist. Coastal Delaware and inland-bay parcels.

Direct phone available on tour request.

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