Emergency Tree Service in Lewes, DE

Lewes sits where Delaware Bay meets the ocean, and its trees take wind from both.

Lewes is the oldest town in Delaware, and its Historic District still has narrow streets, old frame houses, and shade trees that have been growing for generations. Across the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal, Lewes Beach faces Delaware Bay, and Cape Henlopen State Park wraps around the point where the bay opens to the Atlantic. Out past Five Points and along Route 1, Savannah Road, and Gills Neck Road, newer developments have been built into former farm fields and pine woods.

That mix means a lot of different kinds of tree trouble. In town, it's an old oak or maple coming down on a porch, a roof, or a parked car on a tight street. Near the bay and the Great Marsh, it's loblolly pines and cedars on sandy, wet ground that tip in a hard northeast wind. In the newer neighborhoods, it's often a wooded buffer behind the houses dropping trees onto decks and fences.

Coastal storms are the main threat. Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 brought near-record tidal flooding to Lewes, and trees came down on homes and across roads in the Lewes area. Long-lasting nor'easters pile water up in the bay, soak the ground for days, and keep the wind blowing until shallow-rooted trees let go.