Destinations · Pennsylvania
Chester
PA · 39.8472, -75.3728
From Chester, Pennsylvania, Byway's registries place 7 scenic byways within 30 miles.
Understand
The first European settlement in the area that became Chester was Finlandia settled by the Swedes followed by the settlement of Upland. They built Fort Mecoponacka in 1641 to defend the settlement. By 1682, Upland was the most populous town of the new Province of Pennsylvania. On October 27, the ship Welcome arrived at the town, bearing William Penn on his first visit to the province. Penn renamed the settlement for the English city of Chester.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Blue Route · 2 mi
- Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway · 12 mi · national
- Bayshore Heritage Byway · 13 mi · national
- Delaware Bayshore Byway · 13 mi · national
- Red Clay Valley Scenic Byway · 15 mi
- Exton Bypass · 17 mi
Lookouts
- Hawk Point · 16 mi
Named places
- William Penn Landing Site · 1 mi
- Delaware County Historical Society Museum & Research Library · 1 mi
- Alfred O. Deshong Park Museum · 1 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. · 1 mi
- World War II Memorial · 1 mi
- Memorial Island · 2 mi
- Flight Test Memorial · 3 mi
- Hinkson's Corner 1764 · 4 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Rose Valley · 3 mi
- Swarthmore · 4 mi
- Delaware County · 5 mi
- Gibbstown · 5 mi
- Media · 5 mi
- Tinicum Township · 5 mi