Longwood Gardens
Longwood Gardens is an attraction in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Welsh Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Wisteria Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway runs past it. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Longwood Gardens is a public garden that consists of more than 1,100 acres (445 hectares; 4.45 km2) of gardens, woodlands, and meadows in the Brandywine Creek Valley in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States. It is one of the premier horticultural display gardens in the United States and is open to visitors year-round to enjoy native and exotic plants and horticulture (both indoor and outdoor), events and performances, seasonal and themed attractions, as well as educational lectures, courses, and workshops.
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Dates from 1946.
Wikidata Q1129930, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 3.3 mi off the Red Clay Valley Scenic Byway
- 9.9 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 13.6 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wisteria Garden: 0.2 mi
- Peony Garden: 0.2 mi
- Rose Arbor: 0.2 mi
- Theatre Garden: 0.2 mi
- Dogwood Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Peirce-du Pont House: 0.3 mi
- Barns-Brinton House: 2.4 mi
- Brandywine Museum of Art: 4.1 mi
- Christian C Sanderson Museum: 4.2 mi
- Israel Marshall House: 4.3 mi
- Eusebius Barnard (1802-1865): 2.2 mi
- Battle of Brandywine: 4.7 mi
- Birmingham Friends Meeting House historical marker: 4.7 mi
- Jefferis Ford Historical Marker: 5.1 mi
- Star Gazers' stone: 5.7 mi
- Anson B. Nixon Park: 2.3 mi
- Herb Pennock Park: 3.6 mi
- Unionville Community Park: 3.6 mi
- Shaw's Bridge Park: 3.8 mi
- Auburn Valley State Park: 4.2 mi
- Stateline Woods Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Birmingham Hill Preserve: 4.6 mi
- ChesLen Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Ashland Nature Center: 5.1 mi
- Harry J. Waite Jr. Nature Area: 5.4 mi
- Historic Pump Room & Gallery: 0.4 mi
- Sundial: 5.9 mi
- Sycamore with Cement Core: 5.9 mi
- Bell: 6.5 mi
- Nemours Mansion and Gardens: 8.8 mi
- Chloe and Lucinda: 0.5 mi
- Frederick Douglass Statue: 6.9 mi
- Admiral Francis Dupont Statue: 8.8 mi
- James A. Garfield Memorial: 10.5 mi
- William Julius “Judy” Johnson: 11.2 mi
- Osborne Hill: 5.0 mi
- Horseshoe Hill: 5.4 mi
- Harmony Hill: 7.7 mi
- Ebright Azimuth: 8.4 mi
- Drummond Hill: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Ridley Creek State Park - Area 13 Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
- Ridley Creek State Park - Area 12 Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
- Ridley Creek State Park - Area 11 Picnic Site: 12.7 mi
- Ridley Creek State Park - Area 14 Picnic Site: 12.7 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 16.0 mi
- Magnesium Spring: 16.0 mi
- Yellow Spring: 16.0 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 18.5 mi
- Black Rock Spring: 23.3 mi
- Darling: 10.9 mi
- Glenville: 11.1 mi
- Milford Mills: 13.8 mi
- Frenchtown: 22.0 mi
- Fricks Locks Historic District: 24.6 mi
- Deemer's Beach: 15.8 mi
- Oakwood Beach: 23.3 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 21.9 mi
- Monkey Rock: 20.6 mi
- Millers Point: 24.9 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 22.9 mi
- Bethel Bridge Lighthouse (replica): 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Longwood Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welsh Mountain | NW 322° | 313 m | 21.8 mi |
| Williams Hill | NNW 342° | 306 m | 24.1 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 349° | 305 m | 24.5 mi |
| Thomas Hill | NNW 343° | 295 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mount Pleasure | NNW 346° | 269 m | 23.2 mi |
| Gap Hill | WNW 294° | 252 m | 19.2 mi |
| Diamond Rock Hill | NNE 31° | 188 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Misery | NE 35° | 176 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:59 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Avondale 2 N, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Kennett Square · 3 mi
- Chadds Ford · 4 mi
- Hockessin · 6 mi
- West Chester · 7 mi
- Chester County · 8 mi
- West Grove · 9 mi
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