Longwood School Ruins
Longwood School Ruins is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Long Hill stands 332 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bacton Hill Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Exton Bypass passes 2.0 miles off.
Ruins of a one-room schoolhouse for African-American children
What the record says
- Built
- 1857
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 7.0 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 12.5 mi off the Blue Route
- 16.3 mi off the Red Clay Valley Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bacton Hill Park: 1.3 mi
- Brightside Farm: 1.6 mi
- Baird Park: 2.0 mi
- Ecology Park: 2.1 mi
- Meadowbrook Manor Park: 2.1 mi
- Duffy’s Cut Museum: 2.4 mi
- American Helicopter Museum & Education Center: 4.7 mi
- Wharton Esherick Museum: 5.8 mi
- Chester County History Center: 6.7 mi
- The Schuylkill River Heritage Center: 6.8 mi
- Binky Lee Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Cedar Hollow Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Bryn Coed Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Cool Valley Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Diamond Rock Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Charlestown Mill: 3.6 mi
- Sugartown Strawberries: 5.5 mi
- Historic Sugartown: 6.2 mi
- West Chester Griswolds: 7.3 mi
- Welkinweir: 7.9 mi
- Statue of Mary: 5.0 mi
- St. Augustine Statue: 5.0 mi
- Rock Snake: 5.5 mi
- Eternal Flame: 7.1 mi
- Frederick Douglass Statue: 7.3 mi
- First Amish Meetinghouse in America: 2.3 mi
- Sister-Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Obelisk: 2.8 mi
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Statue: 2.8 mi
- Lightfoot Mill (Mill at Anselma): 2.9 mi
- Washington Hall: 3.2 mi
- Diamond Rock Hill: 4.9 mi
- Harmony Hill: 6.8 mi
- Mount Misery: 6.8 mi
- Mount Joy: 7.9 mi
- Osborne Hill: 9.4 mi
- Brightside Farm Park Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- West End Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Phoenixville Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- P D Home & Garden: 8.7 mi
- Culp's Clearing: 8.9 mi
- Pavilion 1: 9.2 mi
- Ridley Creek State Park - Area 13 Picnic Site: 10.9 mi
- Ridley Creek State Park - Picnic Site 9: 11.0 mi
- Ridley Creek State Park - Area 12 Picnic Site: 11.0 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Magnesium Spring: 3.0 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 3.1 mi
- Yellow Spring: 3.2 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 9.6 mi
- Baptism Creek Spring: 13.2 mi
- Milford Mills: 6.9 mi
- Fricks Locks Historic District: 11.3 mi
- Darling: 12.7 mi
- Glenville: 24.0 mi
- Monkey Rock: 11.5 mi
- Millers Point: 14.1 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 22.4 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 12.1 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Longwood School Ruins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Hill | NNW 345° | 332 m | 20.6 mi |
| Fancy Hill | NNW 343° | 331 m | 19.3 mi |
| Sand Hill | NNW 347° | 318 m | 19.4 mi |
| Welsh Mountain | WNW 283° | 313 m | 17.9 mi |
| Williams Hill | NW 311° | 306 m | 15.1 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NW 323° | 305 m | 13.9 mi |
| Thomas Hill | NW 308° | 295 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mengle Hill | NNW 343° | 292 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:58 | 16:41 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Chester 2 NW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/661170578
Day trips start here
- Exton · 2 mi
- Malvern · 5 mi
- Phoenixville · 6 mi
- Downingtown · 7 mi
- West Chester · 7 mi
- Audubon · 10 mi
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