Woodmere Art Museum
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Woodmere Art Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 84 m. Rock Hill stands 256 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Springhouse, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Blue Route passes 3.7 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Woodmere is an art museum located in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It has a collection of over 8,000 works of art focused on Philadelphia artists. Charles Knox Smith bequeathed his Woodmere estate and 600 pieces of art to be used as a museum after his death in 1916. The museum was founded in 1940 as the Woodmere Art Gallery with one building, Charles Knox Smith Hall, and six acres of sculpture garden. The museum was significantly expanded in 2025 with the purchase and renovation of the nearby Frances M. Maguire Hall of Art and Education, and four acres of sculpture garden.
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Dates from 1940.
Wikidata Q2424929, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 20.72 m
- Elevation
- 84 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Blue Route
- 19.8 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 22.6 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- South Overlook · 23 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 24 mi
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 24 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Springhouse: 0.2 mi
- English Park: 0.2 mi
- Azalea Meadow: 0.2 mi
- Holiday Garden Railway: 0.2 mi
- Orange Balustrade: 0.3 mi
- Japenese Hill and Water Garden: 0.2 mi
- Pennock Flower Garden: 0.3 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 0.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
- Roxborough Presbyterian Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Morris Arboretum: 0.3 mi
- James A. Cisco Park: 0.6 mi
- James A. Cisco Park: 0.6 mi
- Susan Ann Detscher Pizzano Fountain Plaza: 0.7 mi
- Nina Benson Cooke Park: 0.7 mi
- Two Lines Sculpture: 0.3 mi
- Teedyuscung: 1.0 mi
- Fiddle Head: 1.7 mi
- Intervals of Prime aka Al Dente: 1.8 mi
- Wild Slide: 1.8 mi
- Dewees House Marker: 0.5 mi
- Buckley Park. In memory of PFC Charles J. Buckley USMC 1949-1968 and of other Americans who gave their lives in the Republic of Vietnam: 1.1 mi
- Whitemarsh Hall Portico: 1.3 mi
- Buttercup Cottage Ruins: 2.0 mi
- Trail of the Year: 2.0 mi
- Dixon Meadow Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Upper Roxborough Reservoir Park: 2.1 mi
- Schuykill Center for Environmental Education: 2.4 mi
- Simpson Island: 3.1 mi
- Wells Street Open Space - Trail: 3.4 mi
- Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education Visitor Center: 2.6 mi
- Benjamin Chew House: 3.2 mi
- The Concord School House: 3.4 mi
- Johnson House Historic Site: 3.4 mi
- Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion: 3.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 0.3 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 0.7 mi
- Lafayette Hill: 1.9 mi
- Militia Hill: 2.6 mi
- Fort Hill: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Area #3: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Area #4: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Area #5: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Area #6: 3.9 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 5.5 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 10.6 mi
- Kerr Spring: 16.7 mi
- Magnesium Spring: 21.2 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 21.3 mi
- Monkey Rock: 8.6 mi
- Old Quarry: 23.4 mi
- Washington's Rock: 23.6 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 8.0 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 23.4 mi
- Darling: 18.2 mi
- Fricks Locks Historic District: 22.1 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 16.3 mi
- Gold Run: 24.6 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Woodmere Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Hill | N 350° | 256 m | 22.9 mi |
| Diamond Rock Hill | W 269° | 188 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Misery | W 272° | 176 m | 13.5 mi |
| Plumstead Hill | NNE 17° | 174 m | 21.1 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | NNE 30° | 158 m | 18.6 mi |
| Spring Mountain | NW 316° | 151 m | 17.8 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | NE 46° | 143 m | 23.8 mi |
| Solebury Mountain | NE 36° | 142 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norristown, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/988345364
Day trips start here
- Fort Washington · 4 mi
- Blue Bell · 5 mi
- Elkins Park · 5 mi
- Jenkintown · 5 mi
- Abington Township · 6 mi
- Ardmore · 6 mi
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