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Brandywood/ Beacon Hill Park

Brandywood/ Beacon Hill Park from directly overhead

Brandywood/ Beacon Hill Park is a park in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Beacon Hill, a park 0.2 miles away. Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway passes 4.9 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates39.82265, -75.50858

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Ebright Azimuth: 1.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Figure 8 Barn: 3.3 mi
  • Bellevue Hall: 3.3 mi
  • Cauffiel House, Bellevue State Park: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Museums
  • Spring Valley African Methodist Episcopal Church: 3.8 mi
  • Nemours Estate: 4.3 mi
  • Newlin Grist Mill: 4.7 mi
  • Kuerner Farm house: 4.7 mi
  • Kuerner Farm barn: 4.7 mi
Gardens
  • Crowninshield Garden: 4.6 mi
  • E.I. duPont Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Winterthur Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Tyler Arboretum Butterfly Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Wister Rhododendron Garden: 8.6 mi
Artworks
  • James A. Garfield Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Admiral Francis Dupont Statue: 5.3 mi
  • Vanguard: 5.5 mi
  • William Julius “Judy” Johnson: 7.0 mi
  • Nittany Lion Shrine: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 15 Picnic Site: 8.6 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 14 Picnic Site: 8.7 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 11 Picnic Site: 8.8 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 12 Picnic Site: 8.8 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 13 Picnic Site: 8.9 mi
Peaks: 24
  • Ebright Azimuth: 1.1 mi
  • Horseshoe Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Osborne Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Hunting Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Castle Rock: 11.1 mi
Springs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Deemer's Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Oakwood Beach: 18.6 mi
  • Washington Lake Beach: 22.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 18.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brandywood/ Beacon Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond Rock HillN 360°188 m17.7 mi
Mount MiseryN 6°176 m18.5 mi
Harmony HillNW 321°146 m14.2 mi
Ebright AzimuthNNW 329°137 m1.1 mi
Chestnut HillNE 42°136 m23.8 mi
Hunting HillNNE 18°125 m10.0 mi
Egg HillWSW 242°125 m23.6 mi
Osborne HillNW 323°113 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3519:5420:34
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2115:5816:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526271767467554536
Precip in3.73.04.64.13.84.75.24.45.14.13.34.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilmington Porter Rsch, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Virginia Springbeauty38 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle31 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly31 obs
  • Huron Skipper30 obs
  • yellow trout lily29 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail27 obs
  • lesser celandine27 obs
  • Monarch26 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/557534816

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