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Brandywood Park

Brandywood Park from directly overhead

Brandywood Park is a park in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 123 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dartmouth Woods Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates39.82395, -75.52067

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Ebright Azimuth: 0.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Old Farm House: 3.3 mi
  • Figure 8 Barn: 3.6 mi
  • Bellevue Hall: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Museums
  • Spring Valley African Methodist Episcopal Church: 3.5 mi
  • Nemours Estate: 3.9 mi
  • Kuerner Farm house: 4.2 mi
  • Kuerner Farm barn: 4.2 mi
  • Winterthur Museum: 4.4 mi
Gardens
  • Crowninshield Garden: 4.1 mi
  • E.I. duPont Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Winterthur Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Italian Water Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Wisteria Garden: 8.7 mi
Artworks
  • James A. Garfield Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Admiral Francis Dupont Statue: 5.0 mi
  • Vanguard: 6.0 mi
  • William Julius “Judy” Johnson: 6.8 mi
  • Nittany Lion Shrine: 8.1 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 15 Picnic Site: 8.8 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 14 Picnic Site: 8.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 11 Picnic Site: 9.0 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 12 Picnic Site: 9.0 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Ebright Azimuth: 0.8 mi
  • Horseshoe Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Osborne Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Hunting Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Castle Rock: 11.2 mi
Springs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Deemer's Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Oakwood Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Washington Lake Beach: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond Rock HillN 2°188 m17.6 mi
Mount MiseryN 8°176 m18.5 mi
Harmony HillNW 323°146 m13.8 mi
Ebright AzimuthN 6°137 m0.8 mi
Chestnut HillNE 43°136 m24.2 mi
Hunting HillNNE 22°125 m10.1 mi
Egg HillWSW 241°125 m23.1 mi
Osborne HillNNW 326°113 m8.3 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
  • Spotted Lanternfly36 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty31 obs
  • Huron Skipper31 obs
  • Common Garter Snake28 obs
  • yellow trout lily28 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle28 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail25 obs
  • Peck's Skipper25 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/798136496

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