Brandywine Trail
Easy hiking, biking and horseback trail that travels along the creek in Brandywine Creek State Park. View wooded landscapes, wildflowers, and wildlife.
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New Castle
12.25 mi
About 1 hour
The Brandywine Valley National Scenic Byway (BVNSB) extends from Rodney Square in Wilmington on Routes 52 and 100 to the Delaware – Pennsylvania State Line, where Route 52 continues as the BVNSB-PA. The PA segment of the roadway received the Federal Highway Administration’s National Scenic Byway designation in early 2021.
Modeled after Versailles, Nemours is a masterpiece of design with its mansion, fountains, artwork, gilded sculpture and what is reputedly the largest formal French garden in North America.
The mission of the Delaware Art Museum is “to connect people to art, offering an inclusive and essential community resource that through its collections, exhibitions, and programs, generates creative energy that sustains, enriches, empowers, and inspires.”
Winterthur is the premier museum of American decorative arts, with an unparalleled collection of nearly 90,000 objects made or used in America between about 1640 and 1860 displayed in the magnificent 175-room mansion.
The Delaware Museum of Nature and Science (formerly the Delaware Museum of Natural History) was founded in 1957 and is the oldest natural history museum in Delaware.
Travel through Delaware and around the world to discover dynamic and diverse ecosystems. Go back in time to the Cretaceous and meet dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. Explore nature and science with hands-on activities and interactive experiences.
Mt. Cuba Center is a “botanical garden unlike any other” and was recently selected as Best Botanical Garden in North America in USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards.
Located on 235 acres along the banks of the Brandywine, Hagley is the site of the gunpowder works founded by E.I. du Pont in 1802. This example of early American industry features indoor and outdoor exhibitions, including restored mills, a workers community, and the ancestral home and garden of the du Pont family.
Longwood Gardens is an American botanical garden. It consists of over 1,077 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows and is one of the premier horticultural display gardens in the United States
Visit our partners’ website for additional information on the Byway:
The Brandywine Valley Unit of the First State National Historic Park is under a mile from the byway!
The park encompasses 1300 acres of agricultural land, forests, pastures and streams, and has 23 miles of recreational trails.
https://home.nps.gov/frst/planyourvisit/brandywine-valley.htm
Easy hiking, biking and horseback trail that travels along the creek in Brandywine Creek State Park. View wooded landscapes, wildflowers, and wildlife.
This single-track dirt trail follows the eastern side of the Brandywine Creek. Great waterfowl, native wildflower and an occasional beaver sightings.
The Northern Delaware Greenway Trail links Bellevue State Park and Brandywine Park and the City of Wilmington through a series of trails that travel some of the most beautiful landscapes in Delaware.
Delaware Greenways is working
to preserve and protect the Byway
Miles of preserved beaches, open space, nature trails, bird sanctuaries, and settled historic districts
Historical small towns, lush marshes and some of the best birding on the east coast.
About Delaware Greenways:
We envision a State where trails, pathways and scenic corridors connect everyone to where they want to go, empowering them to live healthier lives as they discover and enjoy the outdoors.
