Top Ten Locations Within One Hour of Philly

[Sassygirl18]

My favorites have already been mentioned:

Longwood Gardens
New Hope
Peddler's Village
Lancaster (the Amish country)

[kelb]

Another angle on the New Hope/Peddlers Village area...you can add a history angle to your trip by heading 10 min south of New Hope to Washington's Crossing state park and Bowman's Hill/Tower area. At park you can view a monstrous painting of Washington crossing the Delaware, and listen to a quick history lesson. At Bowman's you can climb the tower at the top (lookout tower during REvolutionary War) and also visit a spectacular wildflower preserve with nice hiking/nature trails.
Bucks County rocks.

[bryson662001]

If you have any interest in antique furniture or early American historic interiors and decorative arts the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur museum outside Wilmington is the premier destination in the country both for tourists and professionals. (He is the one who advised Jackie Kennedy at the White House and devoted his life to building this collection) You can take a tour that lasts a few hours or sign up for more detailed tours in your area of interest. The museum has a gazzillion period rooms from 1640 to 1860. The gardens surrounding the museum are also fabulous if you are into horticulture. I will post the url and see what happens. If she deletes it then just Google Winterthur. Welcome to Winterthur Museum & Country Estate

[osogoofy]

If you like wine then find Newtown and the hit rt 413.North.Take in the sites and look for the wineries.the are three god ones along the way.
we have lived here all are lives,but to find the different places we try Geocaching.All you need is a GPS and to sign up at Geocaching.com
Weve have found a lot of parks and neat towns we did't know about.

[StuckPA]

A location within an hour of Philly?...
The other side of Philly That's how long it takes to get around here.

[Gerania]

Hey, what's that over there on the other side of the river? It's New Jersey!

Visit Lambertville, the other New Hope.

Lambertville, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce

Ted Stiles Preserve/Baldpate Mountain is a nice hike. The Howell Living History Farm is on Pleasant Valley Road.

Trail Guide - Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain - NJ Trails Association

Then there's the other part of Washington Crossing SP.

Princeton is a nice day trip.

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There are some nice shops and restaurants there too. On the way home, be sure to stop in Grover's Mill and see the War of the Worlds Monument.

Van Sant Covered Bridge is about 1 1/2 miles west of Bowman Hill Tower.

If your up by Lahaska, Peddlers Village, late spring through late summer, stop by Carousel Lavender Farm on Mechanicsville Road.

CAROUSEL FARM LAVENDER