Valley Forge National Historical Park
Site of the third winter encampment of the Continental Army.
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.

Upper Merion Township has 255 notable places within 60 miles, among them 7 national park units and 1 ski area. Valley Forge National Historical Park is inside Upper Merion Township. About 3M people a year visit Independence Hall. Out of town, Pine Barrens is 41 mi away.

1942 Iowa-class battleship.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Sayen Park Botanical Garden marks the outer edge, 40 mi away.
Orange: Upper Merion Township. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The town has one; within 60 miles, the list finds 254 more.
Site of the third winter encampment of the Continental Army.
American football stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Multi-purpose indoor arena located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Natural history science institution and museum, formerly Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Art museum and educational center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Botanical garden in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States.
Public park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
National historic site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Estate in Hillsborough, NJ, US established by James Buchanan Duke.
Amusement park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
Largest municipal park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city.
Museum and art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Amusement park/water park in Clementon, New Jersey.
Folk art environment in Pennsylvania, United States.
Children's theme park in Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, themed after children's TV series Sesame Street.
Institution and museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, devoted to the United States Constitution.
Performing arts center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Outdoor and indoor theater complex in Camden, New Jersey, United States.
Library in Pennsylvania founded by Benjamin Franklin.
Railroad museum in Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
Archaeological museum.
Concert hall and opera house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Tourist attraction located in Shartlesville, Pennsylvania.
State capitol building of the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Park in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Creek in southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware, United States.
Historic theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Nonprofit museum and library in Wilmington, Delaware.
History museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Second-largest park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Historic church and graveyard in Philadelphia.
Building and archaeological site in Pennsylvania, United States.
Library, museum, and archive in Philadelphia, United States.
Ski area in Pennsylvania, United States.
Site of the Battle of Brandywine during the American Revolutionary War.
Raptor conservation site, non-profit organization in Pennsylvania.
Theater on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US.
War memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Historic landmark for the location of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Maritime museum in Philadelphia, United States.
History museum in Doylestown Township, United States of America.
National Memorial of the United States in Pennsylvania.
Theater and movie theater in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, United States.
Historic house museum in East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Art museum located on the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
National Historic Site of the United States.
Museum and library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Traditional garden in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
Automobile museum in Pennsylvania, USA.
Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
National Park Service unit in Delaware and Pennsylvania, United States.
Non-profit organisation in the USA.
Theater and former movie theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States.
One of the five main squares in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Art museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
State museum of New Jersey in Trenton, New Jersey.
Art museum at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Aviation museum in Pennsylvania, United States.
Park in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Historic house museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Toy and model train museum in Pennsylvania, USA.
Colonial Revival mansion in Perkiomen Township, Pennsylvania, United States.
Non-profit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US.
Nature preserve, botanical garden and museum in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Historic house museum in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
Museum at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Historic house turned museum in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States.
Arboretum at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States.
Arboretum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Amusement park in the Rittersville section of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Theater company and theater in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States.
Science and natural history museum in Media, Pennsylvania.
Historic house in Lambertville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Historic building in the Queens Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Municipal park and botanical garden in Hamilton Township, New Jersey.
Historic mansion and gardens located north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Nature center in Chester Township, New Jersey.
History building in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Nature center in Chester Township, New Jersey.
Nonprofit botanical garden in Pennsylvania.
Arboretum and collection of gardens in Pennsylvania.
Botanical garden and arboretum in Bushkill Township, Pa..
Arboretum and garden in Wallingford, Pennsylavnia.
Arboretum and gardens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Collection of museums in Newark, Delaware, United States.
Botanical Gardens at University of Delaware, Delaware, United States.
Historic fire house in Somerville, New Jersey.
Historic house in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
Museum in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Arboretum and nature preserve in Medford Township, New Jersey.
Historic church in Somerset County, New Jersey.
Open-air museum in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
Arboretum in Mercer County, New Jersey.
Art museum in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
The places inside Upper Merion Township lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Upper Merion Township → · Upper Merion Township’s history →
Valley Forge National Historical Park: The original uploader was JGHowes at English Wikipedia. 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