Merion Botanical Park, Philadelphia

Name: Merion Botanical Park
Address: 100 Merion Road, Philadelphia, United States

#474 among attractions in Philadelphia

Botanical garden, Park, Relax in park

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The Merion Botanical Park is a city park and botanical garden located at 100 Merion Road, Merion, Pennsylvania, USA. It is open daily without charge. The park was created in 1944 by residents who formed the Botanical Society of Lower Merion, which continues to manage the Park. Among the founders was Laura Barnes, wife of art collector Albert C. Barnes. A renewal began in 2012 with "Botanical Bill" Earley and an "unlikely army of Montgomery County inmates, rabbinic students, truants, Boy Scouts, ROTC members, and Little Leaguers" clearing the park of 1,000 pounds of trash. It lies adjacent to the railway tracks, and now contains azaleas, dogwoods, magnolias, cut-leaf maples, redbuds, rhododendron and viburnum. ()

Created: 1944Elevation: 230 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 39°59'42"N, 75°15'3"W

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100 Merion RoadMain Line (Merion Station)Philadelphia United States

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Merion Botanical Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: City Line Avenue Bridge, African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation, Merion Friends Meeting House.

0.8 miSW
Bridge
City Line Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia
21 min walk • City Line Avenue Bridge is a historic concrete barrel arch bridge spanning the East Branch of Indian Creek and located in the Overbrook Farms neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1913, and is a single-span bridge. The barrel arch measures 20-foot-wide.
0.5 miS
Church
African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia
14 min walk • The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas was founded in 1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the first black Episcopal Church in the United States.
0.5 miNE
Park, Art museum, Museum
Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
14 min walk • The Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation is an arboretum and the former site of the Barnes Foundation art gallery located at 300 North Latch's Lane, Merion, Pennsylvania with entrance at 50 Lapsley Lane.
1 miN
Church, Spiritual
Merion Friends Meeting House, Philadelphia
27 min walk • The Merion Friends Meeting House is an active and historic Quaker meeting house at 615 Montgomery Avenue in Merion Station, Pennsylvania. Completed about 1715, it is the second oldest Friends meeting house in the United States, with distinctively Welsh architectural features that distinguish it from later meeting houses.
0.5 miSE
Mosque
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, Philadelphia
14 min walk • The Mosque of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the grounds of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship. The building of the mosque took 6 months and was done by the members of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship under the direction of M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen.
1.2 miNE
Area
Bala Cynwyd, Philadelphia
32 min walk • Bala Cynwyd is a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, US. It is located on the Main Line in southeastern Pennsylvania, bordering the western edge of Philadelphia at US Route 1.
1.1 miNW
Area
Narberth, Philadelphia
28 min walk • Narberth is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is one of many neighborhoods on the historic Pennsylvania Main Line. The population was 4,282 at the 2010 census.
1 miN
Synagogue, Nightlife, Bars and clubs
General Wayne Inn, Philadelphia
26 min walk • The General Wayne Inn in Merion, Pennsylvania is a former tavern. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.
0.4 miNE
Synagogue, Modernist architecture
Temple Adath Israel of the Main Line, Philadelphia
11 min walk • Temple Adath Israel of the Main Line is a Conservative synagogue located in Merion, Pennsylvania with 800 families. The synagogue offers religious services, pre-school, Hebrew Sunday school, adult education, and community programming. It was founded in 1946 and moved to its current location in 1953.
1.1 miE
Colonial revival architecture
Wynnestay, Philadelphia
28 min walk • Wynnestay or Wynnstay is a historic house, one of the oldest extant houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The two-and-a-half-story house was first built in 1689 as the residence of Dr.
1.2 miNE
Theater, Egyptian revival architecture
Bala Theatre, Philadelphia
31 min walk • Bala Theatre is a historic 1926 theater building at 157 Bala Avenue in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Philadelphia architectural firm Hoffman-Henon. The 1,450-seat theater opened as an Egyptian Theatre on September 15, 1926. It features Egyptian Revival architecture stylings.

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Which popular attractions are close to Merion Botanical Park?

Nearby attractions include Temple Adath Israel of the Main Line, Philadelphia (11 min walk), Overbrook, Philadelphia (13 min walk), Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (14 min walk), Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, Philadelphia (14 min walk).

How to get to Merion Botanical Park by public transport?

The nearest stations to Merion Botanical Park:

Train

Merion (5 min walk)
Overbrook (10 min walk)

Bus

Malvern Avenue & 63rd Street (21 min walk)

Tram

Malvern Avenue & 63rd Street • Lines: 10 (21 min walk)
63rd Street & Jefferson Street • Lines: 10 (30 min walk)