Nemours Mansion and Gardens, Wilmington

Name: Nemours Mansion and Gardens
Address: 850 Alapocas Dr, Wilmington, 19803-4544, United States
Telephone: +1 800-651-6912

#24 among attractions in Wilmington

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The Nemours Estate is a 200-acre country estate with jardin à la française formal gardens and a French neoclassical mansion in Wilmington, Delaware. Built to resemble a French château, its 105 rooms on four floors occupy nearly 47,000 sq ft. It shares the grounds at 1600 Rockland Road with the Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware, and both are owned by the Nemours Foundation. ()

Elevation: 289 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 39°46'36"N, 75°33'29"W

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850 Alapocas DrWilmington 19803-4544 United States

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+1 800-651-6912

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Nemours Mansion and Gardens – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Delaware Art Museum, Hagley Museum and Library, Rockford Park, Alapocas Run State Park.

0.9 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
22 min walk • The Delaware Art Museum is an art museum located on the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware, which holds a collection of more than 12,000 objects. The museum was founded in 1912 as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts in honor of the artist Howard Pyle.
0.9 miW
Museum, History museum
Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington
25 min walk • The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington.
1 miSW
Park
Rockford Park, Wilmington
25 min walk • Rockford Park is a historic public park located in a residential area of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It is characterized by a large, grassy meadow which slopes gently upward to a large knoll overlooking the Brandywine River.
0.7 miE
Park, State park
Alapocas Run State Park, Wilmington
18 min walk • Alapocas Run State Park is a state park, located in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, along the Brandywine Creek and its Alapocas Run tributary. Open year-round, it is 415 acres in area.
1.1 miW
Museum
Henry Clay Factory, Centerville
27 min walk • The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington.
1.1 miW
39°46'15"N • 75°34'39"W
DuPont Historic Corridor, Wilmington
29 min walk • Museum, History museum
1.2 miS
Botanical garden
Delaware Center for Horticulture, Wilmington
32 min walk • The Delaware Center for Horticulture cultivates greener communities by inspiring appreciation and improvement of the environment through horticulture, education and conservation. Founded in 1977, the Center's headquarters in Wilmington's Trolley Square is an oasis in the city.
1.3 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Immanuel Church Highlands, Wilmington
33 min walk • The Immanuel Church Highlands is an Episcopal church in Wilmington, Delaware, in the United States.
0.4 miW
Museum
Nemours Mansion & Gardens, Centerville
10 min walk • The Nemours Estate is a 200-acre country estate with jardin à la française formal gardens and a French neoclassical mansion in Wilmington, Delaware. Built to resemble a French château, its 105 rooms on four floors occupy nearly 47,000 sq ft.
1 miE
39°46'46"N • 75°32'24"W
Can-Do Playground, Wilmington
25 min walk • Park, Playground
0.6 miS
Neighbourhood
Bancroft Mills, Wilmington
16 min walk • Bancroft Mills is an abandoned mill complex along Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America. It has been the site of some of the earliest and most famous mills near Wilmington and was the largest and longest running complex along the Brandywine.

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Nearby attractions include Nemours Mansion & Gardens, Centerville (10 min walk), Bancroft Mills, Wilmington (16 min walk), Alapocas Run State Park, Wilmington (18 min walk), Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington (22 min walk).