The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
← The Mid-Atlantic

Stop 13 · Days 118–120

Brandywine Valley & Wilmington

Brandywine Valley & Wilmington, DE

The du Pont dynasty's green corner of Delaware — grand estates, one of the world's great gardens, and Wyeth country along the Brandywine.

Where to stay

  • A Brandywine Valley inn

    Country inns among the estates north of Wilmington.

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You gotta eat this

  • Tax-free everything

    Delaware has no sales tax — a running theme in the First State.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 118Day 118 — The du Pont estatesFull day · 4h 30m planned
  2. 119Day 119 — Longwood & the riverfrontFull day · 5h planned
  3. 120Day 120 — South to DoverDrive day · 55m drive

What this stop is made of

  • Museums & History
  • Outdoor & Water Activities