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Maps & Directions

Finding Us

Greater Wilmington is located mid-way between New York City and Washington, DC - approximately 100 miles each direction.

Getting Here

By Train: All north-south Amtrak trains, including the Acela Express, stop in Wilmington. Also SEPTA's R-2 commuter trains to/from Philadelphia in the north and Newark, DE in the south. Over 70 trains stop in Wilmington every day. The train station is located at Martin Luther King Blvd. and French Street. (www.amtrak.com)


By Plane: Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) (www.phl.org)
               20 minutes by car to Downtown Wilmington.

               New Castle County Airport (ILG): private aircraft and
               charters (www.newcastleairportilg.com)
               10 minutes by car to downtown Wilmington.

               Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) Airport (www.bwiairport.com)
               90 minutes by car to downtown Wilmington.


By Car:
Greater Wilmington and the Brandywine Valley is easily accessible by I-95, from Pennsylvania or Maryland and points south, or by I-295 and the New Jersey Turnpike via the Delaware Memorial Bridge from New Jersey and points north.

Distances from Wilmington to:

Philadelphia - 30 miles/30 minutes
Baltimore - 70 miles/70 minutes 
Washington D.C. - 100 miles/1 hour, 45  minutesAtlantic City - 80 miles/90
minutes
New York City - 120 miles/2 hours
DE Beaches - 90 miles/1 hour, 45 minutes


Other Cities

Atlanta, GA745 milesHarrisburg,PA 100 miles
Boston, MA 334 milesHartford, CT 245 miles
Buffalo, NY 385 milesLancaster, PA 60 miles
Charlotte,NC 500 milesPittsburgh,PA 300 miles
Chicago, IL 750 milesRichmond,VA 220 miles
Cleveland,OH420 milesToronto, ONT 505 miles
Gettysburg,PA120 milesMontreal, QC 515 miles