Beaver Valley Rock Shelter Site
The Beaver Valley Rock Shelter Site is the only formally recognized cave in the US state of Delaware. It is located in New Castle County near Wilmington and the state line with Pennsylvania.Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Concord Mall and Widener University.
Concord Mall
Shopping center
Photo: Dough4872, Public domain.
Concord Mall is a shopping mall located north of the city of Wilmington in the unincorporated Brandywine Hundred area along U.S. Route 202. It is Delaware's third-largest shopping mall. Concord Mall is situated 1½ miles southeast of Beaver Valley Rock Shelter Site.
Widener University
University
Widener University Delaware Law School is a private law school in Wilmington, Delaware. It is one of two separate ABA-accredited law schools of Widener University. Widener University is situated 2 miles southeast of Beaver Valley Rock Shelter Site.
Twin Bridges Rural Historic District
Protected area
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Twin Bridges Rural Historic District is a historic district in Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania. Twin Bridges Rural Historic District is situated 2 miles west of Beaver Valley Rock Shelter Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beaver Valley and Granogue.
Beaver Valley
Hamlet
Photo: Brubakerslegacy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beaver Valley straddles the Pennsylvania and Delaware border in Delaware County, PA and New Castle County, DE. An unincorporated place name, it is traversed by several streams which drain to Beaver Run which itself empties into the Brandywine River.
Granogue
Hamlet
Granogue is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Granogue is located along Smiths Bridge Road, west of the Brandywine Creek and south of the Pennsylvania border.
Brandywine
Hamlet
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the state's population of 989,948. Brandywine is situated 2 miles east of Beaver Valley Rock Shelter Site.
Beaver Valley Rock Shelter Site
- Type: Heritage site
- Description: United States historic place
- Categories: archaeological site, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Chadds Ford, Delaware County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.83949° or 39° 50′ 22″ northLongitude
-75.56635° or 75° 33′ 59″ westOpen location code
87F6RCQM+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 12053848783OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q17194249
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Russian—“Beaver Valley Rock Shelter Site” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “موقع ماوى بيفر فالى روك”
- Russian: “Пещера Бивер-Валли”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bell and Club Pilates.
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