Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site is an affiliated area of the National Park System. It is not a park unit.
Before Pennsylvania there was New Sweden. Discover this last historic link to a forgotten past. Visit the church's pastoral surroundings and its burial ground of patriots and ordinary citizens alike.
About under an hour from Philadelphia and 2 hours from Baltimore by car.
Fees & passes
Free. No entrance fee here.
Hours
| Church Grounds Hours | Daily · 5:00AM - 11:00PM |
No campgrounds, no webcams or events in Park Service data. What is here comes from the official page. The rest lives there.
Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the Park Service publishes the data.
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Things to do
- Find the Gravesites of Revolutionary War Soldiers5-30 Minutes
Locate the gravestones of Revolutionary War soldiers at Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site. Explore the churchyard virtually from home, or pick up a map at the church door and take a stroll through the grounds.
Opens on the Park Service site
Map
Interactive map by the National Park Service
Historic landmarks nearby
Public land nearby
Distances are approximate. Wilderness Atlas publishes a center point and an acreage for each area rather than a boundary, so each area is treated here as a circle of the same size and the figure is the gap to that circle.
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Weather & climate
Summers are typically hot and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild, and winter is cold. Snowfall is highly variable, with some winters bringing only light snow and others bringing several major snowstorms, with the normal seasonal snowfall standing at 22.4 in (57 cm). Precipitation is generally spread throughout the year, with eight to twelve wet days per month.
Questions people ask
Does Gloria Dei Church charge an entrance fee?
No. Gloria Dei Church is free to enter.
Source: National Park Service
What are the hours at Gloria Dei Church?
Standard hours are 5:00AM - 11:00PM, every day.
Source: National Park Service
Is there cell service at Gloria Dei Church?
At the park's reference point, FCC coverage maps show Verizon 5G, AT&T 5G, and T-Mobile 5G. Coverage inside the park varies by location.
Source: FCC Broadband Map
What is the weather like at Gloria Dei Church?
Summers are typically hot and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild, and winter is cold. Snowfall is highly variable, with some winters bringing only light snow and others bringing several major snowstorms, with the normal seasonal snowfall standing at 22.4 in (57 cm).
Source: Weather & climate
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- Fee-free entrance days that apply here and each published hours exception, as all-day events.
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