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To Use Public Transportation:

Accessible via Chestnut Hill East (#R7) or Chestnut Hill West (#R8) trains. Get off at Chestnut Hill stop and wait for "L" bus toward Plymouth Meeting or Plymouth Meeting Mall. Bus MUST say "Plymouth Meeting" or it won't pass close enough to the Arboretum. Ask to get off at the Germantown Ave. & Northwestern Avenue stop. Walk down Northwestern Avenue past Chestnut Hill College and the apartment complex until you come to the black wrought-iron gate of the Arboretum.

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From Pennsylvania Turnpike:

Turnpike to exit 333 (old exit 25) (Norristown). Take Germantown Pike East (it becomes Germantown Avenue) for just over 3 miles; turn left on Northwestern Avenue. Arboretum entrance is about 1/4 mile on the right.

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From the Northeast Extension:

When the Northeast Extension ends, take the turnpike west for one exit to 333 Norristown and Take Germantown Pike East (it becomes Germantown Avenue) for just over 3 miles; turn left on Northwestern Avenue. Arboretum entrance is about 1/4 mile on the right.

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From downtown Philadelphia and western suburbs:

Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) to the Blue Route (476 N) -- exit 331B; get off at exit 19 (old exit 8) (Plymouth Meeting). Make a right onto Germantown Pike. Continue on Germantown Pike (it becomes Germantown Avenue) for just over 3 miles; turn left on Northwestern Avenue. Arboretum entrance is about 1/4 mile on the right.

or if you are coming by car (trucks and buses are not allowed on Lincoln Drive. Trucks and buses should follow first set of directions from Philadelphia and Western Suburbs)...

Take Kelly Drive northwest to Lincoln Drive. Take Lincoln Drive, and turn right on Allens Lane; then left on Germantown Avenue. Drive through Chestnut Hill, and turn right on Northwestern Avenue. The Arboretum entrance is about 1/4 mile on the right.

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From Northeast Philadelphia:

Take Roosevelt Boulevard to Levick Street. Turn on Levick and go two miles to Tookany Parkway, and make left; then go to first light and make a right on Cheltenham Avenue. After about 4 miles, Cheltenham ends at Papermill Road; go left on Papermill for two miles. At the top of the hill is Bethlehem Pike; cross Bethlehem Pike and bear right; you'll be on Stenton Avenue. Turn left on Northwestern Avenue, and turn left into Arboretum gate.

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From Philadelphia International Airport:

I-95 South to exit 7, the Blue Route (476 N); get off at exit 19 (old exit 8) (Plymouth Meeting). Make a right onto Germantown Pike. Continue on Germantown Pike (it becomes Germantown Avenue) for just over 3 miles; turn left on Northwestern Avenue. Arboretum entrance is about 1/4 mile on the right.

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From Wilmington, Delaware and points south:

I-95 North to the Blue Route (476 N); get off at exit 19 (old exit 8) (Plymouth Meeting). Make a right onto Germantown Pike. Continue on Germantown Pike (it becomes Germantown Avenue) for just over 3 miles; turn left on Northwestern Avenue. Arboretum entrance is about 1/4 mile on the right.

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From New York and Points North and East of Philadelphia:

From New York take the New Jersey Turnpike south (or from other points Route I-95 South) to the Pennsylvania Turnpike West to the Norristown exit (Old Exit 25 -- New Exit 333), Take Germantown Pike East (it becomes Germantown Avenue) for just over 3 miles; turn left on Northwestern Avenue. Arboretum entrance is about 1/4 mile on the right.

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Please do not use Mapquest to search for a map!
The location on the map is incorrect.

On all map search engines please use 100 E. Northwestern Ave.